Rocky Mount duo falls in NCHSAA 3-A doubles final
November 1, 2009 By Charles Alston of Rocky Mount High School
GREENSBORO - Rocky Mount girls tennis doubles team of Lindsay Thomas and Kate Gray fell in the NCHSAA 3-A girls doubles state championship match Saturday to Chapel Hill High duo Tori Helpingstine and Hannah Kimbrough 6-1, 6-2.
The Rocky Mount tandem beat longtime rivals Caroline Kernodle and Helen Powell of Burlington Williams in a tough three-set match earlier in the morning (5-7, 7-6(5), 6-2) in the semifinals to advance to the finals.
Due to rain in the Triad area, the matches were all moved from the Burlington Tennis Center to Greensboro's Piedmont Indoor Tennis Center.
NORTH CAROLINA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
2009 STATE 3-A WOMEN'S TENNIS TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIPS
Piedmont Indoor Tennis Center, Greensboro--Saturday's Results
Doubles--Championship
Helpingstine-Kimbrough (Chapel Hill) def. Thomas-Gray (Rocky Mount) 6-1, 6-2.
Doubles--Semifinals
Lindsay Thomas-Kate Gray (Rocky Mount) def. Caroline Kernodle-Helen Powell (Burlington Williams) 5-7, 7-6(5), 6-2;
Tori Helpingstine-Hannah Kimbrough (Chapel Hill) def. Alix Thodossiou-Taylor Thodossiou (Asheville) 6-2, 6-0.
Doubles--Quarterfinals
Thomas-Gray (Rocky Mount) def. Smith-Krause (Cardinal Gibbons) 6-0, 2-6, 6-0; Kernodle-Powell (Burlington Williams) def. Leahy-Laframboise (Charlotte Catholic) 7-5, 6-0;
Helpingstine-Kimbrough (Chapel Hill) def. Ferebee-Tomlin (Charlotte Catholic) 6-1, 6-1;
A. Thodossiou-T. Thodossiou (Asheville) def. Short-Pruden (Wilson Fike) 6-3, 6-3.
First Round
Lindsay Thomas-Kate Gray (Rocky Mount) def. Kindell Schmitt-Casey
Rowe (Weddington) 7-6(7), 6-1;
Caroline Smith-Cori Krause (Raleigh Cardinal Gibbons) def. Andrea Bell-Savannah Herman (Franklin) 6-3, 6-4;
Lucia Leahy-Megan Laframboise (Charlotte Catholic) def. Danielle Daniel-Warner
Underwood (Eastern Wayne) 6-1, 6-0;
Caroline Kernodle-Helen Powell (Burlington Williams) def. Megan Cox-Emily Litton (North Buncombe) 6-0, 6-0;
Tori Helpingstine-Hannah Kimbrough (Chapel Hill) def. Chelsea Martin-Kelli Straka (Hickory St. Stephens) 6-0, 6-1;
Mary Kathryn Ferebee-Kelly Tomlin (Charlotte Catholic) def. Addie Keeter-Caroline Nelson (Rocky Mount) 6-2, 7-5;
Alix Thodossiou-Taylor Thodossiou (Asheville) def. Melissa Tally-Madison Kramer (Cameron Union Pines) 6-4, 6-2;
Mallory Short-Meredith Pruden (Wilson Fike) def. Jasmine Carrothers-JaNey Carrothers (Charlotte Harding) 6-7(5), 6-1, 6-2. |
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