Girls tennis sectionals begin today with semi-finals at Carmel’s Todd Witsken Tennis Center and at the Noblesville East Middle School courts.
Action begins at Carmel at 4:15 p.m. The defending state champion and No. 3-ranked Greyhounds play Westfield, while No. 25 Guerin Catholic will take on University. Today’s winners will play at 4:15 p.m. Thursday for the sectional title.
Up at Noblesville, play begins at 4:30 p.m. No. 22 Fishers will take on Hamilton Heights, while the Millers will face off against No. 16 Hamilton Southeastern. The winners will meet at 4:30 p.m. Thursday for that sectional championship.
Westfield won its regular-season finale on Monday, beating Lapel 5-0.
All of the matches were decided in straight sets. In singles, No. 1 Brooke Rodgers won 6-3, 6-2; No. 2 Julia Gabennesch won 6-2, 6-1 and No. 3 Emma Schwind won 6-3, 6-1. In doubles, No. 1 Maya Raymond and Meredith Carlson won 6-2, 6-3 and No. 2 Katy Zaloudek and Maddie Heilmann won 6-4, 6-0.
Hamilton Heights split its two final regular-season meets.
On Monday, the Huskies lost to Eastern 5-0. No. 3 singles Maddie Nickel extended her opponent to three sets.
Heights turned it around on Tuesday, beating Elwood 5-0. No. 2 doubles Cortney Martin and Kate Biggs won in three sets, with all of the other matches finishing in straight sets. No. 1 singles Hailey VanOeveren came back from 4-0 down in the second set to win 6-4.
“The whole team played very well in our last regular season match,” said Huskies coach Wayne Rupe.
Eastern 5, Hamilton Heights 0
No. 1 singles: Hailey VanOeveren lost to Clark 6-0, 6-2
No. 2 singles: Brooke Sears lost to Sargent 6-0, 6-0
No. 3 singles: Maddie Nickel lost to Flanary 4-6, 6-4, 6-4
No. 1 doubles: Gwen Kelley and Caitlin Hartwick lost to White and Weeks 6-0, 7-6 (3)
No. 2 doubles: Cortney Martin and Kate Biggs lost to Standish and Ream 6-1, 6-3
Hamilton Heights 5, Elwood 0
No. 1 singles: Hailey VanOeveren def. Helpling 6-2, 6-4
No. 2 singles: Brooke Sears def. Hawes 6-2, 6-2
No. 3 singles: Maddie Nickel def. Oyler 6-2, 6-2
No. 1 doubles: Gwen Kelley and Caitlin Hartwick def. Vehikite and Everson 6-3, 7-6 (5)
No. 2 doubles: Cortney Martin and Kate Biggs def. Wilson and Thompson 6-3, 2-6, 6-2