The Carmel doubles team of Uday Lomada and Jones McNamar won its quarter-final match at the IHSAA state singles and doubles boys tennis tournament Friday at Park Tudor.
Lomada and McNamar beat the McCutcheon team of Gavin Dardeen and John Shambaugh 6-2, 6-3, advancing to today’s semi-finals. The Greyhounds will take on Homestead’s Tim Steiner and Bryant Zitlaw in one semi-final, with Munster’s Charlie Morton and Kathir Venkat playing Zionsville’s Robert Campbell and Ryan Carr in the other semi-final.
Dardeen and Shambaugh beat Hamilton Southeastern’s Andrew Spirrison and Daniel Verde in a preliminary round match 6-1, 4-6, 7-5 Friday morning before falling to Carmel. Spirrson and Verde finished their season with a 22-8 record.
Also, Carmel’s Presley Thienenman begins his quest for a second straight singles championship today by playing Lapel’s Jesse McCurdy in the semi-finals. Perry Meridian’s Sajin Smith and Culver Academies’ Nikolas Warnholtz-Deck play in the other semi-final.
Due to the impending rain forecast for today, the times and place for today’s semi-final and championship matches have been changed. The matches will be played at Pearson Automotive Tennis Club, 4560 S. County Road 875 East in Zionsville. The semi-finals start at noon, with the championship matches at 4 p.m.
