The Carmel girls tennis team made history Wednesday night in winning another Kokomo regional championship.
The No. 3-ranked and defending state champion Greyhounds beat Northwestern 5-0 to claim the program’s 14th consecutive regional title. Carmel now holds the record for most consecutive regional championships, breaking a tie with Park Tudor, which won 13 in a row from 1998 to 2010. The ‘Hounds have won 19 regionals overall.
Carmel will travel to Culver Academies on Saturday to play in the semi-state. The Greyhounds will face the winner of the La Porte regional, either No. 12 Penn or No. 24 South Bend St. Joseph’s. Those teams will play each other at 4:30 p.m. today for the La Porte regional title.
Over at North Central, Hamilton Southeastern beat Mount Vernon 4-1 to advance to the final of that regional. The No. 16 Royals won both doubles matches, and also claimed wins at Nos. 2 and 3 singles.
“Our girls really came out ready to play tonight and jumped out to early leads and never looked back,” said Royals coach Kirk Webber. “I was proud of how our girls came out focused and didn’t let the Marauders get any momentum going early on.”
Southeastern will take on No. 1-ranked Cathedral in the regional final at 4:30 p.m. today.
Hamilton Southeastern 4, Mount Vernon 1
No. 1 singles: Kaylee Etheredge lost to Ruegsegger 6-3, 6-1
No. 2 singles: Adalyn De Witt def. Helm 6-1, 6-0
No. 3 singles: Tea Vrkic def. Batge 6-0, 6-1
No. 1 doubles: Jeorgia Templin and Taylor Cleary def. Lane and Laughlin 6-0, 6-0
No. 2 doubles: Nikki Hite and Misha Bukkasagaram def. Shelton and Swingle 6-1, 6-2
The Carmel girls tennis team beat Northwestern 5-0 to win the Kokomo regional on Wednesday. The No. 3-ranked Greyhounds will play the winner of the La Porte regional Saturday at the Culver Academies semi-state. (Photo provided)