In an all-county tennis meet, No. 12-ranked Hamilton Southeastern beat Westfield 5-0 on Thursday.
The Royals won all three singles matches 6-0, 6-0. Both doubles matches went to three sets, with HSE’s No. 1 Jeorgia Templin and Taylor Cleary edging the Shamrocks’ Emma Clary and Meredith Carlson, and No. 2 Nikki Hite and Jillian Pence getting past Claire Thurlow and Maya Raymond.
Southeastern 5, Westfield 0
No. 1 singles: Audrey De Witt def. Chloe Kalis 6-0, 6-0
No. 2 singles: Ashley Spirrison def. Maddie Heilmann 6-0, 6-0
No. 3 singles: Tea Vrkic def. Julia Gabennesch 6-0, 6-0
No. 1 doubles: Jeorgia Templin and Taylor Cleary def. Emma Clary and Meredith Carlson 6-1, 2-6, 6-2
No. 2 doubles: Nikki Hite and Jillian Pence def. Claire Thurlow and Maya Raymond 6-2, 5-7, 6-1
On Wednesday, Southeastern beat No. 19 Avon 4-1. The singles players were dominant as they dropped a total of three games: Audrey De Witt won 6-1, 6-0 at No. 1 singles, Ashley Spirrison won 6-2, 6-0 at No. 2 singles, and Tea Vrkic won 6-0, 6-0 at No. 3 singles.
At No. 1 doubles, Jeorgia Templin and Taylor Cleary played their best match of the season, winning 6-3, 6-2 against a tough Avon team. At No. 2 doubles, Nikki Hite and Jillian Pence lost two close sets, but just couldn’t get over the hump against a very consistent Avon team, dropping the match 7-5, 6-3.
Hamilton Heights won its Senior Night meet on Thursday, beating Elwood 5-0.
The Huskies won all of the matches in straight sets with its all-senior varsity lineup and improved to 6-2 for the season.
“For our girls to pick up a good win like this on Senior Night is a pretty neat thing,” said Heights coach Cameron Scott. “This group of seniors have been such an incredible part of the Husky tennis program for a long time now, and I just can’t say enough good things about them. They played really well tonight, and they flat out continue to get better every day.”
The Heights junior varsity team notched its sixth win on the year as well, getting singles victories from Hailey VanOeveren, Maddie Nickel, and Jackie Beery and doubles victories from Addi Gordon/Katy Beery, Gwendolyn Kelley/Kate Biggs, Brooke Sears/Cortney Martin, Ellie Arrowood/Caitlin Hartick, Paige Doucette/Rebekah Steffen, and Ashley Heniser/Sarah Biggs.
Heights 5, Elwood 0
No. 1 singles: Anna Carl def. Creamer 6-3, 6-0
No. 2 singles: Kennedy Hunter def. Daughtry 6-2, 6-2
No. 3 singles: Abby Weber def. Everson 6-3, 6-1
No. 1 doubles: Kylie Rose and Emma Knowles def. Swinford and Sims 6-3, 6-2
No. 2 doubles: Emily Peterson and Kinsey Dimmock def. Crawford and Helpling 6-3, 6-2
The Hamilton Southeastern girls tennis team was all smiles after winning a dual meet with Westfield on Thursday. (Photo provided)
Westfield’s Maya Raymond was part of the Shamrocks’ No. 2 doubles team on Thursday. (Photo provided)