Tennis: Carmel beats No. 5 Trojans, ‘Rocks drop tough dual

The Carmel girls tennis team took care of Center Grove 5-0 in a dual meet Friday at the Todd Witsekn Tennis Center.
The No. 1-ranked Greyhounds only dropped 12 games against the No. 5 Trojans, including a 6-0, 6-0 win at No. 3 singles from Leila Antony. No. 1 singles Lauren Lemonds won her match 6-1, 6-0.

No. 1 singles: Lauren Lemonds def. Schoolcraft 6-1, 6-0
No. 2 singles: Sidney Morris def. Strube 6-0, 6-4
No. 3 singles: Leila Antony def. Garrett 6-0, 6-0
No. 1 doubles: Soren Leichter and Kiersten Carlson def. Fisk and Hoy 6-1, 6-4
No. 2 doubles: Grace Marchese and Julia Miller def. Aukerman and Heard 6-1, 6-1

Westfield dropped a close dual meet to Heritage Christian 3-2 on Friday.
The Shamrocks picked up wins from No. 3 singles Julia Gabennesch and the No. 1 doubles team of Claire Thurlow and Maya Raymond.

No. 1 singles: Chloe Kalis lost to McDonald 6-4, 6-2
No. 2 singles: Maddie Heilmann lost to Jackson 6-2, 6-1
No. 3 singles: Julia Gabennesch def. Seelye 6-2, 6-1
No. 1 doubles: Claire Thurlow and Maya Raymond def. Fleetwood and Cranfil 6-4, 7-5
No. 2 doubles: Margaret Roush and Ellie Anderson lost to Vander Meer and Eads 6-3, 6-3

Hamilton Southeastern took a trip to Taylor University on Thursday and beat Fort Wayne Canterbury 5-0.
The No. 6-ranked Royals won four of the five matches in straight sets. Singles players Audrey De Witt, Ashley Spirrison and Tea Vrkic dropped only seven games among the three matches. In doubles, the No. 1 team of Jeorgia Templin and Taylor Cleary was victorious in straight sets, while No. 2 Nikki Hite and Jillian Pence needed three sets, but ran away with the match 6-1 in the third set.
Southeastern is now 2-1 for the season and hosts No. 8 North Central on Monday.

No. 1 singles: Audrey De Witt def. Becker 6-1, 6-1
No. 2 singles: Ashley Spirrison def. Davidson 6-1, 6-1
No. 3 singles: Tea Vrkic def. Kim 6-2, 6-1
No. 1 doubles Jeorgia Templin and Taylor Cleary def. Kashyap and Gnagy 6-1, 6-1
No. 2 doubles: Nikki Hite and Jillian Pence def. Filus and Meesa 6-1, 6-7 (4), 6-1

Hamilton Heights beat Maconqauh 4-1 on Thursday.
Huskies winners were Anna Carl and Abby Weber in singles and the doubles teams of Kylie Rose and Emma Knowles, and Emily Peterson and Kinsey Dimmock all won in straight sets.
“I have a lot of respect for both teams tonight for the way they competed in extremely windy conditions,” said Heights coach Cameron Scott. “In particular, I was excited to see Anna and Abby stay focused point in and point out, despite not being able to get the same kind of feel for their tennis as they might on a more normal night. They’ve been working hard on the mental part of their game, and tonight they passed a big test when it comes to that.”

No. 1 singles: Anna Carl def. Powell 6-2, 6-4
No. 2 singles: Kennedy Hunter lost to Moore 6-2, 6-1
No. 3 singles: Abby Weber def. Miller 6-3, 7-5
No. 1 doubles: Kylie Rose and Emma Knowles def. Cornelius and B. Borden 6-4, 6-1
No. 2 doubles: Emily Peterson and Kinsey Dimmock def. A. Borden and Stapleton 6-3, 6-3