Baylor Boys In Tie For First In Rotary Tennis Tourney

New faces and long time champions jockeyed for position Friday during the opening day of the 59th Chattanooga Rotary Tennis Championship, while Saturday should provide plenty of fireworks in a battle for four championships in two divisions.

Shaping up to be one of the closest finishes in tournament history, Championship singles matches go on at 8:30 a.m. - Division A Boys and Girls at Baylor, Division B Boys at McCallie and Girls B at GPS - with doubles to follow.

Knox Webb leads Girls A and Boys B, while Baylor is tied for the lead in boys and third in girls.

Boys A - A battle to the wire should be in store as two-time defending champion St.

Xavier (Ky.), Baylor (30 Rotary titles) and Mtn. Brook (Ala) are all tied for first with 12 points.

With singles finals being played first, doubles will most likely determine the champion.

"Saturday should be exciting as three teams will be battling each other in singles and doubles," said Baylor coach Philip Johnson. "Looking forward to seeing some great tennis ."

Mtn. Brook has won two B Division titles (1983, '85) but looking for its first A Division crown.

In the Singles Finals: 8:30 a.m. -  Baylor (4), Mtn Brook (4), St. Xavier (3)

Doubles Semis (following singles -  Baylor (3), St. Xavier (3), Mtn Brook (2)

.Girls A - Four points separate three teams as four-time defending champion Baylor in third) hopes for a strong finish and help from other schools to win its fifth straight. Knox Webb won the A Division in 2005.

Knox Webb leads with 11 points, followed by McCracken (Ky.) with 10 and Baylor with 8.

In the Singles Finals: McCracken (4), Webb (3), Baylor (3)

In the Doubles Semis: Baylor (3), Webb (3), McCracken (2)

Boys B - Knox Webb (15) and Spain Park (13) lead the 8-team field

In the Singles Finals - Knox Webb (4), Spain Park (4) USJ (2)

In the Doubles Finals - Knox Webb (3), Spain Park (1), USJ (1)

 Webb vs. Spain Park in singles finals at Nos 3 & 5  and No.3 doubles .. Webb won the TSSAA D-II A team championship last May

 Girls B - St. Mary's (Memphis has a four point lead (13-9) over runner-up Knox. Catholic.

In the Singles Finals - St. Mary's (4), Knox Catholic (2), USJ (2)

In the Doubles Finals - St. Mary's (1), Knox Catholic (1)

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Girls A Division   Saturday - All Singles Finals, 8:30 a.m.

Standings: 1 Knox Webb (11) 2. McCracken (10) 3. Baylor (8) 4.GPS (7) 5. Huntsville (6) 6. Mtn Brook (5) 7. Harpeth Hall (1) 8. Christian Academy of Knox (0)

No.1s

Quarters

1) Michelle McKamey (McCracken) def. Lil Kilgore (Knox Webb), 6-2, 6-3; (3) Sydney Flesch (Huntsville) def. Lauren Yoon (Knox Webb), 3-6, 7-6 (4), 12-10; (4) Maddox Bandy (GPS) def. Allison Ivey (CAK), 6-2, 6-3; Ashton Jenne (Baylor) def. (2) Emma Alsup (Harpeth Hall), 6-3, 7-6 (4)

Semis: (1) McKamey def. (3) Flesch, 7-5, 6-2; (4) Bandy def. Jenne, 6-0, 6-4

No.2s

1) Taylor Sprouse (McCracken) def. Elise DeNicola (CAK), 6-2, 4-6, 10-1; (4) Anna Wisniewski (Knox Webb), 6-3, 7-5; Liz LeBlue (Harpeth Hall) def. (3) Jennie McBrayer (GPS), 6-4, 6-4; (2) Presley Thomas (Baylor) def. Ashley Coots (Huntsville), 3-6, 6-3, 11-9

Semis:    (1) Sprouse def. (4) Wisniewski; (2) Thomas def. LeBleu, 6-1, 6-2

No.3s

1 Grace Forbes (Huntsville) def. Steph Davis (Harpeth Hall), 6-3, 6-4; Caroline Ross (Knox Webb) def. (3) Madelyn Kauffman (McCracken), 6-3, 6-2; (4) Jenna Thorstenson (GPS) def. Emily Ann Welles (CAK), 6-2, 6-2 (2) Lauren Carelli (Baylor) def. Kat Sours (Mtn Brook), 6-2, 6-4

Semis: Ross def. (1) Forbes, 6-, 7-5; (2) Carelli def. Thorstenson, 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 (3)  

No.4s

Ellie Polk (Mtn Brook) def. (1) Lily Mooney (Baylor) 7-5 6-4 (3); (3) Sophia Shiben (McCracken) def. Rose Lilam (CAK), 6-2, 6-2; Maggie Eslinger (GPS) def. Margaret Gaw (Harpeth Hall), 3-6, 6-2, 10-1; (2) Diana Grandas (Knox Webb), 6-2, 6-2

Semis: (3) Shiben def. Polk, 6-4, 1-6, 6-3; (2) Grandas def. Elsinger, 6-0, 6-3

No.5s

1 Cele Sullivan (Mtn Brook) def. Grace Loope (CAK), 6-2, 6-2; Divya Agarwal (Knox Webb) def. (4) Hannah Kleban (Baylor); Mesa Trimm (McCracken) def. Ali West (GPS), 6-3, 6-2; (2) Nicole Reilly (Huntsville) def. Corinne Brien (Harpeth Hall), 6-4, 7-5

Semis: (1) Sullivan def. Agarwai, 6-3, 6-1; Trimm def. (2) Reilly, 6-0, 6-3

No.6s

1 Ellie Edwards (GPS) def. Emily Felix (Huntsville), 6-3, 6-2; (3) Quinn Riley (Knox Wbb) def. Hallie Poat (McCracken), 6-2, 6-2; (4) Elinor Anthony (Mtn Brook) def. Grace Claybrook (Harpeth Hall), 6-4, 2-6, 10-6; (2) Landie McBrayer (Baylor) def. Abby Gilland (CAK), 6-2, 6-2

Semis: (3) Riley def. (1) Edwards, 3-6, 6-2, 7-5; (2) McBrayer

Girls Doubles

No.1

 1 McKamey-Sprouse  (McCracken) def. Sullivan-Kilgore  (Mtn Brook); Coots-Flesch (Huntsville) def. (4) Jenne-Thomas (Baylor, 8-4; (2) Yoon-Wisniewski (Webb) def.  Ivey-deNicola (CAK)

Semis: (Sat 11 a.m.)  McKamey-Sprouse vs. Coots-Flesch; Bandy-Thorstenson vs. Yoon-Wisniewski.

No.2

 1 Forbes-Reilly (Huntsville) def. Welles-Milam (CAK) 8-1; (3) Carelli-Mooney (Baylor) def. Claybrook-Davis (Harpeth Hall), 8-0; (4) Grandas-Ross (Knox Webb) def. McBrayer-Stratienko (GPS), 8-5; Cooper-Polk (Mtn Brook) def. (2) Kauffman-Shiben (McCracken), 9-7

Semis: (Sat. 11 a.m.)  (1) Forbes-Reilly vs. (3) Carelli-Mooney; (4) Grandas-Ross vs. Cooper-Polk

No.3

Walker-Coffman (Huntsville) def. (1) Kleban-Stanford (Baylor), 8-3; M Trimm-J Trimm (McCracken) def. (4) Darby-Clark (Mtn Brook), 9-7; (3) Riley-Stinnett (Knox Webb) def. Gaw-Nahley (Harpeth Hall), 8-2; (2) Eslinger-Thel (GPS) def. Gilliland-Loope(CAK), 8-0

Semis: (Sat. at Noon) Walker-Coffman vs. M. Trimm-J. Trimm; (3) Riley-Stinnett vs. (2) Eslinger-Thel, 8-0

Boys A – Saturday - All Singles Finals, 8:30 a.m.

Standings: 1 (tie). St. Xavier (12), Baylor (12), Mtn Brook (12)  4. McCallie (6) 5. Huntsvllle (3) 6. (tie) Huntsville (1), Randolph (1), MBA(1).

No.1s
1 Brandon Lancaster (St.Xavier) def. Cody Gubin (McCallie), 6-3, 6-2; (4) Sam Lidikay (Mtn Brook) def. Aaron Rose (Huntsville), 6-4, 6-2; (3) Chad Woodham (Baylor) def. Mitchell Jostes (Knox Catholic), 6-4, 4-6, 10-8; (2) George Harwell (MBA) def. Grant Ginsburg (Randolph), 6-3,6-3

Semis: (1) Lancaster def. (4) Lidikay, 6-2, 6-1; (3) Woodham def. (2) Harwell, 6-4, 3-2  retired

No.2s

1 Drew Singerman (St. Xavier) def. Anthony Pellegrini (Huntsville), 6-3, 6-3; Carter Eaves (McCallie) def. (4) Ben Ramon (MBA), 3-6, 6-2, 10-6; Owen Averbuch (Randolph) def. Baylor player  6-3, 6-3;

(2) Peter Hartman (Mtn Brook) def. Jacob Lorino (Knox Catholic), 2-6, 6-4, 10-7

  Semis: (1) Singerman def. Eaves, 6-0, 6-0; (2) Hartman def. Averbuch, 1-6, 6-1, 6-0

No.3s

1 Matt Graft (St. Xavier) def. Koray Davies (Randolph), 6-2, 6-3; (3) Yates Jackson (Mtn Brook) def. Michael Aleman (Knox Catholic), 6-2, 6-4; (4) Taylor Burgan (McCallie) def. William Textor (Huntsville), 6-3, 6-3; (2) Cooper Long (Baylor) def. Frist Allen (MBA), 6-2, 6-2

Semis: (3) Jackson def. (1) Graft, 7-6 (7), 6-2; (2) Long def. (4) Burgan, 6-1, 6-2

No.4s

1 David Faulkner (Mtn Brook) def. Wren McFadden (MBA), 6-4, 6-3; (3) Kamron Akrami (St.Xavier) def. Matt Holloway (Knox Catholic), 6-4, 7-6 (6); Jacob Bourland (Huntsville) def. Conner O’Brien (McCallie), 6-3, 6-2; (2) Patrick Toomey (Baylor) def. William Monroe (Randolph), 6-2, 6-3

Semis:  (1) Faulkner def. (3) Akrami, 6-4, 6-3; (2) Toomey def Bourland, 6-4,6-2

No.5s

1 Alex Kadrie (Baylor) def. Sean Davis (Randolph), 6-2, 6-3; (4) William Coo (Huntsville), 6-3, 5-7, 10-5; Will Hargrove (Mtn Brook) def. (3) Andrew Smith (McCallie), 6-4 7-5; (2) Spencer Blanford (St.Xavier) def. Josh Sommers (Knox Catholic), 6-2, 6-3

Semis: (1) Kadrie def. (4) Cook, 6-4, 6-2; (2) Blanford def. Hargrove, 6-4, 6-2

No.6s

1 Preston Cameron (St. Xavier) def. Matt Dovgan (Knox Catholic), 6-2, 6-2; (3) Charlie Thel (McCallie) ef. Ethan Forbes (Huntsville), 6-2 6-3; Paul Jones (Mtn Brook) def. (4) Matthew Bulow (MBA), 6-7, 6-3, 10-6; (2) Stewie Austin (Baylor) def. Evans Alison (Randolph), 6-3, 6-2

Semis: Thel def. (2) Cameron, 6-2, 6-3; Jones def. (2) Austin, 6-3, 7-6

Boys Doubles

Quarters

No.1s

1 Lancaster-Singerman (St. Xavier) def. Harwell-McFadden (MBA), 8-4; (4) Gubin-Eaves (McCallie) def. RoseiPellegrini (Huntsville), 8-3; (3) Lidikay-Jackson (Mtn. Brook) def. Averbuch-Ginsburg (Randolph), 8-3; (2) Gray-Woodham (Baylor) def. Josies-Holloway (Knox Catholic), 8-6

Semis: (Sat. at 11 a.m.) (1) Lancaster-Singerman vs. (4) Gubin-Eaves; (2) Gray-Woodham vs. (3) lidikay-Jackson

No.2s

 1 Graft-Akrami (St. Xavier) def. O’Brien-Smith (McCallie), 8-6; (4) Lorino-Aleman (Knox Catholic), def. Allen-Thornton (MBA), 8-4; (3) Long-Toomey (Baylor) def. Davis-Monroe (Randolph), 8-3; Bourland-Cook (Huntsville) def. (2) Hartman-Faulkner (Mt Brook), 8-6

Semis: Sat. at 11 a.m.)  (1) Graft-Akrami vs. (4) Lorino-Aleman; (2) Hartman-Faulkner vs. (3) Long-Toomey

No.3s

1 Gornet-Koshewa (St. Xavier) def. Textor-Forbes (Huntsviile), 8-0; (3) Hargrove-Jones (Mtn Brook) def. Sommers-Dovgan ( Knox Catholic), 8-0; (4) Schock-Palisoc (Baylor) def. Davies-Alison (Randolph), 8-0; Burgan-Thel (McCallie) def. Ramon-Bulow (MBA), 8-4

Semis (Sat at Noon) (1) Gornet-Koshewa vs. (3) Hargroe-Jones; (4) Schock-Palisoc vs. (1) Burgan-Thel

 

Boys B Division

 

Standings

Knox Webb – 15

Spain Park – 13

Univ. School Jackson – 10

McCracken – 8

Christian Acad. of Knox. – 5

Signal Mtn -  4.5

Univ School  Nashville – 1

Chattanooga Christian – 0.5

 

Notes: Knox Webb (who won A Division in 2005 and B Division in 1995, ’97) has four players in the singles finals and all three doubles; Spain Park also has four in the singles finals but only one doubles team in the finals ...  Webb vs. Spain Park singles finals at Nos 3 & 5  and No.3 doubles .. USJ has two in singles finals and one in doubles

 

Spain Park has never won Rotary … USJ won it in 1994, ‘96_

 

Girls B Division

 

 

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