Soddy Daisy Girls Tennis Earns First-Ever Trip to Spring Fling; 4-1 Win against Siegel in State Quarters

  • Friday, May 15, 2015
  • B.B. Branton
Members of the Soddy Daisy girls tennis team ham it up for the camera after winning a state quarterfinal match Thursday to earn the first ever trip to the state tournament
Members of the Soddy Daisy girls tennis team ham it up for the camera after winning a state quarterfinal match Thursday to earn the first ever trip to the state tournament
photo by Cheryl Mercer

For the Lady Trojans of Soddy Daisy, history was made at 6:24 Thursday evening as junior Katelynn Coyner’s three-set win at No.4 singles clinched a 4-1 state quarterfinals victory against visiting Siegel at the Champions Club.

 

“To advance to the state tournament for the first time in school history is great for these girls who have played their hearts out all season,” said first year coach Mike Parker whose team is 17-1 heading to Spring FlingTuesday for the state semis.

 

Other Trojans who claimed wins were No.1 Olivia Crawley, No.2 Chloe Mitchell and No.5 Adrianna Peckinpaugh.

Siegel’s Katie White won at No.3.

 

DecoTurf – Season Turning Point: Soddy Daisy went 3-1 in the prestigious DecoTurf tournament held in Chattanooga in March.

 

“I had no idea what to expect when we entered the tournament and then we lost to Duncan out of Oklahoma (eventual champion) and I was hoping we would not go 0-4 that weekend,” said coach Parker.

 

“Then we won a match, 4-3, late that first night where our doubles teams had to step up and perform under pressure and they did.”

 

The Trojans won two more matches that weekend to place third in the B Division.

 

“When we entered the tournament I thought we were going to get killed against all those good teams,” said Mitchell who will play volleyball and tennis at Tennessee Wesleyan next school year, “but after we went 3-1 I knew we could have a good season.

 

“That weekend turned out to be the turning point for our season,” she said. “I am so excited that we are going to the state as a team for the first time ever so anything that happens next week (in Murfreesboro) will be icing on the cake.”

 

Soddy Daisy Girls 4, Siegel 1

Olivia Crawley (SD) def. Joy Chanthannlay, 6-1, 6-1

Chloe Mitchell (SD) def. Lexie Greene, 6-2, 6-2

Katie White (Siegel) def. Shelby Noe, 6-2, 6-1

Katelynn Coyner (SD) def. Haley Nance, 6-2, 3-6,6-2

Adrianna Peckinpaugh (SD) def. Alyssa Coley, 6-4, 6-1

 

Order of Finish 3-1-2-5-4

Records: Soddy Daisy 17-1

 

Siegel Boys Edge Cleveland, 4-2, in State Quarters Tennis

The “Stars” were aligned properly Wednesday afternoon as the Siegel Stars boys tennis team defeated host Cleveland, 4-2, at Lee University.

 

Siegel’s Taylor Graalman and Chadwick Daugherty were the only double winners on the day, as they won single matches at Nos. 1 and 3, respectively, and then teamed for the match-clinching point at No. 1 doubles.

 

Siegel makes its third straight trip to the Spring Fling Final Four May 19-20 in Murfreesboro.

 

Siegel Boys 4, Cleveland 2

1 Taylor Graalman (Siegel) def. Jake Gibson, 6-1, 6-2

2 Shivang Patel (Cleve) def. Muhammed Al-Zubaidi, 6-2, 6-2

3 Chadwick Daughtery (Siegel) def. Cade Thacker, 6-0, 6-4

4 Ben Betzler (Siegel) won

5 Veeren Patel (Cleve) def. Steven Knowles, 6-0, 7-5

 

Doubles

1 Taylor Graham-Chadwick Daugherty (Siegel) def. Jake Gibson-Shivang Patel, 8-5

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