Wake County made its presence felt at the N.C. High School Athletic Association 4A girls tennis championships on Saturday.
Broughton’s Allison Harris claimed the singles title with a lengthy match against Jordan’s Samantha Slowik, winning 2-6, 6-1, 6-2. It is the second straight year Slowik has been runner-up.
Harris marks Broughton’s 16th time winning an individual championship and is the 10th singles champion. The Capitals are now tied for the most singles champs by a single school. She’s the first Capitals player to win either singles or doubles since Maggie Kane won the 4A singles title in 2012.
Meanwhile in doubles, Apex Friendship has won the 4A crown for the second straight year. Last season, Julianne Izod teamed up with Riley Jennings. This year, Julianne Izod was joined by younger sister Carolyn Izod.
The Izods needed a first-set tiebreaker to help defeat Leesville Road’s Mia Caruana and Dianna Higgins 7-6 (7-5), 6-2.
The first and second rounds of the NCHSAA 4A individual championships were played Friday, and semifinals and finals were Saturday at Millbrook Exchange Park in Raleigh.
In doubles, all four regional champions were semifinalists, with the pairs from Leesville Road (4A East), and Apex Friendship (4A Mideast) joining Myers Park’s Ann Mason Moore and Agnes Shinn (4A West) as well as Marvin Ridge’s Jeslyn and Eleri Pratiknjo (4A Midwest).
In singles, Harris represented as the 4A East regional champ and Slowik the champ of the Mideast. Myers Park’s Teagan Reilly, the 4A West champ also made it to semifinals. Sophia Catino of New Hanover was the only non-regional champ to make it semifinals, taking out Midwest champ Faith Valentine of Lake Norman in the second round.
4A Girls Tennis Results
SINGLES: First Round
Allison Harris (Broughton) def. Sydney Uhlir (East Mecklenburg) 6-0, 6-0
Laura Gomez (Panther Creek) def. Harni Anannd (Cuthbertson) 6-3, 6-0
Teagan Reilly (Myers Park) def. Celeste Davis (Cardinal Gibbons) 6-1, 6-3
Brianna Stewart (Green Hope) def. Anjali Tatini (Page) 7-5, 6-3
Faith Valentine (Lake Norman) def. Madison Lamptey (Holly Springs) 6-2, 6-2
Sophia Catino (New Hanover) def. Ella Davis (Charlotte Catholic) 6-1, 6-1
Samantha Slowik (Jordan) def. Reese Terrell (Northern Guilford) 6-1, 6-1
Jill Gruber (Millbrook) def. Sasha Wallace (Providence) 6-1, 6-1
SINGLES: Quarterfinals
Allison Harris (Broughton) def. Laura Gomez (Panther Creek) 6-3, 6-1
Teagan Reilly (Myers Park) def. Brianna Stewart (Green Hope) 6-0, 6-1
Sophia Catino (New Hanover) def. Faith Valentine (Lake Norman) 6-1, 6-4
Samantha Slowik (Jordan) def. Jill Gruber (Millbrook) 6-3, 6-4
SINGLES: Semifinals
Allison Harris (Broughton) def. Teagan Reilly (Myers Park) 6-3, 6-4
Samantha Slowik (Jordan) def. Sophia Catino (New Hanover) 6-3, 6-1
SINGLES: Championship
Allison Harris (Broughton) def. Samantha Slowik (Jordan) 2-6, 6-1, 6-2
DOUBLES: First Round
Mia Caruana/Diana Higgins (Leesville Road) def. Erika Mendez/Alex Dy (T.C. Roberson) 6-0, 6-1
Samantha Benton/Clara Mast (East Chapel Hill) def. Hattie Sloyan/Mary Cox (Page) 6-2, 7-5
Ann Mason Moore/Agnes Shinn (Myers Park) def. Carson Marguiles/Cohlson Wortham (Millbrook) 6-2, 6-4
Kylie Wade/Sylvia Mast (East Chapel Hill) def. Ryan Benningfield/Carissa Bauer (Lake Norman) 2-6, 6-4, 6-2
Jeslyn Pratiknjo/Eleri Pratiknjo (Marvin Ridge) def. Eliza Basch/Zoe Zhang (Chapel Hill) 6-, 6-1
Charlotte Bergman/Caroline Nelson (Charlotte Catholic) def. Claire Stewart/Lilly Heiden (Cardinal Gibbons) 6-0, 6-3
Julianne Izod/Carolyn Izod (Apex Friendship) def. Harper Wilson/Riya Reddy (Marvin Ridge) 6-3, 6-0
Lucy Dimock/Caroline Morrison (New Hanover) def. Nicole Bergman/Molly Macuga (Charlotte Catholic) 6-4, 7-5
DOUBLES: Quarterfinals
Mia Caruana/Diana Higgins (Leesville Road) def. Samantha Benton/Clara Mast (East Chapel Hill) 7-5, 6-4
Ann Mason Moore/Agnes Shinn (Myers Park) def. Kylie Wade/Sylvia Mast (East Chapel Hill) 6-1, 6-2
Jeslyn Pratiknjo/Eleri Pratiknjo (Marvin Ridge) def. Charlotte Bergman/Caroline Nelson (Charlotte Catholic) 6-2, 6-7 (7-5), 6-0
Julianne Izod/Carolyn Izod (Apex Friendship) def. Lucy Dimock/Caroline Morrison (New Hanover) 6-4, 6-1
DOUBLES: Semifinals
Mia Caruana/Diana Higgins (Leesville Road) def. Ann Mason Moore/Agnes Shinn (Myers Park) 6-3, 6-1
Julianne Izod/Carolyn Izod (Apex Friendship) def. Jeslyn Pratiknjo/Eleri Pratiknjo (Marvin Ridge) 6-2, 6-2
DOUBLES: Championship
Julianne Izod/Carolyn Izod (Apex Friendship) def. Mia Caruana/Diana Higgins (Leesville Road) 7-6 (7-5), 6-2
