Chamblee’s Sophia Cheng swept her No. 3 singles match against Cartersville’s Madison Feydon 6-0, 6-0 in aiding a 3-0 Chamblee Class 5A girls’ state playoff win. (Photo by Mark Brock)
The Chamblee Lady Bulldogs won three matches before the Cartersville Lady Hurricanes could put up a victory to close out a 3-0 Class 5A first round girls’ state playoff match at Georgia State – Dunwoody on Monday afternoon.
Chamblee’s Sophia Cheng set the tone quickly blowing past Cartersville’s Madison Feydon 6-0, 6-0 at No. 3 singles to put the first point up for the Lady Bulldogs.
The No. 1 doubles team of Ananya Jatar and Kennedy Talbert swept two sets from Cartersville’s duo of Mason Cline and Mia Shaw by a score of 6-2, 6-3 to make it a 2-0 start for Chamblee. Jatar and Talbert got their fourth break against on in the second set to close out the match.
Allison Lvovich finished off the match for Chamblee winning 6-3, 6-2 over Cartersville’s Katie Lewis. Lvovich broke serve five times in the match against Lewis, including the final game of the match.
Chamblee’s No. 2 doubles team of Grace Seel and Genesis Pickens was up a set on Carterville’s Anna Ramey and Sofia Motuba and Cartersville’s Emily Bush was up a set on Chamblee’s Isabelle Coursey when the match ended.
Chamblee faces the winner of Woodward Academy and Wayne County in the Sweet 16.
Druid Hillsl Sahasra Maddu (left) smashes a backhand return in her match against Flowery Branch’s Avery Marx and Druid Hills’ Levi Press wins up for a forehand smash against Jefferson’s Jacob Meissner. (Photo by Mark Brock)
CLASS 4A
Druid Hills dropped both its boys’ and girls’ matches in the Class 4A first round they hosted at the DeKalb Tennis Center on Monday afternoon.
The Red Devils (7-8) dropped a tough 4-1 decision to the Jefferson Dragons (12-8) in boys’ action as two of the singles matches went three sets and the third was a tight two-set affair.
Druid Hills’ Chase Wainscott was the lone winner on he day as he took a three-set win over Jefferson’s Ethan Duke. Jefferson picked up a three-set win at No. 1 singles as Aaraon Eason outlasted the Red Devils’ Evan Mast.
Levi Press dropped a close two-sets to none match at No. 2 singles to Jefferson’s Jacob Meissner.
Jefferson also swept the doubles as the singles matches extended play.
In the girls’ match, Flowery Branch (12-3) rolled to an easy 3-0 victory over Druid Hills (4-8) to open the day at the DeKalb Tennis Center courts.
Flowery Branch grabbed the early 1-0 lead as Sandra Hernandez swept a 6-0, 6-0 decision against Druid Hills’ Shanti Rodriguez-Pedrazza at No. 1 singles.
The No. 1 doubles tandem of Ally Shedd and Haley Barsinger eased to a 6-0, 6-1 win over Druid Hills’ Ella Zedd and Katy Burkett to make it 2-0.
Violet Schultz and Richey Nguyen closed out the match with a 6-0, 6-0 win over Druid Hills’ Sarah Zedd and Shaelen Purdy.
DCSD TENNIS STATE PLAYOFFS SCHEDULE
Monday, 4/18
CLASS 5A GIRLS FIRST ROUND
Chamblee (13-6-1) 3, Cartersville 0
DEKALB TENNIS CENTER
CLASS 4A GIRLS FIRST ROUND
Flowery Branch (12-4) 3, Druid Hills (4-8) 0
CLASS 4A BOYS FIRST ROUND
Jefferson (12-8) 4, Druid Hills (7-8) 1
DCSD TENNIS STATE PLAYOFFS SCHEDULE
TUESDAY, 4/19
DEKALB TENNIS CENTER
CLASS 6A GIRLS FIRST ROUND
Richmond Hill at Lakeside (9-6), 1:00 pm
CLASS 6A BOYS FIRST ROUND
Richmond Hill at Lakeside (13-2), 1:00 pm
CLASS 7A BOYS FIRST ROUND
Woodstock at Dunwoody (11-3), 4:00 pm
CLASS 6A GIRLS FIRST ROUND
Tucker at Statesboro, 2:00 pm
CLASS 6A BOYS FIRST ROUND
Tucker at Statesboro, 2:00 pm
CLASS 4A GIRLS FIRST ROUND
Arabia Mountain at Madison County, 4:00 pm
North Oconee 1, Miller Grove 0
CLASS 4A BOYS FIRST ROUND
Arabia Mountain at Madison County, 4:00 pm
North Oconee 1, Miller Grove 0
CLASS 3A BOYS FIRST ROUND
Redan at Cherokee Bluff, TBA
Wednesday, 4/20
CLASS 5A BOYS FIRST ROUND
Calhoun at Chamblee (11-8), 4:00 pm
CLASS 7A GIRLS FIRST ROUND
Cherokee at Dunwoody (13-4), 4:00 pm