The Mathews High School girls’ tennis team posted a win last Wednesday against Northampton, and fell to the Middlesex Chargers the following day.
Heading into post-season play, the Lady Devils’ top seeded singles player, Connie Johnson, was the #1 seed in the Region 1A singles tournament; Johnson and Kylie Berry entered the regional tournament as the number-one ranked doubles team. Mathews High School was scheduled to host the regional tournament; the singles semifinals and finals were set to be held yesterday, and the doubles tournament is scheduled for today.
Northampton
Northampton only had three players causing the team to forfeit number four singles and number two doubles giving Mathews an automatic two wins. In #1 singles, Johnson defeated Chloe Doughty of Northampton with a match score of 8-0. Playing as number two for Mathews was Faith Lewis who also captured her first win of the season against Adreona Amicucci with a match score of 8-2. Taylor Wood playing as number three singles for Mathews unfortunately fell short to Ava Purvis of Northampton with a score of 1-8. Johnson and Lewis playing as number one doubles against Doughty and Amicucci took home a win with a score of 8-3.
Middlesex
Mathews tennis lost to Middlesex on Thursday. Mathews had to forfeit number six singles and number three doubles due to lack of players, giving the Chargers an upper hand. Johnson dominated Maddie Green winning two clean sets, 6-0, 6-0, making Johnson Tidewater District singles champion. Berry took a loss against Virginia Reinhardt with a match score of 6-0. 6-0. Lewis playing for the Blue Devils lost to Katie Brooke with a set score of 6-2 for the first and 6-0 for the second. Mathews number four singles, Brooklyne Fulford played hard against Hunter Dunlevy of Middlesex but unfortunately lost, 6-3, 6-1. Wood battled Makayla Seamster in a very challenging singles match starting the sets off with a score of 6-6 causing them to go into a tie breaker which Wood lost, 7-4. In their second set Wood won, 7-5, forcing them into a third set. Wood fought hard and won 6-0 making her the winner of the longest match and earning her first win of the season.
Johnson and Berry playing one doubles had a hard battle against Green and Reinhardt. Johnson and Berry won the first set with a clean 6-3 score but fell short, 7-5, in the next set causing them to split sets and go into a third set. Mathews played aggressive net and served well to pulled through and win, 6-3. Lewis and Fulford for the Blue Devils played Brooke and Dunlevy of the Chargers but lost, 6-2, 6-0. Johnson and Berry finished the regular season undefeated making them also Tidewater District Champions for doubles.