Tennis -- Warriors nearly upset West Carteret

By Rudy Coggins
Published in Sports on August 20, 2004 1:56 PM

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West Carteret's Jan Dodge survived a pair of tiebreakers at No. 6 singles and that proved to be a crucial match in the Patriots' 5-4 win against Eastern Wayne on the Wayne Community College Courts.

Dodge outlasted junior Sammi Abrahamson 7-6 (4), 2-6, 7-6 (5) in the Eastern Carolina 3-A Conference match.

Second-seeded Ashley Smith, fourth-seeded Tricia Chatman and fifth-seeded Lauren Bynum each took a singles win. Chatman didn't lose a game, while Bynum escaped 7-5, 6-1.

The Warriors' No. 3 doubles of Smith-Abrahamson claimed an 8-3 win.

Eastern Wayne (1-2, 1-2 ECC) entertains New Bern next Wednesday afternoon.

West Carteret 5, Eastern Wayne 4

Singles -- No. 1 Corrine Langston (WC) d. Anna Weeks 6-1, 6-1; No. 2 Ashley Smith (EW) d. Courtney Whisler 6-1, 6-4; No. 3 N. Boelling (WC) d. Brandi Butts 6-1, 6-1; No. 4 Tricia Chatman (EW) d. Katy Bell 6-0, 6-0; No. 5 Lauren Bynum (EW) d. Vallance 7-5, 6-1; No. 6 Jan Dodge (WC) d. Sammi Abrahamson 7-6 (4), 2-6, 7-6 (5).

Doubles -- No. 1 Langston-Whisler (WC) d. Weeks-Butts 8-2; No. 2 Boelling-K. Register (WC) d. Chatman-Bynum 8-6; No. 3 Smith-Abrahamson (EW) d. Bell-G.G Hamdan 8-3.