Prep tennis roundup

By News-Argus Staff
Published in Sports on September 15, 2004 1:55 PM

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Hawks breeze

past Farmville Central

KINSTON -- North Lenoir swept all six doubles matches against Farmville Central and rolled to an 8-1 win at home in Classes 1-A/2-A Carolina/Eastern Plains Conference play on Tuesday.

Morgan Worthington, Mary-Linton Smith, Debbie Vandiford, Heather Phillips, Ashley Fillipeli and Madison Gray won singles matches for the Hawks (6-6, 5-4 Carolina/EPC).

North Lenoir's doubles combinations of Worthington-Smith and Rachel Sasser-Julie Thomas claimed doubles victories.

The Hawks host Rosewood today.

North Lenoir 8, Farmville Central 1

Singles -- No. 1 Morgan Worthington (NL) d. Robin Moore 6-0, 6-4; No. 2 Mary-Linton Smith (NL) d. Justine Williford 6-0, 6-0; No. 3 Debbie Vandiford (NL) d. Adriane Joyner 6-1, 6-1; No. 4 Heather Phillips (NL) d. Nicole Williford 6-0, 6-0; No. 5 Ashley Fillipeli (NL) d. Meghan Benson 6-0, 6-0; No. 6 Madison Gray (NL) d. Rebecca Gade 6-1, 6-0.

Doubles -- No. 1 Worthington-Smith (NL) d. Moore-Williford 8-3; No. 2 Rachel Sasser-Julie Thomas (NL) d. Joyner-Whitfield 8-4; No. 3 Benson-Gade (FC) d. Jordan Hoffman-Kristen Penuel 9-8 (5).

South Central takes twinbill

from Saints

MOUNT OLIVE -- South Central dropped just one match out of 15 as the Falcons took two matches against Southern Wayne contested on Tuesday at Mount Olive College's tennis courts.

The Saints (0-10, 0-8 Class 3-A Eastern Carolina Conference) got a doubles win from the number one combination of Beth Brown and Whitli Thornton in the second match.

The Falcons took all 12 singles matches in both contests.

Southern Wayne hosts Charles B. Aycock on Wednesday at Mount Olive.

First match

South Central 6, Southern Wayne 0

Singles -- No. 1 Lauren Lee (SC) d. Beth Brown 3-6, 6-3, 8-7; No. 2 Ashley Summers (SC) d. Tara Tillman 6-3, 6-1; No. 3 Jolisia Smith (SC) d. Emily Taylor 6-3, 6-1; No. 4 Tiffany Wood (SC) d. Kasey Powell 6-2, 6-1; No. 5 Ayana Ishido (SC) d. Whitli Thornton 6-0, 6-0; No. 6 Danyle Sutton (SC) d. Katie Savage 6-1, 6-1.

Second match

South Central 8, Southern Wayne 1

Singles -- No. 1 Lauren Lee (SC) d. Beth Brown 8-6; No. 2 Jolisia Smith (SC) d. Whitli Thornton 8-3; No. 3 Ashley Summers (SC) d. Tara Tillman 8-1; No. 4 Ayana Ishido (SC) d. Kasey Powell 8-2; No. 5 Tiffany Wood (SC) d. Emily Taylor 8-3; No. 6 Lizzie Blayney (SC) d. Christy Westbrook 8-0.

Doubles -- No. 1 Brown-Thornton (SW) d. Lee-Smith 9-7; No. 2 Summers-Ishido (SC) d. Powell-Barrow 8-1; No. 3 Wood-Sutton (SC) Savave-Taylor 8-6.

Pam Pack

sweeps EW

Washington's Emily Cochran started the afternoon with a 6-2, 6-1 win at number one singles as the Pam Pack claimed a 6-0 win in a rain-shortened match at Eastern Wayne on Tuesday.

The Warriors' Ashley Smith and Morgan Pritchett took their matches to three sets before falling to Washington.

Eastern Wayne looks to bounce back on Thursday on the road at West Carteret.

Washington 5, Eastern Wayne 0

Singles -- No. 1 Emily Cochran (WHS) d. Anna Weeks 6-2, 6-1; No. 2 Brooke Woodard (WHS) d. Brandi Butts 6-0, 6-4; No. 3 Randall Peck (WHS) d. Ashley Smith 1-6, 6-1, (7-4); No. 4 Rachel Perkinson (WHS) d. Lauren Bynum 6-4, 6-1; No. 5 McKenna Cox (WHS) d. Tricia Chatman 6-1, 5-4; No. 6 Mary Page Peck (WHS) d. Morgan Pritchett 6-3, 2-6, (11-9).

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Falcons tally

road win

DUDLEY -- Charles B. Aycock dropped just seven games in nine matches as the Golden Falcons cruised to a 9-0 win at Southern Wayne on Tuesday.

Mallory Strickland, Courtney Barnes, Mallory Peacock, Ashley Kemp, Lauren Pierce and Stephanie Davis claimed singles wins for Aycock, who improved to 6-2 on the season.

The Golden Falcons travel to take on Greenville Parks and Recreation on Thursday.

C.B. Aycock 9, Southern Wayne 0

Singles -- No. 1 Mallory Strickland (CBA) d. Scarlet Price 8-0; No. 2 Courtney Barnes (CBA) d. Shanita Hobbs 8-1; No. 3 Mallory Peacock (CBA) d. Ashley Ezzell 8-1; No. 4 Ashley Kemp (CBA) d. Emily Martin 8-0; No. 5 Lauren Pierce (CBA) d. Kristen Graziano 8-1; No. 6 Stephanie Davis (CBA) d. Casey Lewis 8-1.

Doubles -- No. 1 Strickland-Peacock (CBA) d. Hobbs-Martin 8-2; No. 2 Barnes-Pierce (CBA) d. Price-Ezzell 8-0; No. 3 Kemp-Davis (CBA) d. Kassie Rapp-Heather Price 8-1.