More State Tennis Info
From Staff ReportsTennis State Tournament
After a rain delay to start Friday, we took the courts at about 9:30 am. We only had one player who had a first round bye, so 5 out of six players had the first match of the day. Of those 5 we advanced four, number 1, 2, 3, and 6 singles. In the second round Andrew Shea, Ben Burt, and Aaron Saenger put their competition away and advanced to the semi-finals.
In doubles play, the number one and two doubles teams put up great fights, but came up short in the first round competition. Garner Keiser and Eric Christianson won in straight sets to advance to the 2nd round, in which they were eliminated in a hard fought match.
On Saturday, Aaron Saenger the number one seed at the number 5 singles position made quick work of his opponent winning in straight sets. Andrew Shea won a great match in the third set 6-2. Ben Burt played very well but came up just short losing 7-5, 7-5.
In the championship both Aaron and Shea played great matches but were not able to defeat their opponents both placing second in their singles draws.
Carolina Day finished fourth place as a team with Cape Fear in first, St. Davids in second, and CAA rivals Spartanburg Day in 3rd.