The Catawba Ridge girls’ tennis team made history with a third-round 4A playoff win over TL Hanna.
The Copperheads won 4-2 on Thursday, Oct. 29 and advanced to the 4A Upper State championship on Tuesday, Nov. 3 at Riverside High School. This is the first time that the Catawba Ridge girls’ tennis team made it to the Upper State championship.
The Copperheads are the No. 2 seed in the 4A playoffs, while Riverside is the No. 1 seed. Riverside beat Greenville in the third round of the playoffs also on Oct. 29.
Against TL Hanna, each of Catawba Ridge’s wins were in straight sets. Elaina Beilstein won at No. 2 singles 6-0, 6-2 and Gracyn Root won at No. 3 singles 6-3, 6-1 for the Copperheads.
Catawba Ridge’s Gigi Miller finished out the singles play with a 7-5, 6-2 win at No. 5 singles.
In the only doubles match, Kaitlyn Wood and Jane Rohrmeier won for Catawba Ridge with a score of 6-3, 6-2.
Catawba Ridge improved to 13-1 overall on the season with the win over TL Hanna.
Mac Banks: mac@fortmillprepsports.com, @fortprep
