After getting rained out earlier in the season, Nation Ford and Catawba Ridge girls’ tennis teams finally met Wednesday and didn’t disappoint.
The highly contested match ended up going to a second doubles tiebreaker with Nation Ford getting a 4-3 win over Catawba Ridge.
Nation Ford’s No. 1 singles Ava Baldino and No. 2 singles Ansley McDonald teamed up to win their No. 1 doubles match over Catawba Ridge’s No. 1 singles Gracyn Root and No. 2 singles Gianna Toscano 6-3, 6-3 to give the Falcons the win.
Nation Ford improved to 6-1 in Region 3-5A and 6-2 overall on the season. The loss dropped Catawba Ridge to 3-4 in the region and 3-5 overall.
Baldino and Root also met in No. 1 singles competition with Baldino winning 6-0, 6-1; as did McDonald and Toscano at No. 2 singles with McDonald winning 6-3, 6-2.
Catawba Ridge’s Skylar White got the win at No. 3 singles over Piper Land for Nation Ford in three sets with a 3-6, 6-1, 10-6 win. It was the only three set match in the contest between the two schools.
The two schools split No. 4 and No. 5 singles as Eva Mabey won at No. 4 singles for Nation Ford with a score of 6-3, 6-0 over the Copperheads’ Katelyn Evans. Catawba Ridge’s Abby Russell won at No. 5 singles for the Copperheads with a 6-0, 6-3 win over Nation Ford’s Reagan Newman.
Catawba Ridge tied the match at three with the No. 2 doubles team of Jane Rohrmeier and Meredith Reynolds beating Nation Ford’s Ella McCullough and Caylee Black 6-2, 6-4.
Oct. 2 Roundup
The Nation Ford girls’ golf team beat Rock Hill 219-243 at Rock Hill Country Club to improve to 6-6 on the season. Nation Ford was led by a pair of 52s from Katie Griggs and Carolyn Miller. Layla Wilson shot a 55 for the Lady Falcons and Reese Jeskey shot a 60 to round out the scoring for Nation Ford.
Late Tuesday, Fort Mill girls’ golf fell to Clover 207-219. They were led by a 50 from Campbell Grant. Lilly Sandowski shot a 53 and Caroline Jones shot a 55. Lucy Anderson finished her round with a 59 for Fort Mill. The Jackets are now 5-2 on the season.
Mac Banks: mac@fortmillprepsports.com, @fortprep
