Girls’ Tennis
Mustangs Capture
Regional Title;
Head to States
at Radford Wed.
Sedney Wins
Singles; Sedney, LaCoste Win Doubles
By Alex LaCoste (June 3, 2003)
For the fourth year in a row the
girls’ varsity tennis team won the team regional championship, beating
Buffalo Gap 5-3 in the finals on Saturday. In addition, senior Christina
Sedney won the singles championship, and Sedney paired with freshman Alex
LaCoste to win the regional doubles title.
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The Mustangs advance
to the state championships this Wednesday at Radford College. Sedney will
play Ashton Downs of Radford high school in Thursday’s semifinal’s of the
singles competition. Sedney and LaCoste will play Lindsey Nelson and Mallory
Shaw of Galax high school in Friday’s semifinals doubles competition. The
team will take on the Region B champions, Marshall High School, Friday.
The Mustangs dominated in the semifinals
on Friday, beating William Cambell 6-0. All six lines of singles won with
number one Christina Sedney, number three Emily Phelps, number four Meredith
Crosby and number six Mercedes Bezaury all winning soundly in two sets,
with Paige Dorsey and Alex LaCoste victorious in three. |
Christina Sedney prepares
for a return in practice match in
preparation for her upcoming state finals after winning
singles
championship in regional competition last weekend.
(Photo by Dan Wilkie) |
| Saturday’s final win
did not come as easily to the Mustangs as they faced Buffalo Gap. Sedney,
Phelps and Bezaury all had solid wins, while Dorsey lost in two sets along
with LaCoste who lost in a close three sets, and Crosby fell just short
in a third set tie breaker.
Mason was tied 3-3 with Buffalo Gap,
and needed two of the three doubles lines to be victorious. Number two
doubles, Phelps and Dorsey, dominated their doubles match, with aggressive
net play and fast feet, claiming an important victory for the Mustangs.
Number one doubles, Sedney and LaCoste,
dominated the first set with strong serving and aggressive strokes, winning
the first set 6-0. Concentration was lost early in the second set, but
they came back and played with confidence and determination to finish off
the match in a tiebreak, 7-4, sealing Mason’s victory. |
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| Alex LaCoste winds up for her serve
as double partner Christina Sedney guards the net. The pair won the regional
doubles championship last weekend and will play at Radford this week in
the state competition. (Photo by Dan Wilkie) |
The six-time reigning state champions
of Radford High School, were defeated this past weekend in the regional
competiton, so 2003 will be the first time in six years that there will
be a new state champion in Virginia A girls tennis.
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