Sports roundup: Wilson boys, girls tennis win; Mary Baldwin softball in USA South playoffs
Boys Tennis
Wilson Memorial remained unbeaten in Shenandoah District boys tennis play with a 6-3 win over Buffalo Gap Monday.
Singles
Conner Miller (WM) def. James Lam 8-0
Andrew Rathburn (BG) def. Jacob Manuele 8-1
Grant Wright (WM) def. Kaden Lyle 8-0
Drew Pumphrey (WM) def. Aidan Starcher 8-0
Tim Cole (WM) def. Connor Swisher 8-5
Ryan Shiflet (BG) def. Cooper Brandt 8-3
Doubles:
Miller/Cole (WM) def. Lam/Lyle 8-1
Rathburn/Starcher (BG) def. Wright/Pumphrey 9-7
Brandt/Manuele (WM) def. Swisher/ Shiflet 8-4
Girls Tennis
Wilson Memorial defeated Buffalo Gap 6-3 in girls tennis Monday, improving to 8-0 in Shenandoah District play and 9-3 overall.
Singles
Alex DiGrassie (BG) def. Gabriella Babral 8-1
Brynlee Roach (WM) def. Taylor Hassett 9-8 (7-4)
Alison Troxell (WM) def. Sierra Baker 8-4
Iris Chen (WM) def. Sophia Donadio 8-1
River Cranford (WM) def. Julia Savor 8-0
Jessica Rathburn (BG) def. Grace Godette 8-2
Doubles
DiGrassie/Hassett (BG) def. Babral/Troxell 8-4
Roach/Cranford (WM) def. Baker/Donadio 8-6
Godette/Elizabeth Cameron (WM) def. Savor/Rathburn 8-0
Turner Ashby beat Fort Defiance 9-0 in non-district girls tennis Monday.
Singles
Kendra Gillette (TA) def. Addyson Mooney 8-5
Harper Dodd (TA) def. Madison McElveen 8-4
Bianca Redding (TA) def. Clara Lambert 8-1
Devon Wichael (TA) def. Camila Armendariz-Cruz 8-2
Audre Davis (TA) def. Elizabeth Sushko 8-2
Sarah Jaff (TA) def. Savanna Monger 8-6
Doubles
Gillette/Dodd (TA) def. Mooney/Armendariz-Cruz 8-2
Redding/Wichel (TA) def. McElveen/Lacie Thieberger 9-8
Davis/Jaff (TA) def. Lambert/Monger 8-5
College softball
The Mary Baldwin softball team finished in a three-way tie for third place in the USA South final regular-season standings and will face Southern Virginia Thursday, May 2, at 2:30 p.m. at Pfeiffer University in Meisenhimer, N.C., in the opening round of the 2024 conference playoffs.
The Fighting Squirrels, SVU and North Carolina Wesleyan all posted an 11-7 conference record to tie for third behind nationally-ranked Pfeiffer (13-2) and second-place Greensboro (13-5). The conference tiebreakers gave NC Wesleyan the third seed in the eight-team tournament, followed by MBU fourth and SVU fifth.
So after splitting a doubleheader in Staunton last Saturday, the Fighting Squirrels and Knights will play again on a neutral site Thursday. The winner will play Friday against the winner of Thursday's other first-round showdown - Pfeiffer vs. eighth-seeded William Peace at 2:30 p.m. The losers of Thursday's games will play a knock-out game Friday at noon. Play will continue Friday and Saturday to determine a winner of that half of the conference playoff bracket.
In the other half of the tournament, NC Wesleyan, Methodist (9-9) and Meredith (8-10) will decend on Greensboro to battle it out to advance to the conference championship three-game series on May 10-11 (at the highest seed).
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