The host Thomas Jefferson Cavaliers had a stellar showing at the Class 1 District 11 individual district tennis tournament on Friday at the TJ courts.
The Cavaliers had two singles players and a doubles team advance to next weekend’s sectional tournament.
Thomas Jefferson’s Allison Ding defeated teammate Johanna Jeyaraj 6-4, 6-0 in the championship match of the singles bracket. Both players advanced with the top-two finishes.
Ding beat Mount Vernon’s Jessah Anderson 6-1, 6-0 in the semifinals, while Jeyaraj defeated College Heights’ Taylor Dunham 6-2, 7-6 (7-5) in the other semifinal.
In the doubles championship match, Mount Vernon’s Jasmine Sapiel-Emilee Smith defeated Thomas Jefferson’s Juliana Joseph-Sydney Stamps 7-6 (7-2), 6-3. Again, both teams move on.
The Cavaliers beat Mount Vernon’s Brooke Loftus-Allison Schubert 6-1, 6-1 in the semifinals, while Sapiel-Smith defeated College Heights’ Riley Peterson-Shayla Cliffman 6-0, 6-0 in the other semifinal.
Class 1 District 11
At Thomas Jefferson
Singles
Ding (TJ) def. Laws (CH) 6-0, 6-0; Anderson (MV) def. Hull (MON) 7-5, 6-3; Jeyaraj (TJ) def. Mosely (MV) 6-1, 6-1; Dunham (CHC) def. Hernandez (MON) 6-1, 6-0. Ding def. Anderson 6-1, 6-0; Jeyaraj def. Dunham 6-2, 7-6 (7-5). Ding def. Jeyaraj 6-4, 6-0 (1st). Anderson def. Dunham by withdrawl (3rd).
Doubles
Joseph-Stamps (TJ) def. Baker-Bass (CHC) 6-2, 6-2; Loftus-Schubert (MV) def. Smith-Parris (MON) 6-1, 6-1; Peterson-Cliffman (CHC) def. Gomez-Rodriguez (MON) 6-0, 6-0; Sapiel-Smith (MV) def. Joseph-Henson-Miyauchi (TJ) 6-0, 6-2. Joseph-Stamps def. Loftus-Schubert 6-3, 6-2; Sapiel-Smith def. Peterson-Cliffman 6-4, 6-0. Sapiel-Smith def. Joseph-Stamps 7-6 (7-2), 6-3 (1st). Loftus-Schubert def. Peterson-Cliffman 8-5 (3rd).
