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Area seeds fare well at regional tennis

May 20, 2005

BEREA - Seven of eight seeded entries from area schools advanced through the first round of the girls 12th Region Tournament Thursday.

All three local singles seeds that took the court moved on with straight-set victories, led by third-seeded Brooke Sheperson of Harrodsburg, who defeated Wayne County's Brittany Chaplin 6-0, 6-0.

No. 6 Amy Graham of Mercer County and No. 7 McKenzie McAfee of Danville also won.

The top two seeds, including No. 1 CeCe Witten of Boyle County, received first-round byes. Fourth-seeded Haley Hart of Lincoln County also had a bye.

In the doubles draw, the third-seeded Danville team of Jenni Hawn and Jordan Beth Davis advanced with a 6-0, 6-1 win over a team from McCreary Central.

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Fifth-seeded Cathy Shewmaker and Asia Lee of Mercer County and sixth-seeded Lindsey Sheene and Meredith Coffey of Casey County won in straight sets, and eighth-seeded Katherine Becker and Katie Nedvidek of Danville won in three sets.

The only upset of a seeded team came when Mercer's Kendra Hammons and Erica Lee defeated Harrodsburg's Jana Walker and Alex Renfro, the No. 4 seeds, 6-1, 6-2.

Some of the doubles matches were moved to indoor courts in Richmond due to thunderstorms.

Second-round matches are scheduled for today at Madison Southern and Berea College. The tournament continues through Sunday.

SINGLES

First Round

Lauren Taylor (Harrodsburg) def. Elizabeth Horn (Berea) 6-0, 6-0.

Ellen Van Gilder (Mercer County) def. Carla Estridge (Garrard County) 6-0, 6-0.

Sarah Sidwell (Casey County) def. Brittany Meece (Russell County) 6-4, 6-0.

Jenna Smyth (Southwestern) def. Allison Baeker (Danville) 6-0, 6-1.

Allison Overstreet (Casey County) def. Elizabeth Cherry (Pulaski County) 6-2, 6-4.

McKenzie McAfee (Danville) def. Whitney Davis (McCreary Central) 6-2, 6-2.

Hannah Gutenson (Lincoln County) def. Laura Donnell (Garrard County) 6-1, 6-3.

Brooke Sheperson (Harrodsburg) def. Brittany Chaplin (Wayne County) 6-0, 6-0.

Amy Graham (Mercer County) def. Emilee Boggs (Madison Southern) 6-0, 6-0.

Meredith McCann (Boyle County) def. Leann Dalton (Russell County) 7-5, 6-4.

DOUBLES

First Round

Shewmaker-A. Lee (Mercer County) def. Robbins-Lair (Lincoln County) 6-2, 6-0.

Jusufovic-Larson (Boyle County) def. Dondeneau-Poling (Madison Southern) 6-0, 6-1.

Hawn-Davis (Danville) def. Nevels-Matthews (McCreary) 6-0, 6-1.

Ponder-True (Casey County) def. Shelton-Phillips (Wayne County) 6-4, 7-6.

Thompson-Epperson (Southwestern) def. Shannon-Williams (Harrodsburg) 6-1, 6-3.

Rogers-El Nagger (Somerset) def. Davis-Smith (Garrard County) 6-2, 6-0.

Becker-Nedvidek (Danville) def. Stykes-Meece (Pulaski County) 6-2, 4-6, 6-4.

Noland-Ellis (Lincoln County) def. Reed-Stillwell (Boyle County) 6-1, 6-0.

Hammons-E. Lee (Mercer County) def. Walker-Renfro (Harrodsburg) 6-1, 6-2.

Sheene-Coffey (Mercer County) def. Wagers-Coffey (Madison Southern) 6-0, 6-2.

Parsons-Duggins (Garrard County) def. McKinney-Thacker (Berea) 7-6, 4-6, 6-4.

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