The FA Women’s Tennis team is the the elite 8 teams left in the team playoffs.  They defeated Chatham Central 8-1 on Tuesday.  The lopsided result is misleading however. 4 singles matches went to 3rd set tiebreaks.   Winning those close matches were Abby, Sydney, and Niamh.  Anisah and Ashlynn won in straight sets.  We dominated doubles with all our teams winning. CC had the E. Regional 2nd place team, but they fell to Anisah/Abby 10 -6.  The Stephan’s won 10-2, and Sydney/Isabelle won 10-3. On to Raleigh Charter and a chance for the East finals!

FA sent a record number of players to the East Regional.  Six players qualified this time.  We had 5 last year, our previous record.  In singles we had Abby Armistead and Kali Sibillia..  In doubles we had Ashlynn and Niamh Stephan,  and Sydney Sibillia and Isabelle Murphy.  All of our entries won their first round matches except for Kali who drew the tournament #3 seed from Raleigh Charter.  Sibillia/Murphy lost in the second round to the eventual 2nd place team from Chatham Central.  The Stephans won both matches on Friday to advance, as did Abby in singles, beating, in 3 sets, a player from Raleigh Charter.  Ashlynn and Niamh eventually finished 3rd in doubles and Abby fourth in singles.  Those 3 are moving on to States in Cary, Friday October 26.  Way to go Patriots!!

The Women's Tennis Team is sending all 6 of its entrants to the NCAC tournament to the East Regional in Greenville this Friday.  We have never had 6 players qualify.  Qualifying in singles were Abby Armistead and Kali Sibillia.  Abby beat a Voyager player and Kali a player from Roxboro.  In doubles the Stephans, Ashlynn and Niamh, bested a Roxboro team while Sydney Sibillia and Isabelle Murphy defeated a Voyager Team.  Roxboro also had a singles and a doubles entry to make it.  Great job ladies and on to Greenville!

Promise York set to play #5 singles on a hot(88) day in Goldsboro NC. She won 6-3, 6-2!  She received coaching(legally), but did not break her racquet (she only has the one her Mom bought her and she would be mad), and did not verbally abuse anyone. She at least is a great example for all tennis players.  The whole team was, winning 8-1 over Rosewood with Abby, Niamh, Isabelle, Gugma, Promise and Erica all prevailing in singles. 

The FA Tennis team took on the 2 time reigning state 1A tennis champs, Raleigh Charter, on Thursday and nearly pulled out a victory.  After singles the score was tied 3-3 with Kali Sibilla, Ashlynn Stephan, and Isabelle Murphy all winning their matches.  Kali and Ashlynn both won tense 3rd set tie-breakers.  We had a chance, and needed to win 2 out of 3 doubles matches to win the whole thing.   However, we only got 1 of 3 with the sister team of Ashlynn and Niamh Stephan dominating in an 8-1 win.  We are a team of freshmen and sophomores primarily, and to come so close to beating  a team that has won the state championship the last 2 years is phenomenal feat.  Their team has 4 seniors in the top 6.  Somebody needs to start making a banner for the side of that downtown building for this team.  It is coming.  

The FA Women's Tennis team beat a tough opponent, Chatham Central, on Tuesday by the score of 6-3.  CC had last week beaten Yancey HS,  the 2017  2A team state finalist.  We dominated singles 5-1 with Anisah, Abby, Sydney, Ashlynn, and Isabelle all winning.  The doubles team of Ashlynn and Niamh Stephan won their match 8-6 to give us the 6 total.  Way to go ladies!