Ready for the Finals

TENNIS E-News

Apr. 12, 2008 Vol. VII, No. 37
South Carolina Tennis 2006 Media Award Winner
Hilton Head Island SC

Carmines Memorial Championships:

ADULTS: 20-18 Tiebreak Highlight of the Day; Finals Set Sunday

HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News) – Well, it might not be the closest match of the tournament, but a 20-18 "10-point" match tiebreak has to be the Set of the Tournament at the David M. Carmines Memorial Tennis Championships. The USTA-sanctioned adult tournament has a couple semifinals and all the finals set up for Sunday, with 3.0 and 3.5s at Van der Meer Shipyard and 4.0s at Chaplin Public Tennis Center.

The Women's 3.5 top seed Anneliza Itkor/Cindy Knight lost a first set 6-2 to Angele Byrne/Gloria Carmines, but came back 6-2 in the second. It was the seesaw 20-18 tiebreak that gave the top seed the victory to advance to Sunday finals.

The tournament is a benefit for cancer research in memory of the young Hilton Head Islander who lost his life to that disease several years ago.

Results of today's adult matches:

Men's 3.5 Singles -- Quarterfinals -- Brian Casey d. Dennis Malick 6-2; 6-0; Brian Katonak d. William Crabtree 6-3; 6-1; Semifinals -- Casey d. Katonak 4-6; 6-3; 10-8; Harold Stephens d. Thorsten Brockmann 6-3; 6-0

Men's 4.0 Singles -- Quarterfinal -- William McAbee d. John Jamieson 6-0; 6-1; Semifinals -- McAbee d. Richard Silver Wo (admin); Bob Awrey d. Michael Manglitz 6-3; 7-6(7)

Men's 3.5 Doubles -- Quarterfinals -- Hunting/O'Sullivan d. (2) Diggs/Stephens 6-4; 6-3; Brown/Norton d. Abernathy/Stockfisch 7-5; 6-1; Semifinals -- Hunting/O'Sullivan d. Brown/Norton 1-6; 6-3; 10-2; (1) Battistelli/Ryan d. Chow/Fontanie 6-4; 6-2

Men's 4.0 Doubles -- Round Robin One -- Selman/Williams d. Jamieson/Jamieson 6-2; 6-4; Round Robin Two -- Loeben/Parrott d. Selman/Williams 6-3; 6-3

Women's 3.0 Doubles -- Quarterfinals -- Fishburne/Priestley d. Creighton/Hyatt 4-6; 6-3; 10-3; Richardson/Summers d. Parker/Taylor 5-7; 6-3; 10-3; Semifinals -- Fishburne/Priestley d. Richardson/Summers 7-6(5); 6-2; Halseth/Knutson d. Chang/Chang 6-1; 6-1

Women's 3.5 Doubles -- Quarterfinals -- Selman/Selman d. (2) Harris/Hyatt 6-2; 6-2; Jover/Lozan d. Jilly/Shady 6-1; 7-5

Byrne/Carmines d. Heidenrich/Kincaid 6-3; 6-4; Semifinal -- (1) Itkor/Knight d. Byrne/Carmines 2-6; 6-2; 20-18

Combo Mixed 7.0 Doubles -- Quarterfinals -- (2) Jilly/Ryan d. Diggs/Diggs 7-5; 6-0; Abernathy/Abernathy d. Legrand/Legrand 6-2; 6-4; Creighton/Upchurch d. Gleason/Gleason 7-5; 6-2; (1) Ey/Kraus d. Selman/Shaw 6-0; 6-7(3); 10-8

JUNIORS: Semifinals Early then Finals in Singles & Doubles at Chaplin

HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC (TENNIS E-News) -- The Carmines Memorial Junior Championship entries jumped from 63 last year to 116 this time around and quality of the tennis has taken a quantum leap as well. Boys and girls got the long quarterfinal rounds wrapped up today and start early morning on singles semifinals. Singles and doubles finals to follow in what will be another busy day for Tournament Director Tom Jilly, Referee Sandra Morrissette and their many volunteers.

Here are today's junior results:

Boys' 18 Singles -- Quarterfinal -- Joab Odera d. Mo Hookaylo 3-6; 7-5; 10-7

Boys' 16 Singles -- Quarterfinals -- (2) Jonathan Dingle d. Jason Zack 6-4; 6-3; George Handy d. (4) Wes Counts 6-4; 4-6; 10-7; Colton Buffington d. (3) Kyle Kelly 6-3; 6-4; (1) Trey Halbauer d. Trey Hale 6-2; 6-4; Consolation: Round 1 -- Joey Ryan d. Spencer Sasko 8-4; Joey Nylund d. Zachary Rardon 8-4; Alex Bahr d. Malcolm Kates 8-0

Boys' 14 Singles -- Quarterfinals -- Drew Halbauer d. (2) Taylor Powell 5-7; 6-4; 10-3; (3) Matt Kirk d. Jordan Dingle 6-3; 7-6(3); Eric Zschunke d. (4) Colby Burke 2-6; 6-4; 10-4; (1) Brent Lett d. Adam Steryous 6-2; 6-3; Consolation: Quarterfinals -- Paul Cifaldi d. Christopher Kunz 8-1; Nicholas Grafton d. Graham Laws 8-2; Forest Schwartz d. Hayden Hoffler 8-3; Ian Buckalew d. Collins Richardson 8-2

Boys' 12 Singles -- Quarterfinals -- (2) Nicholas Nishnic d. Ryan Space 6-1; 6-4; Sam Trimble d. Angelo Carrabba 6-0; 6-0; (3) John Welsh d. Carsten Fisher 6-4; 6-1; (1) Jack O'Koniewski d. Mitchell Brockmann 6-0; 6-1; Consolation: Round 1 -- (4) Wesley Maddox d. Andrew Arnold 8-1; Robert Stockfisch d. Benjamin Likins Def (ad)

Boys' 10 Singles -- Final -- Wesly Staten d. Cameron Kirkwood 6-4; 6-2

Girls' 18 Singles -- Quarterfinals -- Samantha Droop d. Lauren Kelly 6-2; 7-6(2); Marie-Lawrence Blais d. Caitlin Jilly 6-1; 6-1

Girls' 16 Singles -- Round of 16 -- Kelly Cameron d. Gabrielle Perissi 6-0; 6-0; Samantha Sullivan d. Sonya Stover 6-4; 6-0; Taylor Cohen d. Ann Coleman 6-0; 6-0; Chelsea Mixson d. (4) Lauren Armstrong Wd (inj); Quarterfinals -- (2) Lindsey Burke d. Raven Giles 6-2; 6-0; Chelsea Mixson d. Taylor Cohen 6-3; 5-7; 10-6; (3) Kendal Drake d. Samantha Sullivan 6-1; 6-1; Kelly Cameron d. (1) Victoria Laskutova Wd (inj); Consolation: Round 1 -- Marian Hohenwarter d. Sophie Kerr-Dineen Def (ns); Ann Coleman d. (4) Lauren Armstrong Wd (inj); Sonya Stover d. Marcela Reyes 8-0; Quarterfinal -- Gabrielle Perissi d. (1) Victoria Laskutova Wd (inj);

Girls' 14 Singles -- Quarterfinal -- (2) Madeline Welsh d. Chelsea Bellomy 6-0; 6-0; (3) Jasmyn Howell d. Kirstin Jurgensen 6-0; 6-0; Sabrina Drammis d. Erin Hall 6-0; 6-0; (1) Ksenia Laskutova d. Ashley Bierschenk 6-0; 6-0; Consolation:

Quarterfinals -- Erica Larson d. Courtney Edenfield 8-7(4); Hadley Smith d. Sierra Giles 8-4; Charlotte Loper d. Amber Johnson 8-1; Shelby Mixson d. Morgan McNeal 8-3

Girls' 12 Singles -- Quarterfinal -- (2) Sarah Zschunke d. Peyton Cohen 6-0; 6-0; (3) Callie Sheffield d. Megan Kelly 6-0; 6-1; Valerie Droop d. (4) Makayla Chandler 6-3; 6-4; Jamie Danzell d. Shea Donahue 4-6; 6-2; 10-5; Consolation: Round 1 -- Sydnee Wheeler d. Kristin Langan 8-0; Megan Schroeder d. Emma Blue 8-5; Charlotte Bellomy d. Stephanie Scavo 8-0; (1) Katie Riley d. Marilyn Stockfisch 8-0

Boys' 16 Doubles -- Semifinals -- Buffington/Handy d. Cifaldi/Zack; (1) Hale/Nichols d. Dingle/Dingle 5-7; 6-4; 10-7

Boys' 14 Doubles -- Quarterfinal -- Halbauer/Steryous d. Kunz/Zschunke 6-0; 6-1

Girls' 16 Doubles -- Round Robin -- Burke/Drake d. Edenfield/Giles 6-0; 6-1; Edenfield/Giles d. Armstrong/Cameron Wd (inj); RR Burke/Drake d. Armstrong/Cameron Wd (inj)

Girls' 14 Doubles -- Quarterfinals -- (2) Droop/Droop d. Hall/Owens 6-1; 6-2; Bellomy/Bellomy d. Loper/McNeal 6-4; 6-0; Kelly/Zschunke d. Bierschenk/Johnson 6-2; 6-3

Girls' 12 Doubles -- Round Robin -- Riley/Sheffield d. Blue/Schroeder 6-1; 6-0

Upcoming Tournaments:

Apr. 25-27 -- 24^TH annual BillyBob Century Cup Doubles at South Beach Racquet Club

May 2-4 -- Banana Open Junior Challenge at Palmetto Dunes Tennis Center

May 16-18 -- 3^rd annual Bluffton Today Open Tennis Tournament at Bluffton High School

May 17 -- 1^st annual Rising Stars at Beaufort Academy (Novice) Tennis Tournament

May 23-25 -- 2^nd annual PTI Woody Tournament at Chaplin Public Tennis Center

June 12-15 -- Sun City Senior Doubles Tournament -- USTA-sanctioned age and rated divisions

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