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2007-08 IHSAA Boys Tennis |
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The 28th Annual Singles State Tournament | The 18th Annual
Doubles State Tournament |
October 20,
2007
THIRD TIME IS A CHARM FOR SOUTH SIDE’S CARPENTER, UNBEATEN CENTER
GROVE NOTCHES DOUBLES TITLE
On a
beautiful, Indian summer day, with temperatures in mid 70’s, Fort Wayne South
Side’s Derek Carpenter and the undefeated Center Grove doubles tandem of Matt
Smith and Zane Smith notched state championships in the IHSAA Individual Tennis
State Finals at
The third
time was most definitely a charm for Fort Wayne South Side’s Derek
Carpenter. After being defeated in the state
semifinals the previous two years, the scrappy Carpenter rallied after losing
the first set to defeat Lawrence Central’s Dalton Albertin, 5-7, 6-2, 6-2, for
the singles championship. The senior
finished the season with a record of 25-2, including 9-0 in the post season, to
become the first player from Fort Wayne South Side to earn a state singles
title.
Carpenter
defeated South Bend Adams’ Omar Turk in the morning semifinals, 6-0, 6-2, while
Albertin disposed of Evansville Memorial’s Ben Carroll, 6-2, 6-1. Albertin, a junior, finished the season with
a record of 20-5.
In doubles,
seniors Matt Smith and Zane Smith captured their second doubles state
championship (other coming in 2005-06) with a 6-1, 7-5, victory over Delta’s
Dan Klingenberg and Jeff Price. The
Center Grove duo finished with a perfect 27-0 season record. Klingenberg and Price were dealt their first
loss of the year finishing 29-1.
In the
Saturday morning doubles semifinals, Smith and Smith cruised to a 6-1, 6-4,
victory over Bloomington South’s Sean O’Connell and Kevin Zhang to earn a spot
in the finals. The tandem of Klingenberg
and Price defeated Jasper’s Tanner Niehaus and Pete Wilson, 6-4, 6-1, to earn
the other spot in the championship match.
State Finals
Date: October
19-20, 2007.
Times: Friday quarterfinals
at 2 pm; Saturday semifinals at 10 am; Saturday championship and consolation
matches at 2 pm.
Site:
Singles
Note: Each individual’s regular season record is listed first followed by
their post-season tournament record.
Semifinals, Sat, 10 am ET
Derek Carpenter (12)
Championship Match, 2 pm ET
Derek Carpenter (12)
Consolation Match, 2 pm ET
Ben Carroll (12)
Doubles
Note: Each team’s regular season record is listed first followed by its
post-season tournament record.
Quarterfinals, Fri, 2 pm ET
Matt Smith (12) | Zane Smith (12) Center
Grove (17-0, 8-0) def. Charlie Hurst (10) | Adam Katz (12) Brebeuf
Jesuit (18-2, 5-1), 5-7, 7-6 (7-3), 6-2.
Sean O’Connell (11) | Kevin Zhang
(12)
Dan Klingenberg (12) | Jeff Price
(12) Delta (21-0, 7-0) def. David Cable (12) | Bryant Wiley (12)
Tanner Niehaus (11) | Pete Wilson
(12) Jasper (15-4, 7-0) def. Geoff Bach (12) | Phil Kubisz (10) Highland
(10-0, 6-1), 6-0, 6-4.
Semifinals, Sat, 10 am ET
Matt Smith (12) | Zane Smith (12) Center
Grove (17-0, 9-0) def. Sean O’Connell (11) | Kevin Zhang (12)
Dan Klingenberg (12) | Jeff Price
(12) Delta (21-0, 8-0) def. Tanner Niehaus (11) | Pete Wilson (12) Jasper
(15-4, 7-1), 6-4, 6-1.
Championship Match, 2 pm ET
Matt Smith (12) | Zane Smith (12) Center
Grove (17-0, 10-0) def. Dan Klingenberg (12) | Jeff Price (12) Delta
(21-0, 8-1), 6-1, 7-5.
Consolation Match 2 pm ET
Sean O’Connell (11) | Kevin Zhang
(12)