Indiana High School Athletic Association
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June 10, 2006
UNDEFEATED CHAMPIONS CAPTURE SINGLES AND DOUBLES CROWNS
Clarksville
junior Tiffany Welcher and the Center Grove doubles team of sophomore Becca
Porter and senior Melanie Sullivan completed perfect seasons with state
championships at the Singles and Doubles State Finals at the Indianapolis
Racquet Club.
Welcher
finished 21-0 after a dominating 6-1, 6-1 triumph over previously-undefeated
Delta junior Hayley Hall (26-1) in the finals of the 25th Annual
Singles State Finals. Welcher had earned
runner-up honors in 2005, falling to Park Tudor’s Megan Martzolf in the
final. Welcher knocked off Merrillville
senior Nina Bezvina (22-2) in the semi-finals earlier in the day, 6-1, 6-1. In the
quarterfinals, Welcher beat previously-undefeated Avon freshman Christina Riley
(23-1), 6-1, 6-2.
Five
of the six singles state finalists entered Friday’s quarter-final play
undefeated.
Center
Grove’s Sullivan became the second player ever to reach the doubles final three
straight years, joining Sandra Gyorgyi of South Bend Adams (1978, 79, 80) in
that exclusive category. Sullivan had
finished second in both 2004 and 2005 with graduated partner Megan Farley. This time, Sullivan combined with Porter to
win Center Grove’s first-ever girls state doubles championship in the 16th
annual doubles finals. The duo of Porter
and Sullivan compiled a 26-0 record, culminating with a 6-3, 7-5 victory over
Carmel junior Jenny Auda and senior Stacey Evans (16-3) in the final. Carmel led 5-3 in the second set before the
Center Grove pair rallied for four straight games to claim the championship.
Porter
and Sullivan prevailed in three sets in the semi-finals against Terre Haute
North’s Katie Clagg and Molly Williams by scores of 6-3, 4-6, 6-2. The Trojan tandem beat previously-undefeated
Katie Bryan and Kristin Crider of Delta in Friday’s quarter-final, 6-0, 6-0.
2005-06
IHSAA Individual Singles and
STATE FINALS
When: Friday, June 9 at 2 p.m.; Saturday, June 10
semi-finals at 12:30 p.m., singles finals at 3:30 p.m., doubles finals at 4:30 p.m.
Admission: Free
Friday: North Central High School,
1801 E. 86th Street,
Saturday: Indianapolis Racquet Club,
8249 Dean Road, Indianapolis
Note: Won-loss records indicate regular-season record
followed by post-season tournament record.
25TH
ANNUAL SINGLES TOURNAMENT
Finals
Tiffany
Welcher (11), Clarksville (13-0,
8-0) d. Hayley Hall (11), Delta (19-0, 7-1), 6-1, 6-1.
Consolation
Nina
Bezvina (12), Merrillville (16-1,
6-1) d. Romina Clemente (10), Culver
Academies (13-0, 8-2), 2-6, 6-3, 7-5.
Semifinals
Hayley Hall (11), Delta
(19-0, 7-0) d. Romina
Clemente (10), Culver Academies
(13-0, 8-1), 6-3, 6-2.
Tiffany
Welcher (11), Clarksville (13-0,
7-0) d. Nina Bezvina (12), Merrillville
(16-1, 5-1), 6-1, 6-1.
Quarterfinals
Hayley Hall (11), Delta
(19-0, 6-0), bye.
Romina
Clemente (10), Culver Academies
(13-0, 8-0) d. Sandy Honegger (11), Southwood
(18-0, 6-1), 6-3, 7-5.
Tiffany
Welcher (11), Clarksville (13-0, 6-0)
d. Christina Riley (9), Avon (16-0,
7-1), 6-1, 6-2.
Nina
Bezvina (12),
16TH
ANNUAL DOUBLES TOURNAMENT
Finals
Becca Porter (10)-Melanie Sullivan (12), Center Grove (17-0, 9-0) d. Jenny Auda
(11)-Stacey Evans (12), Carmel (8-2,
8-1), 6-3, 7-5.
Consolation
Katie Clagg (12)-Molly Williams (12), Terre Haute North (15-2, 11-1) d. Erin
Dunning (12)-Heidi Keiser (11), Plymouth
(17-1, 8-2), 6-4, 6-0.
Semifinals
Becca Porter (10)-Melanie Sullivan (12), Center Grove (17-0, 8-0) d. Katie Clagg
(12)-Molly Williams (12), Terre Haute
North (15-2, 10-1), 6-3, 4-6, 6-2.
Jenny Auda (11)-Stacey Evans (12), Carmel (8-2, 8-0) d. Erin Dunning (12)-Heidi Keiser (11), Plymouth (17-1, 8-1), 4-6, 7-5, 6-4.
Quarterfinals
Katie Clagg (12)-Molly Williams (12), Terre Haute North (15-2, 10-0) d.
Jennie LaBonte (11)-Ceciley Starkey (11), Brownsburg
(18-0, 7-1), 6-3, 6-2.
Becca Porter (10)-Melanie Sullivan (12), Center Grove (17-0, 7-0) d. Katie Bryan
(12)-Kristin Crider (11), Delta
(17-0, 6-1), 6-0, 6-0.
Jenny Auda (11)-Stacey Evans (12), Carmel (8-2, 7-0) d. Melissa Hensley (11)-Lauren Prow (11), Valparaiso (11-0, 7-1), 6-1, 6-2.
Erin Dunning (12)-Heidi Keiser (11), Plymouth (17-1, 8-0) d. Shauna Botlo
(12)-Jessica Chesher (12), Jeffersonville
(15-3, 7-1), 6-1, 6-2.
Round of 16
Jennie LaBonte (11)-Ceciley Starkey (11), Brownsburg (18-0, 7-0) d. Katelyn
Desper (11)-Jessica Mertz (12), East
Noble (18-2, 7-1), 6-4, 2-6, 6-3.