Citizen Staff Writer
HIGH SCHOOL TENNIS
RAYMOND SUAREZ
rsuarez@tucsoncitizen.com
The Class 5A Division I high school tennis state tournament featured a faceoff between Salpointe Catholic teammates in the quarterfinals Friday.
No. 2-seeded Maggie McGeorge of Salpointe defeated No. 7 seed Christine Mordaunt 6-0, 6-0 to advance to Saturday’s semifinals.
In doubles, No. 1 seed Courtney Amos and Lauren Amos advanced after winning their quarterfinals matchup 6-0, 6-1.
In boys singles competition, Salpointe’s No. 4 Mitch McDaniels advanced after winning 6-3, 6-1.
• In the 5A-II tournament, Rincon/University’s Samantha Lund and Ironwood Ridge’s Shannon Contreras each advanced to the semifinals in the singles.
No. 1-seeded Contreras and No. 3 Lund would face off in the finals if both win.
On the boys side, two Ironwood Ridge doubles teams could meet in the finals.
No. 2-seeded Josh Taylor and Conor Spiegel won 6-4, 6-2 while teammates and No. 1-seeded Timothy Holten and Dillon Kennedy marched to a 6-1, 6-0 win.