GT MIC Tourney: #3 Carmel holds off #6 TH South for third straight crown

Third-ranked Carmel won its third straight Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference girls tennis tournament May 9 at Ben Davis, capturing three of the meet’s five championships and outdueling No. 6 Terre Haute South by five points for the team title.

The Greyhounds got individual crowns at No. 1 singles (Courtney Wild), No. 1 doubles (Megan Renninger and Olivia Trancik), and No. 2 doubles (Sarah Rodefeld and Susie Chen) in tallying 49 team points, five more than the runner-up Braves. Eighth-ranked Center Grove (29) eked past No. 7 Terre Haute North (28) for third place in the eighth-team field that featured four of the state’s eight top-ranked programs.

Amanda Nguyen finished second at No. 2 singles for Carmel, while Elizabeth Trancik took third at No. 3 singles for coach Sharon Rosenburgh. Terre Haute South, meanwhile, won the tourney’s two other titles at No. 2 singles (Taylor Bullock) and No. 3 singles (Maddy Kesler).

The conference crown was just the start of a murderous stretch of schedule that will see the ’Hounds travel to North Central May 11, host ninth-ranked Columbus North May 12, hit the road for a May 13 date at No. 11 Hamilton Southeastern, travel to seventh-ranked Terre Haute North May 15 …

… visit top-ranked Park Tudor May 20 … then host HSE and a talented Noblesville team among five Sectional 5 opponents beginning the next day. Ah, the perils of rescheduled spring sporting events in Hoosierville!

Team scores
1. #3 Carmel 49
2. #6 Terre Haute South 44
3. #8 Center Grove 29
4. #7 Terre Haute North 28
5. North Central (Indianapolis) 11
6. Lawrence North 9
7. #28 Warren Central 7
8. Ben Davis 3

Individual results (all third sets decided by super tiebreaker):

No. 1 singles
Round 1
Courtney Wild (Carmel) def. Jessica Allen (NC) 6-0, 6-4
Katie Poole (WC) def. Debra Easton-Bates (LN) 6-2, 6-3
Brittany Farmer (TH North) def. Katie Hollman (BD) 6-0, 6-0
Hunter Bullock (TH South) def. Katie Wyman (CG) 6-1, 5-7, (10-5)

Round 2
Courtney Wild (Carmel) def. Katie Poole (WC) 6-0, 6-1
Brittany Farmer (TH North) def. Hunter Bullock (TH South) 6-3, 4-6, (10-7)
Jessica Allen (NC) def. Debra Easton-Bates (LN) 6-1, 6-1
Katie Wyman (CG) def. Katie Hollman (BD) 6-0, 6-1

Championship round
Courtney Wild (Carmel) def. Brittany Farmer (TH North) 7-5, 6-7(7-3), (10-4) (first place)
Hunter Bullock (TH South) def. Katie Poole (WC) 6-1, 6-2 (third place)
Katie Wyman (CG) def. Jessica Allen (NC) 6-4, 6-2 (fifth place)
Debra Easton-Bates (LN) def. Katie Hollman (BD) 6-0, 6-1 (seventh place)

No. 2 singles
Round 1
Taylor Bullock (TH South) def. Gigi Cabello (BD) 6-0, 6-1
Kaitlyn Lindley (NC) def. Lariisa Pittman (WC) 6-3, 6-2
Amanda Nguyen (Carmel) def. Kathleen Rutherford (LN) 6-0, 6-0
Jamie Claeys (CG) def. Sarah Potter (TH North) 7-5, 7-5

Round 2
Taylor Bullock (TH South) def. Kaitlyn Lindley (NC) 6-3, 6-2
Amanda Nguyen (Carmel) def. Jamie Claeys (CG) 6-3, 7-5
Lariisa Pittman (WC) def. Gigi Cabello (BD) 6-4, 6-2
Sarah Potter (TH North) def. Kathleen Rutherford (LN) 6-0, 6-1

Championship round
Taylor Bullock (TH South) def. Amanda Nguyen (Carmel) 6-2, 6-1 (first place)
Jamie Claeys (CG) def. Kaitlyn Lindley (NC) 6-1, 6-1 (third place)
Sarah Potter (TH North) def. Lariisa Pittman WC injury default (fifth place)
Gigi Cabello (BD) def. Kathleen Rutherford (LN) 6-1, 6-4 (seventh place)

No. 3 singles
Round 1
Alicia Smith (CG) def. Bailey Schroeder (BD) 6-0, 6-0
Clair Kassebaum (LN) def. Clair Haley (TH North) 6-2, 6-2
Elizabeth Trancik (Carmel) def. Yasmin Abdelak (WC) 6-0, 6-0
Maddy Kesler (TH South) def. Claudia Varga (NC) 6-1, 6-1

Round 2
Alicia Smith (CG) def. Clair Kassebaum (LN) 6-0, 6-0
Maddy Kesler (TH South) def. Elizabeth Trancik (Carmel) 7-5, 6-3
Clair Haley (TH North) def. Bailey Schroeder (BD) 6-1, 6-0
Claudia Varga (NC) def. Yasmin Abdelak (WC) 6-4, 6-1

Championship round
Maddy Kesler (TH South) def. Alicia Smith (CG) 6-3, 6-3 (first place)
Elizabeth Trancik (Carmel) def. Clair Kassebaum (LN) 6-0, 6-0 (third place)
Clair Haley (TH North) def. Rachel Gelbert (NC) 6-1, 6-1 (fifth place)
Yasmin Abdelak (WC) def. Bailey Schroeder (BD) 6-0, 6-1 (seventh place)

No. 1 doubles
Round 1
Paige Cook/Katie Behenke (TH North) def. Chrissy Hopp/Danielle Royce (WC) 6-1, 3-6, (11-9)
Megan Renninger/Olivia Trancik (Carmel) def. Diane Jones/Sarah Richert (CG) 6-1, 7-6(7-4)
Emma Bilyeu/Mallory Metheny (TH South) def. Allie Kipper/Nicole Gentry (LN) 6-3, 6-1
Rachel Dean-Webster/Katie Wehlage (NC) def. Marcy Cabello/Hannah Drummond (BD) 6-1, 6-4

Round 2
Megan Renninger/Olivia Trancik (Carmel) def. Paige Cook/Katie Behenke (TH North) 6-2, 6-0
Emma Bilyeu/Mallory Metheny (TH South) def. Rachel Dean-Webster/Katie Wehlage (NC) 6-1, 6-3
Diane Jones/Sarah Richert (CG) def. Chrissy Hopp/Danielle Royce (WC) 6-2, 6-1
Allie Kipper/Nicole Gentry (LN) def. Marcy Cabello/Hannah Drummond (BD) 6-1, 6-1

Championship round
Megan Renninger/Olivia Trancik (Carmel) def. Emma Bilyeu/Mallory Metheny (TH South) 6-2, 6-4 (first place)
Paige Cook/Katie Behenke (TH North) def. Rachel Dean-Webster/Katie Wehlage (NC) 5-7, 6-1, (10-6) (third place)
Diane Jones/Sarah Richert (CG) def. Allie Kipper/Nicole Gentry (LN) 6-1, 6-1 (fifth place)
Chrissy Hopp/Danielle Royce (WC) def. Marcy Cabello/Hannah Drummond (BD) 2-6, 6-4, (10-7) (seventh place)

No. 2 doubles
Round 1
Ashlyn Douthitt/Claire Harton (LN) def. Hannah Herman/Amy Bercowitz (NC) 6-1, 4-6, (10-4)
Eesha Purohit/Alexis Summers (TH South) def. Mary Kate Etling/Makenzie Utterback (TH North) 6-3, 6-3
Sarah Rodefeld/Susie Chen (Carmel) def. Azia Bussell/Leah Johnson (BD) 6-1, 6-0
Emily Marcello/Allie Sammons (CG) def. Erin McAllen/Jessica Newman (WC) 6-1, 6-2

Round 2
Eesha Purohit/Alexis Summers (TH South) def. Ashlyn Douthitt/Claire Harton (LN) 6-1, 6-1
Sarah Rodefeld/Susie Chen (Carmel) def. Emily Marcello/Allie Sammons (CG) 6-1, 6-2
Mary Kate Etling/Makenzie Utterback (TH North) def. Hannah Herman/Amy Bercowitz (NC) 7-6(7-4), 6-1
Azia Bussell/Leah Johnson (BD) def. Erin McAllen/Jessica Newman (WC) 6-4, 7-6(7-2)

Championship round
Sarah Rodefeld/Susie Chen (Carmel) def. Eesha Purohit/Alexis Summers (TH South) 6-0, 6-1 (first place)
Emily Marcello/Allie Sammons (CG) def. Ashlyn Douthitt/Claire Harton (LN) 6-0, 6-4 (third place)
Mary Kate Etling/Makenzie Utterback (TH North) def. Azia Bussell/Leah Johnson (BD) 6-3, 6-2 (fifth place)
Maddi Frangi/Emily McCabe (NC) def. Marisa Peredo/Jessica Newman (WC) 6-2, 6-0 (seventh place)