Baylor tennis player McCall Morgan returns the ball during her Rotary Tennis Tournament singles division A-4 championship match against McCracken player Mesa Trimm on Saturday at Baylor School.
McCallie tennis player Turner Voges returns the ball during his Rotary Tennis Tournament singles division A-2 championship match against St. Xavier player Drew Singerman Saturday at Baylor School.If there was any girls’ drama going into the final day of the 58th Rotary Invitational tennis tournament Saturday, the Baylor team put that to rest fairly quickly.
The Lady Red Raiders claimed seven of the nine available championships, running away from the field and finishing with 23 points for their fourth consecutive title in the A division of the event. The A division boys’ title was won by St. Xavier of Louisville, Ky., for the second straight year, with 20 points to defeat McCallie by three.
GPS finished in a three-way tie for fourth place, while the Baylor boys placed fourth, one-half point behind Montgomery Bell Academy.
Baylor’s Harper Caswell, Maggie Crumbliss, McCall Morgan and Drew Hawkins claimed girls’ A singles titles, and Baylor swept the three doubles finals, with Morgan and Samantha Caswell, Harper Caswell and Ashton Jenne, and Crumbliss and Hawkins taking championships.
“I thought we all played well today,” Baylor coach Dustin Kane said. “It’s a different format than we normally play during the year, which puts a lot of emphasis on the individual matches. If you get a bad draw, it could cost you, but we played well and prepared well to put ourselves in a position to win this today.”