Rick Patrick
rick@greenepublishing.com
The Aucilla Christian Academy (ACA) Warrior tennis team has finished their regular season, with a winning season for both the boys and girls teams. The girls team ended the regular season with an impressive 13-2 mark, while the boys finished with a winning 8-7 record.
In high school tennis, each individual member of the team and those pairs playing in doubles matches are ranked by the coach. During competition, each team's number one boy will play the opposing team's number one boy. The two number two boys will play in singles competition, and so on. The same holds true with doubles competition.
Individually, the boys singles records were: Brewster Bass/3-7, Matthew Arceneaux/6-4, Joey Davis/5-5, Will Sullivan/5-5, Ethan Bass/7-1, Hunter Hughes/5-2, Kolton Gramling/3-1 and Harper Davis/1-2. The number one boys doubles team of Brewster Bass and Ethan Bass had a record of 3-7. The number two doubles team of Matthew Arceneaux and Joey Davis had a record of 8-2.
For the girls, the individual records were: Olivia Walton/8-1, Riley Hamrick/7-3, Jenna Lindsey/8-2, Caroline Taylor/7-3, Laney Cruce/5-4, Lauchlin Faglie/3-0 and Morgan McNeill/2-4. The number one girls doubles team of Walton and Lindsey had a record of 9-1. The number two girls doubles team of Hamrick and Taylor had an undefeated record of 10-0.
The Warriors capped off their 2021 campaign with both the boys and girls teams advancing into the Class 1A Region One Tournament. The girls team was crowned the District Two Champions, while the boys team was the District Two Runner-Up. Individually, the ACA girls doubles team of Walton and Lindsey took first place during the district tournament, which concluded on Friday, April 16, earlier at Tom Brown Park, in Tallahassee.
In the regional tournament semifinal, held on Tuesday, April 20, the ACA boys team was defeated by Pensacola Christian. The girls team was defeated by Maclay School, from Tallahassee.
The girls doubles team of Walton and Lindsey was defeated by the team of Alata and Brownlee, from Dover, Fla., 6-2, 6-1.
“We are very proud of our Warriors,” said Head Coach Katrina Walton.