Tennis roundup Oct. 8

 Having already seized the Mideastern 3-A/4-A Conference's top 3-A seed, White Oak is looking for momentum heading into the state playoffs.

The Vikings may have got that in a 7-2 victory over Ashley at Jacksonville Country Club on Tuesday.

"We were aggressive and we have been working on that," said Vikings head coach Dirk Cline. "And when I say aggressive I mean trying to put opponents in stress by making them work harder by moving them left, right, up and back, and putting the ball away when you get the chance."

It appears many WOHS players did that, as Lindsey Cline, Meghan Edwards, Jessica Roff and Dominique Moore each won their singles matches.

SINGLES: Cline (WO) def. Rachel Aguiar 6-1, 6-2; Edwards (WO) def. Marcia Sinn 6-2, 6-1; Roff (WO) def. Stephanie Seals 3-6, 7-5, 10-2; Courtney Gore (A) def. Bethany Martin 6-3, 6-1; Moore (WO) def. Gabrielle Kronseld 6-2, 6-2; Rianne Wittington (A) def. Munazza Abraham 2-6, 6-3, 10-6.

DOUBLES: Cline/Edwards (WO) def. Aguiar/Seals 8-4; Roff/Martin (WO) def. Sinn/Gore 9-7; Abraham/Angela Truehill (WO) def. Elise Harris/Danielle Stallings 8-3.

RECORDS: WO: 11-6, 6-5, at Laney today at 4 p.m.

West Brunswick 5, Jacksonville 1: Hayley Vatcher recorded wins in each of Jacksonville's two matches with West Brunswick, which earned two victories.

Vatcher, who will advance to the 3-A East Regionals, won 8-0 in her two singles matches. The Cardinals lost 5-4 in the first contest, before losing 5-1 in the second.

Second match

SINGLES: Hailey def Bennett 8-0; Amanda Silva def Alysse Banter 9-8, 7-3 tiebreaker; Gabriella Sanders def Kayla Stanley 8-4; Amy York (WB) def Grabowski 8-2; Jordan Sanchez def Madisen Besper Lesan 8-3; Fike (WB) def Melissa Rouse 8-3

First match

SINGLES: Vatcher Hailey (J) def. Becky Bennett 8-0, Alysse Banta (J) def. Amanda Silva 8-4 Kayla Stanley (J) def Gabriella Sanders 8-5; Aimee Rourk (WB) def Alex Graboswski 8-0; Jordan Sanchez (WB) def Madisen Besper Lesan 8-4; Hannah Fike WB def Danica Cox 8-0

DOUBLES: Vatcher and Banter (J) def Bennet and Silva 8-3; Sanders and Yourk (WB) def Stanley and Grabowski  8-2; Sanchez and Fike (WB) def Melissa Rouse and Shea Pierson 8-0

RECORDS: J 0-13, host Hoggard Thursday. WB: 4-12,

Croatan 5, East Duplin 1: At Swansboro, Croatan was able to prevail with an East Central 2-A Conference win over East Duplin.

With the win, Croatan earned a share of the regular season conference title and the top seed for the conference tournament.

Christine Conti, Noelle Osika, Michelle Bennett, Tiffany Harden and Stevie Simmons won their matches for Croatan.

Libby Herring got East Duplin's only point.

SINGLES: Conti (Cro.) def. Sabrina Gillenwater 7-6, 6-1; Osika (Cro.) def. Jessica Halso 7-5, 6-3; Bennett (Cro.) def. Alli Miller 3-6, 7-6, 6-4; Harden (Cro.) def. Quinn Carlton 7-5, 6-1; Herring (ED) def. Megan Morreale 6-1, 6-1; Simmons (Cro.) def. Casey Whitfield 7-6, 7-5.

RECORDS: WO 7-1, at Kinston Thursday. JHS: 4-3, host Laney Friday.