Pine Lake Prep joins 3 other Charlotte teams as girls’ state tennis champions
Pine Lake Prep became the fourth Charlotte-area team to win a girls’ team tennis state championship Saturday, as the Pride downed N.C. School of Science and Math/Durham 5-1 in the 3A finals at the Burlington Tennis Center.
A day earlier, Myers Park (8A), Charlotte Catholic (6A) and East Lincoln (5A) capped highly successful girls’ tennis seasons by winning N.C. High School Athletic State Association state championships.
Pine Lake Prep was led by Sophie Stanford, named the 3A finals’ most valuable player.
Also on Saturday, Lake Norman Charter fell 5-1 to Carrboro in the 4A championship. No. 3 singles player Kate Champion got Lake Norman Charter’s only victory. Carrboro’s Ryan Hayes, who beat Lake Norman Charter’s Luci Falls in the No. 1 singles match, was named Most Valuable Player.
In other finals Saturday, N.C. School of Science & Math/Morganton beat Bear Grass Charter 5-0 for the 1A championship. The victors’ Shrika Chatta was named Most Valuable Player.
And the 2A title went to Research Triangle, which blanked East Wilkes 5-0. Most Valuable Player was Research Triangle’s Alexis Zhoo, the No. 1 singles player.
FRIDAY’S RESULTS
Myers Park blanked Hoggard 5-0 in a meeting of unbeaten 8A teams, and Charlotte Catholic downed East Chapel Hill 5-2 for the 6A championship. East Lincoln then took the 5A title with a 5-1 victory over Durham School of the Arts.
It was the second straight state crown in dual meet girls’ tennis for Myers Park, which finished 21-0.
Teagan Reilly, who teamed with Lila Cheatwood to win the 8A doubles state championship in last weekend’s individual tennis finals, was named most valuable player of Friday’s finals, played at the Burlington Tennis Center.
She battled back from a 6-4 loss in the first set of No. 1 singles against Braelyn Roberson and took the second set 6-1, before capturing the tiebreaker 11-9. Cheatwood survived a tough battle in No. 2 singles, beating Zannah Roberrson 6-1, 2-6 (10-6).
Ellie Cooper, Kayla Nofziger, and Carter Glasgow also scored singles victories for the Mustangs, who won a girls’ dual meet state championship for the fourth time.
It was the 15th state championship for Charlotte Catholic (27-1).
The Cougars got off to a big start when Ella Davis downed East Chapel Hill’s Samantha Benton 7-5, 7-6 (8-6) in No. 1 singles. A week ago, Benton won the individual 6A state championship. Davis did not face Benton last week, as she teamed with Madison McWilliams to win the 6A doubles crown.
Davis was named the 6A finals’ most valuable player.
Also winning in singles for Charlotte Catholic were Carla Perezgovas (No. 2), McWilliams (No. 3) and Ariana Valenka (No. 6).
The Cougars clinched the victory when the doubles team of Perezgovas and Avery Johnson won 8-1 in No. 2 doubles.
East Lincoln Gianna LaStella, the No. 5 singles player, won Most Valuable Player honors in the 5A championships. She scored a straight-sets victory over Ruby Free.
No. 2 player Sidney Dann, who last week beat teammate Karyn Sink for the 5A individual singles state championship, scored a relatively easy 6-3, 6-1 victory Friday of Yunah Park. And Sink rolled to a 6-2, 6-2 win over Giselle Cowden in No. 1 singles.
Also winning for the Mustangs were Maddie Matz (No. 4 singles) and Olivia Watters (No. 6).
This story was originally published October 31, 2025 at 4:35 PM.
