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The top-ranked Carmel girls tennis team (16-0) captured all three singles matches and added a doubles victory to take a 4-1 decision from No. 6 Floyd Central in the 2013 state championship match.

It was the second state title in three years for the Greyhounds and third in five seasons. It was the first for the team under head coach Mike Bostic who has led the Carmel boys team to five overall including the last three in a row.

The youthful Greyhounds are set up well for future success as five of their starting seven players are underclassmen, including all three singles players. Those five, Bailey Padgett at No. 1 singles, Lauryn Padgett at No. 2, Molly Fletchall at No. 3 and the No. 2 doubles team of Emma Love and Mary Voigt, combined for an 82-2 mark this season. Each won in straight sets in a match that was decided in about one hour and 20 minutes. Bailey Padgett and Fletchall both finished 22-0. Padgett can add to her resume as she’ll complete in the state finals for singles players next weekend.

Floyd Central (22-5), making its first appearance in the state championship match, picked up its lone point thanks to the play of No. 1 doubles team of Whitney Batliner and Dana Frank. The pair earned a 6-2, 6-3 match from Amy Brentlinger and Linnea Peters to remain undefeated during the post-season and will advance into next Friday’s doubles state finals.

Carmel defeated Carroll (Fort Wayne) 5-0 in Friday’s quarterfinals and then took a 4-1 victory from No. 2 Evansville Memorial, the defending state champion in one semifinal. The Highlanders, coached by Rick Miller, topped Greenwood, 3-2, in the quarterfinals and then turned away previously undefeated Penn, 4-2, in its semifinal.

Due to rainy conditions over the two days, all three rounds were contested indoors at the Indianapolis Racquet Club at 8249 Dean Road.

Macie Elliott Named Mental Attitude Award Winner
Evansville Memorial’s No. 1 singles player Macie Elliott was named the winner of the mental attitude award following Saturday’s championship match.

The senior was the state singles champion in 2011, state runner-up in 2010 and a member of her school’s state championship team last year. This year’s Tigers team reached the state semifinal round before bowing out. Elliott holds 5.86 GPA on a 6.0 scale and is a member of the National Honor Society.

She will attend Southern Methodist University where she plans to study Business and Journalism and play tennis for the Mustangs. She is the daughter of Rick and Kathy Elliott of Evansville.

Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance presented a $1,000 scholarship to Reitz Memorial High School in the name of Macie Elliott.