The Cedar Ridge women’s tennis team is closing out head coach Noah Powers’ first season as head coach in style.
So much so that the Red Wolves, which defeated St. Pauls in the opening round of the 5A State Dual Team Playoffs in 2025, may earn a return trip to the postseason in October.
The Red Wolves won back-to-back matches on the road matches to start the week. On Monday, the Red Wolves completed a sweep of the season series by beating South Granville 9-0 in Creedmoor. Cedar Ridge followed that up with a win at Durham School of the Arts on Tuesday.
In both matches, top singles players Jasmin Brown and Lydia Bordelon were victorious. Against the Vikings, Brown defeated Kirson Lavrack 6-2, 6-4. Bordelon defeated Dayana Bazan 6-0, 6-0. Also in South Granville, senior Madeline Galindo-Woodring defeated Gabby Pearce 6-2, 6-2.
Brown and Galindo-Woodring, which has been Cedar Ridge’s top doubles team this season, earned another win in the top doubles match against the Vikings. They defeated Lavrack and Adalyn Knox 8-0.
Cedar Ridge won all six singles matches against the Vikings. Junior Lucinda Smyle defeated Knox 6-0, 6-1 in #4 singles. Junior Phoebe Lund defeated Addyson Gay 6-0, 6-0. At #6 singles, Ivaree Eads defeated Joy Grimes 6-1, 6-1.
In the #2 doubles match, Bordelon and Lund teamed to beat Bazan and Pearce 8-5, which was the most competitive match of the day. At #3 doubles, Smylie and Eads defeated Gay and McKenna Womack 8-2.
On Tuesday, the Red Wolves defeated Durham School of the Arts 7-2 in the Bull City. Durham School of the Arts reached the 5A Eastern Regional Championship match last year.
Brown set the tone in the top singles match by beating Maggie Muller 6-0, 6-0. Bordelon won over Eleanor Smith 6-1, 6-1.
There were two matches that wound up going to third set, 10-point tiebreakers. Eads defeated Willa Saks 3-6, 6-4, 12-10 at #5 singles. At #6 singles, Fiona Guerette of Durham School of the Arts defeated Cedar Ridge freshman Laura Fisher 6-4, 4-6, 12-10.
Lund secured a victory over Lilia Grover 6-1, 6-2, giving Cedar Ridge four of the six singles matches.
Brown and Galindo-Woodring teamed to defeat Muller and Grover 8-1. Cedar Ridge’s #2 doubles team of Brodelon and Lund teamed to give the visiting team the dual match win, beating Smith and Judd 8-3.
Cedar Ridge swept doubles when Smylie and Eads knocked off Guerette and Rain Dube 8-6.
