It was the longest match of Jasmin Brown’s life.
In a match that stretched on for over two hours, Brown locked into a two-hour battle with Orange’s Kalynn Mason in the top singles match between the two crosstown rivals at Red Wolf Tennis Courts. Brown won a second set tiebreaker 7-4 to force a 10-point, third-set tiebreaker. That extended the marathon.
It was the last singles match to finish, which allowed players from both teams to surround the fence at the first court through the main entrance to watch. Each player staved off two match points to survive until Brown finally won 16-14.
It was one of two singles matches that went to 10-point, third set tiebreakers on a day for Orange defeated Cedar Ridge 7-2 at Red Wolf Tennis Courts. In the second singles match, senior Ellie Wilson defeated Lydia Bordelon 6-4, 5-7, 10-4.
Orange won four of the six singles matches. The Lady Panthers #2 doubles team, Davia Coyle and Cady Sayed, clinched the dual match victory with a 8-1 victory over Bordelon and junior Phoebe Lund.
Cedar Ridge’s other point came from senior Madeline Galindo-Woodring, who defeated Coyle 6-2, 6-0 in the #3 singles match.
Brown and Galindo-Woodring teamed for the longest doubles match of the day. Mason and Wilson defeated Brown and Galindo-Woodring 8-5, which completed a doubles sweep for Orange.
At #3 doubles, Lucy Frank and Samantha Gover defeated Lucinda Smylie and Ivareee Eads 8-1.
Wilson, Sayed, Frank and Gover each won two matches on the day. Sayed defeated Smylie 6-3, 6-4 in #4 singles. Frank, a senior, defeated Lund 6-4, 6-2. Gover won the #6 singles match over Eads 6-1, 7-5.
Orange improved to 10-2 overall, 6-2 in the Big 7 Conference. The Lady Panthers had a match scheduled against Southern Alamance in Hillsborough on Wednesday but it was canceled. They will travel to Carrboro, the defending 4A State Champions on Monday.
Cedar Ridge is 4-6, 2-4 in the Big 7. They will face Seaforth this afternoon (Thursday) in Pittsboro.
