BEVERLY HILLS — Pontiac Notre Dame Prep’s Julie Boniface and Hannah Preuss walked off the court after their last match Thursday feeling like heroes. Their win over top-seeded Cranbrook helped their team get to 18 points at the Division 3 regional at Detroit Country Day High School.
That was enough to help the Irish earn a trip to the state finals on May 29-30. Their win also helped the host Yellowjackets earn a share of the regional title along with Cranbrook. Both teams finished with 27 points.
Country Day swept the singles competition. Cranbrook won 2-3-4 doubles titles. Below is a look at the results of the championship round.
Division 3 regional
(at Country Day)
TEAM SCORES: Birmingham Detroit Country Day 27, Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood 27, Pontiac Notre Dame Prep 18, Madison Heights Lamphere 9, Dearborn Divine Child 9, South Lyon East 8, Redford Union 7, Ferndale 6, Detroit Mumford 3, Dearborn Heights Robichaud 2
CHAMPIONSHIP SINGLES — 1. Sasha Hartje (DCD) d. Allison Motea (CK) 6-4, 6-3; 2. Haley Mullins (DCD) d. Emily Harvey (CK) 6-0, 6-0; 3. Sadina Fadel (DCD) d. Jazz Teste (CK) 6-0, 6-2; 4. Sarah Carroll (DCD) d. Kate Cao (CK) 6-4, 6-3
CHAMPIONSHIP DOUBLES — 1. Julie Boniface-Hannah Preuss (NDP) d. Meg Phyle-Sloan Wysocki (CK) 6-0, 7-5; 2. Amanda Simmons-Jamie Beckett (CK) d. Lydia Wang-Heather Zimmerman (DCD) 6-0, 6-1; 3. Sauma Du-Mackenzie Beckett (CK) d. Sharmila Prabhu-Tara Tang (DCD) 6-3, 7-6; 4. Alex Bowers-Amanda Twu (CK) d. Sam Prince-Selina Mohanty (DCD) 6-1, 6-3 (MI Prep Zone, May 18, 2015)