Pinecrest swept top honors in the Southeastern 4-A Conference individual girls’ tennis tournament last week.

Anna Pottle claimed the singles championship, the team of Aimee Wolf and Leah Dew earned the doubles championship and coach Fairley Cameron was named coach of the year.

Pottle, Wolf and Dew were joined by teammates Alison James, Jessica Motsinger and Elizabeth Gingerich in advancing to individual regional competition. The Midwest Regional begins at Pinecrest High School today and continues tomorrow.

The conference coaches selected Pottle as the conference’s player of the year. The coaches also selected Wolf, Motsinger, James and Dew to join Pottle as all-conference players.

“I am very pleased with the success we’ve had this year,” Cameron said. “We are still peaking with each match. Anna, Aimee and Leah played extremely well in being conference champs in singles and doubles. Our other entries made the regionals and played well.”

Pinecrest is 16-0 this season and won the conference’s team championship. The Patriots were scheduled to play in the first round of the dual state team championships Wednesday against Independence High, the number-three seed out of the Southwestern Conference.

In the individual championships held at UNC-Pembroke last week, Pottle received a first-round bye on the way to winning the singles title. In the second round, Pottle defeated Katie Parker of Scotland County 6-0, 6-0 before knocking off Allison Ricks of Richmond County 6-0, 6-2 in the semifinals. Pottle defeated Annie Gane of Lumberton 6-4, 6-1 in the championship match.

James was the second Pinecrest player entered in singles competition and she advanced to the semifinals to earn her slot in today’s regional tournament. She defeated Lindsay Drem of Hoke 6-0, 6-1 in the first round and then won 6-1, 6-2 in the second round. In the semifinals, Gane defeated James in a three-set match 6-1, 5-7, 6-2.

Pinecrest entered two teams in the doubles competition with Wolf and Dew taking the championship. Wolf and Dew received a first-round bye and then defeated Revels and Jacobs of Purnell Swett 6-0, 6-0. In the semifinals, the duo defeated Garrison and Nichols of Scotland County 6-1, 6-3. In the championship clash, the two squared off against twins Katie and Kim Bucklew of Scotland, defeating them 6-1, 6-1 to earn the doubles title.

The other Pinecrest team of Motsinger and Gingerich advanced to today’s regional competition by reaching the semifinals of the conference tournament. After a first-round bye, the duo defeated Bullard and Jacobs of Purnell Swett 6-1, 6-1, in the second round. In the semifinals, the two were defeated by Bucklew and Bucklew of Scotland 7-5, 6-1.