Memorial High School capped a dominant season by winning the UIL Class 6A team tennis state championship, defeating Southlake Carroll 10-7 in Thursday’s final at the Blossom Tennis Center in San Antonio.
The state title is the third for the program (2017, 2019), which was making its first appearance in the final four since 2023.
Memorial’s path to the title included several impressive performances throughout the postseason. The Mustangs (18-1) opened with a 19-0 victory over Pasadena Dobie, followed by an 11-0 win against Barbers Hill and a 10-0 sweep of Pearland Dawson. They faced tougher tests in the next two rounds with a 10-7 win over Austin Vandegrift, followed by a 10-5 regional final victory against Clements. Memorial then defeated five-time state champion Round Rock Westwood 10-9 in the semifinals Wednesday before edging out Southlake Carroll in the championship match. The Mustangs won 18 consecutive matches after falling to the same Westwood squad in the first contest of the season.
Memorial, coached by Brian Mandell and assistant J.P. Bonilla, swept the girls doubles matches and earned six singles victories to defeat Southlake Carroll, which ousted previously undefeated 2025 state champion The Woodlands with a 10-8 victory in the semifinals.
Lucy Chung and Katherine Varady beat Dua Akbar and Elizabeth Butterbach 6-3, 6-4 in girls doubles, and Zoe Smith and Addison Womac rolled past Caroline Heath and Jasleen Rangee 6-1, 6-0. Grace Martin and Celeste Hoang beat Sophia Lourido and Isabella de Fazio 6-0, 6-1. Yosef Elyashkevich and Nicholas Du added a 6-4, 6-2 victory over Rushil Rajpal and Francesco Poggi in boys doubles, giving Memorial a 4-3 advantage entering singles.
Chung, Martin, Smith and Womac each added straight-set singles victories. Chung defeated Siena Castro 6-3, 6-3, Martin beat Akbar 6-3, 6-2, Smith topped Macey Ord 6-0, 6-3, and Womac defeated Lourido 6-4, 6-2. Memorial also earned two comeback victories in boys singles. Joowon Kim defeated Francesco Poggi 4-6, 6-2, 10-3, while Aiden Yan rallied past Carlos Poggi 3-6, 6-3, 10-6 to help the Mustangs secure the 10 wins they needed.
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This article originally published at Memorial wins Class 6A state team tennis title with win over Southlake Carroll.
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