Wednesday’s Yadkin Valley Conference women’s tennis showdown at Pfeiffer’ Knapp Tennis Center pitted two teams with undefeated conference records going into the matchup.

The result came down to the No. 2 doubles matchup as the previous eight contests left the Knights and Comets tied 4-4.

Gray Stone’s combination of Ella Hedenskog and Mia Taggart kept the Knights undefeated on the season to put the Knight out in first place over the Comets, 5-4.

The Knights’ second-seeded doubles team topped Andi Billingsley and Courtney Smith, 8-5, to secure the win for Gray Stone,

In singles play, the Knights (8-0, 7-0 YVC) got wins in singles from top seed Emma Bost over Billingsley, 6-1, 6-0, No. 3 seed Ella Hedenskog over Katie Earnhardt, 6-2 and 6-2, along with fifth-seeded Caroline Garner, who topped Courtney Smith 7-6 (7-3) and 6-4.

North (6-2, 5-2) got wins at No. 2 singles from Elithe Hudson, who beat Taggart 6-3 and 6-1 and the fourth-seeded match as Josie Luther beat Gray Stone’s Emma Sparger in three sets, 6-3, 6-7 (7-5) and 1-0 (13-11). With the Comets’ Bailey Smith winning at No. 6 singles 6-7 -(2-7), 6-4 and 1-0 (10-5), the match was tied 3-3 heading into doubles.

The Comets led 4-3 when No. 3 doubles team of Bailey Smith and Earnhardt won 8-2 over Garner and Shanden Plyler.

Gray Stone tied it at four wins each as its top-seeded doubles team, Bost and Sparger, won 8-3 over Hudson and Luther.

“The match was as intense as it could get,” Gray Stone head coach Zeb Bost said.

North Stanly and Gray Stone will have a rematch on Oct. 3 in the last week of the 2019 regular season.