WATERVILLE – Third singles player Chelsea Belanger and the two doubles teams consisting of Karen Rockwell and Sheri Dyer and Tiffany Pelletier and Jessica Huck, helped lift the top-seeded Caribou Vikings schoolgirl tennis team to a 3-2 victory over Gardiner in the Eastern Maine Class A Team Tennis Championship match at Waterville High School here.

The Vikings will face Western Maine Class A champion South Portland on Saturday at 2 p.m., at the University of Maine courts in Orono.

Belanger defeated Denise Douin 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (7-2); the team of Rockwell-Dyer bested the Gardiner duo of Kristen Cote-Katie DiCara 5-7, 6-0, 7-5; and the Viking tandem of Pelletier-Huck eked out a 6-4, 7-6 (7-4) win over Kim Batten and Kim Palmer.

The Tigers top two singles posted wins as Julie Kilcoyne defeated Anne Bernard 6-3, 6-4 and Darcy Toothaker bested Lise Carter 6-0, 4-6, 6-4.

In boys action, the Brunswick Dragons bested the Cony Rams of Augusta by a 3-2 score.

Brunswick will face Lewiston for the state title on Saturday, also at 2 p.m. at the UMaine courts.

Eastern Maine Class A Regionals At Waterville High School

Caribou girls (14-0) 3, Gardiner (10-2) 2

Singles: Julie Kilcoyne (G) def. Anne Bernard, 6-3, 6-4; Darcy Toothaker (G) def. Lise Carter, 6-0, 4-6, 6-4; Chelsea Belanger (C) def. Denise Douin, 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (7-2); Doubles: Karen Rockwell-Sheri Dyer (C) def. Kristen Cote-Katie DiCara, 5-7, 6-0, 7-5; Tiffany Pelletier-Jessica Huck (C) def. Kim Batten-Kim Palmer, 6-4, 7-6 (7-4)

Brunswick boys (11-1) 3, Cony (11-4) 2

Singles: John Gasink (C) def. Wes McCullough 6-4, 6-1; Seth Meyer (C) def. Nick Livesay 6-4, 3-6, 6-2; Travis Nadeau (B) def. Wade Lindsey 6-3, 5-7, 6-4; Doubles: Chris Goodwin-Nick Wilkoff (B) def. Brian Rizzo-Jason Brann 7-5, 7-6 (7-4); Mason Irish-Mike Pitts (B) def. Jay Meyer-Trevor Lubenstein 6-2, 6-0.

Big match was No.3 singles: Nadeau (lost 6-3 6-3 in reg. sseason) came back from 4-1.