EAST SANDWICH – The Lady Lions avenged an early season loss on the Sandwich High tennis courts Friday afternoon, defeating the host Sandwich Blue Knights, 3-2.
The St. John Paul II girls are now 7-10 heading into the final week of the regular season, while Sandwich fell to 9-6.
St. John Paul II’s junior co-captain Emily Canzano suffered defeat but the Lady Lions held on to beat Sandwich, 3-2.
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Sandwich High’s number one and number two singles’ players notched victories over the visiting Lions, but that was all the Blue Knights could muster as the guests took number three singles and both doubles’ matches for the win.
Sandwich High’s Liz Siranosian defeated Lions’ senior co-captain Haylee Whiteley, 6-2, 6-3, and Blue Knights’ teammate Kay Stanton took number two singles from Lions junior co-captain Emily Canzano, 6-2, 6-1, but that’s when the Lions turned things around.
St. John Paul sophomore Allison Santos won number three singles by defeating Allison Bryant, 6-2, 6-2, and then both Lions’ doubles teams got the job done for the guests.
“Allison’s quick straight set victory was a testament to her ability to manipulate the point with varied paces and spin,” said head coach Katie Dombrowski. “Haylee and Emily played tough opponents, but fought for every point. Haylee battled with her unbelievable consistency and Emily with unparalleled tenacity.”
Senior –co-captain Jacqueline Germani and senior Julia Grady defeated Jenna Phillips and Amy Bolton, 6-2, 6-1 and juniors Grace Sohoel- Goldberg and Megan Moran teamed up to defeat Megan Greenhalgh and Abby Hart, 6-1, 6-2.
“Both doubles teams played beautifully and aggressively from start to finish,” Dombrowski said. “All four players set up the points perfectly to end the points with strong put-aways.”
Sandwich is at Nauset on Tuesday (May 26) in an Atlantic Coast League match-up, while St. John Paul II awaits the postseason on June 4.
Falmouth Clipper Girls Net Huge Home Win over Marshfield Rams
The Falmouth High girls’ tennis team (7-6), as resilient as they were on opening day, staged a huge, 4-1, Atlantic Coast League win Friday afternoon over the Marshfield High team.
Falmouth’s Marysia Moskal won number two singles in a key, 4-1 win over Marshfield Friday afternoon for the Clippers.
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The Moskal sisters – number one singles player Julia Moskal and number two singles player Marysia – both set the stage for victory with their individual wins over Marshfield’s Jillian Skulsky and Maddie Wildes by respective scores of 6-0, 6-1 and 6-1, 7-6 (7-5).
Clipper Emily Gedney suffered Falmouth’s only loss on the day at number three singles, falling to Marshfield’s Lily Austin, 6-1, 6-0.
At number one doubles, Kayla Sheehan and Emily Maness beat Sophia McHugh and Anna Proctor, 7-5, but then fell 6-3 before taking it home with a 10-2 win in the tiebreaker set. Page Meade and Lindsey Shea wrapped things up nicely with a number two doubles win over Nicole Dmitri and Lily Reich, 6-2, 6-1.
The Clippers will host Atlantic Coast League rival Sandwich on Tuesday (May 26).
Dennis-Yarmouth Girls Take Victory from Mashpee Falcons
It’s been said in the sports arena that it matters most how one finishes.
Well, the Dennis-Yarmouth girls tennis team took a huge step toward achieving a turnaround Friday afternoon with a 4-1 victory over the Mashpee Falcons. The Dolphins are now 3-12.
Dennis-Yarmouth number one singles player Tess Ciarcia defeated Paulina Remis Serta, 6-2, 6-0, to get things rolling and Taylor McDowell followed with a win at number three singles over Mashpee’s Ashley Geiszler 6-1, 6-1.
Mashpee’s Caroline Henley challenged the Dolphins’ success with a hard-fought win over Virginia Liu. After dropping the first set to Liu, 6-0, Henley turned it around with a 6-2 win and 13-11 tiebreaker victory.
The doubles matches, however, were a sweep for the Dolphin girls. Rebecca Khachikian and Anna Bach took number one doubles from Emily Kelleher and Maia Fudala, 6-0, 6-1 and Victoria Liu and Olivia VanLare ended it with a 6-0, 6-2 win over Spohie Snider and Maranda Goveia.
The Dolphins are at Monomoy next Thursday (May 28). Monomoy visits Mashpee on Tuesday (May 26) in its last regular season match of the spring.
— Sean Walsh is the sports editor for www.capecod.com. His email is [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter @coachwalshccbm
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