CENTRAL NEW YORK – Each of the area’s high school girls tennis teams had different goals in mind as they moved toward the regular-season homestretch.
Fayetteville-Manlius and Christian Brothers Academy wanted to maintain unbeaten marks, and the Hornets did so against its main SCAC Metro division antagonist.
Beating Baldwinsville 5-2 last Wednesday afternoon was an impressive accomplishment for F-M given that it only topped the Bees 4-3 when they first met on Sept. 1.
Riding a six-match win streak, B’ville rolled in two singles matches as Mira Nadzan beat Trisha Adavikolanu 6-1, 6-0 and Alya Kalfass , nearly matched that effort in a 6-2, 6-0 win over Shreya Bhattacharya.
But F-M struck back with Selena Chen’s 6-2, 6-0 win over Ella Clary, and would not drop a set in doubles, the closest of them coming when Sadie Toole and Lindsey Chong beat Sadie Toole and Lindsey Chong 7-5, 6-4.
Samreen Mangat and Erin McLain shut out Jasmine Rowda and Laine Zoanetti 6-0, 6-0. Angelina Fang and Caitlyn McLain handled Layla Trendowski and Carmela Budzich 6-2, 6-2 as Anohki Dalal and Julia Kim won over Juliette Pawelek and Aiden DuBois 6-1, 6-1.
CBA rolled past Bishop Grimes 7-0 last Monday, with five shutouts and a forfeit, the only competitive set coming in doubles where Meredith Sommers and Audrey Schaefer worked a bit longer in the second during a 6-1, 7-5 win over Ashlee Brisson and Sofia Ziankoski.
Grimes would also get a single point in last Wednesday’s 6-1 defeat to Chittenango, Ziankoski earning it when, in singles, she beat Sarah McKillip 6-4, 6-0.
In Friday’s matches, CBA got another 7-0 win, this one over Pulaski, with Doyle and Allie Mancini losing just one game apiece in their singles matches.
Manlius Pebble Hill earned its first victory of the season last Monday against a far larger school, Homer, claiming this Trojan clash by a slim 4-3 margin.
Easy singles wins by Amitees Fazeli and Fariel Migeed were complemented by Dahlia Nemes and Gianni Benson pairing up in doubles to beat Elizabeth McCloy and Sunny Park 7-5, 6-3.
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aroline Mezzalingua nearly got the clinching point, dropping a third-set tie-breaker in a 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (7-4) classic with Ginny Park, but Mira Zhang and Amy Walsh, trailing early, made a big comeback to beat Nina Svereika and Isabelle Brown 2-6, 6-2, 6-2 to give MPH the team win.
Then MPH beat Phoenix 6-1 on Thursday, with the singles trio of Fazeli, Mezzalingua and Migeed all winning in two sets, Mezzalingua challenged the most in a 6-3, 6-3 win over Finely Harwood.
When the Trojans faced Grimes on Friday, there were just four competitive matches and MPH won all of them, though Fallon and Loop had to work in doubles to beat Brisson and Ziankoski 6-4, 7-6.
