Despite a modest amount of success, the Skaneateles girls tennis team could not topple surprise OHSL Liberty division contender Marcellus in last Wednesday’s match, taking a 5-2 loss to the Mustangs.
In first doubles, Katharina Kulik and Kathryn Magee came through with a 6-3, 6-3 sweep of Leah May and Renee Poullott. The other point came in first singles, where Makenzie Herbst beat Catie Nonemacher 6-1 in the first set, then saw Nonemacher retire due to injury.
There were other chances for the Lakers, though, especially in doubles, where Emily Call and Chelsea White went to a third set before falling to Emily Hennigan and Haley Randall 6-4, 4-6, 6-4. Lauren Canzio and Olivia Gage fell to Tierney Clark and Grace Hunt 6-3, 6-4, with Alaina Davis and Katelyn Ellison dropping their singles matches in straight sets.
A rematch between Skaneateles and Marcellus is in the future as the Lakers, with the no. 12 seed in the Section III Class B team tournament, meets the no. 5 seed Mustangs in the first round.
