Much like Liverpool before them, the Cicero-North Syracuse girls tennis team could not gain a point, or a set, from powerful Fayetteville-Manlius in their Sept. 2 encounter, a 7-0 Northstars defeat to the Hornets.
In singles, Madison Murphy fell to Kristina Liu 6-2, 6-1, with Hanna Costello handled by Patrice Calancie 6-1, 6-2 and Sydney Franco notching just a single game in a 6-0, 6-1 defeat to Anna Manta.
Again, the doubles matches took just two sets. Megan Tryniski and Brenna Duffy fell to Maggie Bonomo and Katerina Attalah with Sarah Wicks and Sarah Cooper stopped by Diana and Keara Polovick 6-1, 6-1. It took a bit longer for Ava Breitbeck and Breanna Melfi to play, but they lost to Abby Charlamb and Rachel Liu 6-3, 6-1 as Karrah Savage and Jenna Wilson fell to Gretchen Ayoub and Martha Welker 6-2, 6-1.
On that same day, Liverpool found its way to the win column for the first time in 2016, defeating Syracuse West by that same 7-0 margin.
Erin Chambrone had the toughest of the three singles matches for the Warriors, but she beat Kyaw Kyaw 6-3, 6-0. Katelyn Nguyen handled Kayla Pagano 6-1, 6-0 as Julie Schewe had a 6-1, 6-1 win over Kelsey Lent-Moore.
Each of the doubles matches was one-sided, too. Megan Blake and Julie Nguyen paired to shut out Kelly La and Tram La 6-0, 6-0, just as Giana Lavalle and Eleni Ioannidis won, 6-1, 6-1, over Maddie Rioux and Emily Sanborn. Decker and Veronica Brancato beat Destiny Myers and Eh Kler 6-1, 6-0.
C-NS was on the court again last Tuesday, gaining some traction against West Genesee, but still falling to the Wildcats 5-2.
Breitback won, 6-4, 6-0, over Andrea Andreeva in singles, but Costello fell to Andrea Wierbinski 6-1, 6-0 and Murphy took a 6-0, 6-0 defeat to Mikayla Mannara. Tryniski and Duffy earned a point in singles, beating Meghan Mello and Natalie Thurston 6-2, 6-2, yet WG claimed every other point, including a three-set battle where Savage and Wilson could not hold on to an early advantage in a 2-6, 6-0, 7-5 defeat to Anasatasia Mello and Angelina Llanos.
Meanwhile, Liverpool won again, 7-0, over Syracuse East, rarely challenged in singles as Chambrone beat Meiling Le 6-2, 6-1, Katelyn Nguyen roared past Eve Llanos 6-0, 6-1 and Schewe, with similar numbers, got a 6-1, 6-0 win over Robika Zhatang.
All of the drama was in doubles, where in three sets Blake and Julie Nguyen raliled past Amrita Rai and Komai Regmi 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, while Ioannidis and LaValle beat Kelly Huynh and Nyuy Pham 6-4, 6-1. Valerie Morgans and Ashley Wright won, 6-3, 6-4, over Saba Abdulwaned and Fatimah Alowaid as Sterio and Annie Trang handled Aya Ali and Lyla Hue 6-0, 6-0.
Liverpool would have its match with Baldwinsville on Thursday afternoon rained out. Just before that, C-NS lost, 6-1, to Christian Brothers Academy on Wednesday, the only point coming in doubles when Franco and V Luangaphay beat Karen Simone and Isabella Mead 6-2, 6-3.
The Brothers swept all three singles matches, the closest one including Breitbeck, who fell to Anna Sasser 6-4, 6-1. Savage and Wilson did push Sloane Nicoletti-Watson and Meredith Strott to three sets, but lost, 6-3, 4-6, 10-5.
Back on the court Friday, Liverpool got close against Auburn, but took a 4-3 defeat to the Maroons. Two of the singles matches went to three sets, with Schewe coming from behind to beat Celia Mattie 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, but Chambrone meeting a similar fate as, two games from victory, she could not hold on, falling to Makayla Brantley 4-6, 7-5, 6-3.
In doubles, Liverpool got another three-set victory when LaValle and Ioannidis were close to getting swept, but rallied past A Streeter and A Calkins 2-6, 7-5, 6-4. LaValle also paired with Gabby Underwood for a 6-3, 6-3 win over Jaime Whitford and Maggie Lesch, but Blake and Julie Nguyen fell to Emma Solomon and Katherine Brundage 7-6 (7-1), 6-2, with Morgans and Wright taking a 6-2, 7-6 (7-4) loss to Lindsay Jarman and Sydney Merkley.
