While it might not have proven the landmark upset that it wanted the most, the Liverpool girls tennis team could still feel quite proud of the efforts it put up in its two matches against Fayetteville-Manlius.
Eight days after earning a pair of points against the Hornets on Sept. 9, the Warriors again got on the board in Tuesday’s rematch at F-M, though it still resulted in a 6-1 defeat.
Dominating their doubles match, Liverpool’s duo of Julia Schewe and Angelica Underwood rolled past Angela Iskander and Emma Zogg 6-2, 6-1, and the Warriors nearly got another doubles point.
Olivia Magnarelli and Crystal Morgans led early, yet could not hold on to it in a 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 defeat to Alexis Ahn and Lexi Kellish. F-M claimed the other points in straight sets, including all three in singles, where Gabby Underwood battled in a 6-4, 6-1 defeat to Phoebe Wang.
Two days later, it was Liverpool against the same Cicero-North Syracuse side it swept earlier this month. And the result didn’t change in the rematch as, again, the Warriors prevailed 7-0.
Diana Kozenyatko got it going with a 6-1, 6-1 win over Krista Feeney, with Gabby Underwood beating Cambrie Hibbard by those same scores as Geiwitz went to three sets before defeating Sara Cartier 6-1, 3-6, 6-0.
Moving to doubles, Schewe and Angelica Underwood blanked Eve Campitello and Olivia Cerio 6-0, 6-0, with Magnarelli and Morgans nearly matching them, defeating Angel Languaphay and Lauren Misco 6-1, 6-0.
It took a bit longer, but Megan Polhamus and Lea Prusinowski got past Sandy Lin and Emily Pilz 7-5, 6-3, while Sheridan Bryerton and Kaia Wallingford won 6-2, 6-4 over Autumn Brown and Elizabeth Chase.
Back on Tuesday, C-NS had taken a 6-1 defeat to West Genesee, Cartier earning the lone point in singles when she beat the Wildcats’ Angelina Allen 6-3, 6-3. In doubles, Lin and Misco went to three sets, but lost a 6-0, 6-7, 10-7 battle to Olivia Grome and Isabelle Wells.
But the Northstars rebounded a day later in a non-league match against Cazenovia, beating the Lakers 5-2 in large part due to a singles sweep.
Cartier rolled past Julia Knutsen 6-1, 6-1, with Feeney beating Nova Berger 6-2, 6-1 and Hibbard getting a 6-2, 6-3 decision over Baylee Pierce.
Though Cazenovia claimed two of the doubles matches, Pilz and Abigail Bustin paired up to beat Regan Dauenhauer and Mae Sayre 6-3, 6-1, while Misco and Brooke Ten Brink won, 6-4, 6-4, over Katie Pavelchak and Emma Thornton.
C-NS is home for back-to-back matches against Baldwinsville and F-M next week as Liverpool has its own match with B’ville next Thursday after taking on Syracuse East.
