Things are now underway for the Liverpool and Cicero-North Syracuse girls tennis teams at a time of year where regular seasons are normally nearing their conclusion.

Glad to be back on the court, the Warriors opened last Tuesday against Auburn, and got close to a team victory, but could not quite get there as it fell 4-3 to the Maroons.

Diana Kozenyatko won in singles 6-2, 6-0 over Claire Diffin, but in first singles Angelica Underwood engaged in a classic with Alexandra Vitale, finally pulling it out 6-2, 4-6, 11-9.

Over in doubles, Meghan Bell and Olivia Magnarelli topped Rosalia Bartolotta and Erin Calkins 6-1, 6-1, only to have Auburn win the other three matches in two sets, including Maiya Fitzgibbons and Chien Yeng Lee falling to Abigail Carr and Emma Merkley 6-3, 7-6.

Challenging powerhouse Fayetteville-Manlius on Saturday, the Warriors lost 6-1, the lone point coming when Bell and Gabby Underwood paired up to beat Alexis Ahn and Emma Zogg 7-6, 6-3. In singles, Angelica Underwood had the closest match, falling 6-3, 7-5 to Phoebe Wang.

As for C-NS, it challenged West Genesee last Tuesday and snared a couple of points in doubles, yet could not do much in singles during a 5-2 defeat to the Wildcats.

Eve Campitello and Brooke Ten Brink needed a third-set tie-breaker to edge Elianna Cui and Kayla Latone 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (7-1) and gain a point.

Also in three sets, Abigail Bustin and Megan Johnston worked past Sarah Bacon and Annalyse Kitel 6-1, 4-6, 6-3, with Jenna Mills and Lauren Misco unable to hold on in a 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 loss to Isabella Allen and Isabelle Wells.

Up in singles, Karly Williams had a closer match in a 6-4, 6-2 loss to Angelina Allen, but neither Krista Feeney nor Angel Luangphay gained a game in their matches against WG’s Katie Viau and Angelina Llanos.

C-NS then lost Friday to Baldwinsville 7-0. In single-set matches to 10 games, the closest of them was Cambrie Hibbard and Jenna Mills falling 10-7 to Audrey Benton and Hannah Gould as Autumn Brown and Angel Luangaphay fell to Reagan Doan and Ella Tromblee 10-6.

If the weather holds, C-NS will have four matches this week including a Friday encounter with Liverpool, who would take on B’ville and West Genesee before meeting the Northstars.