CENTRAL NEW YORK – Area high school girls tennis teams saw their volume of activity really pick up once Labor Day weekend concluded.
When Skaneateles faced Chittenango last Tuesday, the Lakers rolled to a 6-1 win as Isabelle Soderberg blanked Sarah McKillip 6-0, 6-0, with Kenna Ellis handling Savannah Drake 6-0, 6-1 and Lily Miller prevailing 6-2, 6-1 over Brianna Crystal.
Though Ella Danforth and Sophia Soderberg lost 7-6, 4-6, 10-7 to Spencer and Allison Soulier, the teams of Sofia Capozza-Rachel Hackler, Kelsey Rutledge-Emma Whipple and Bella Karpinski-Kate Kissel dropped six combined games in six sets.
Two days later, it was Skaneateles routing Phoenix 7-0, with Miller and Isabelle Soderberg both getting 6-0, 6-0 shutouts over, respectively, Brooke McCann and Gabrielle Reynolds.
Ellis gave up a couple of games in her 6-2, 6-0 win over Mia Graham, while in doubles the teams of Karpinski-Kissel, Rutledge-Whipple, Capozza-Hackler and Danforth-Sophia Soderberg surrendered just one game in the eight sets they played.
Marcellus had a far closer call in its match against Chittenango Sept. 3, but the Mustangs did enough to edge the Bears by a 4-3 margin.
Lila Kelly and Danielle Copp dropped just one game between them in singles sweeps, negating Chittenango’s Anna Spencer rallying past Anna Vetsch 2-6, 6-2, 6-2.
Needing two of the four doubles points, the Mustangs got them when Sydney Colon and Kara Wangsness beat Allison Bartoszek and Michelle LaTour 6-1, 6-3, with Sophie Clarke and Grace Rynkiewicz getting a 6-0, 6-2 win over Lynze Devine and Sophie Turner.
From there, Marcellus went on to shut out Phoenix 7-0 last Tuesday, with Copp, Vetsch and Lila Kelly surrendering just one game in their combined singles matches. Shutouts were also recorded by the doubles teams of Colon-Wangness, Clarke-Shaelyn Kelly and Izzy Ippoliti-Ella Lutwin.
The Mustangs kept it up last Thursday, topping Bishop Grimes in yet another 7-0 shutout. Vetsch had the closest singles match, but still won 6-3, 6-1 over Riley Broton, with Copp and Kelly earning the other singles points as, in the lone contested doubles match, Korinne Kemp and Claire Wrona blanked Ashlee Brinson and Kristina Kovar 6-0, 6-0.
Before this, Westhill took on Jordan-Elbridge on Sept. 3, with the Warriors getting the best of this league match in a 6-1 decision over the Eagles.
One singles match was forfeited, but the others were split, Bridget Thornton beating Lizzie Conrad 6-3, 6-0 as Anisa Bort got J-E on the board with a 6-1, 6-4 win over Katie Hagrman.
Three doubles matches were contested, all in the Warriors’ favor, with the teams of Delaney Carroll-Jillian Eckert, Olivia Antoine-Megan Dwyer and Isabella Johnston-Kathleen Rogers all prevailing in two sets.
J-E would get its first win of the season on Friday when it topped Phoenix 4-3, keyed by close doubles matches where, in third-set tie-breakers, Mia Disinger and Jillian Ferris beat Sabrina Haynes and Sheriden Southworth, with Emily Chiaramonte and Mary McGinn topping Carielys Calderon and Isabelle Hillman.
Needing two of the three points in singles, the Eagles saw Bort earn a 6-0, 6-0 sweep over Graham, while Conrad also got a point when she beat McCann 6-3, 6-2.
West Genesee was the one local exception to this busy slate, having its match with Cicero-North Syracuse moved back but still able to beat the Northstars 6-1 on Saturday afternoon.
Katie Viau and Angelina Llanos both won 6-0, 6-0 matches over, respectively, Eve Campitello and Holly Costello, with Helena Allen topping Danielle Cirvelli 6-0, 6-1.
In doubles for the Wildcats, the teams of Kayla Latone-Hannah Sparks and Ava Amodio-Gwenyth Shope both won in two sets, with Angelina Allen and Margaret Mello overcoming a second-set shutout to beat Autumn Brown and Megan Johnston 6-4, 0-6, 6-3.
