CENTRAL NEW YORK – Wet conditions early last week again curtailed schedules for the Cazenovia and Chittenango girls tennis teams before it dried out later in the week.
And when the Lakers resumed action last Wednesday against Manlius-Pebble Hill, it had to sweep all of the doubles matches to get a 4-3 victory over the Trojans.
One doubles match was forfeited, but Rachel Molloy and Grace Probe played, beating Fariel Migeed and Rose Fallon 6-0, 6-2, as did Ava Galton and Kate Williams, who blanked Rachel Molloy and Schuyler King 6-0, 6-0.
With Leah Bell falling to Caroline Mezzalingua 7-5, 6-2 as Madden Cobb and Kiana Vazquez did not get any games in their singles matches, it got decided in second doubles.
Nora Berg and Erin Kuhn were pushed to a third set by MPH’s Sabrina Loop (who had already won in singles) and Ruby Butler, but prevailed 6-2, 3-6, 6-3.
Back in action on Friday afternoon, Cazenovia had little trouble defeating Bishop Grimes 6-0, with two of the matches forfeited to the Lakers.
Molloy did have to rally in first singles to beat Sofia Ziankoski 5-7, 6-3, 10-8. Cobb shut out Isabella Bonacci 6-0, 6-0, with Kuhn and Katie Williams handling Ashlee Brisson and Kristina Kovar 6-0, 6-2 as Berg and Bell paired up to win 6-1, 6-0 over Francesca Smith and Lania Young.
Chittenango did play last Monday, against Mexico, and were limited to single-set matches to eight games, where the Bears lost to the Tigers 4-3.
Maddy Douglas and Saige Burton lost in singles, but Sarah McKillip got the Bears on the board thanks to her 8-0 shutout over Paige Masrouri in first singles.
Savannah Drake and Anna Spencer blanked Anita Druce and Avery Mack 8-0 as Allison Bartoszek and Evelynn Keville edged Isabelle Ponzi and Zoe Grzesik 8-6. The close fourth doubles match had Hailey Reed and Anna Chatwin take an 8-7 (8-6) defeat to Morgan Benton and Shealyn Burns.
