CENTRAL NEW YORK – Area high school girls tennis teams had to work in between bursts of bad weather that, at the outset, wiped out all of last Monday’s scheduled matches.
When play resumed a day later, Christian Brothers Academy was again showing itself to be the dominant side in the OHSL Liberty division, getting a 7-0 victory over Homer.
Allie Mancini defeated Molly Gallagher 6-4, 6-1 in singles to complement shutouts by Giselle Vlassis and Rowan Doyle. In doubles, the teams of Audrey Schaefer-Meredith Sommers, Hana Kang-Maddie Kanerviko, Claire Schaefer-Julie Zdep and Gianna Moore-Monica Fallon did not lose three games in any of the eight sets they played.
Finally giving up some points, CBA was tested more by Westhill last Wednesday, but still beat the Warriors 5-2.
In single-set matches to 10 games, Vlassis, Doyle and Mancini dropped just two total games. The teams of Sommers-Audrey Schaefer and Zdep-Claire Schaefer both won, too, but Kang and Kanerviko lost 10-8 to Isabella Johnson and Kathleen Rogers as, by those same scores, Moore and Fallon fell to Megan Battista and Samantha Burkett.
Fayetteville-Manlius was again showing top form, shutting out West Genesee 7-0 and preserving with a doubles battle where Lina Linam and Kayla Quinn rallied for a 4-6, 6-2, 6-1 win over Calina Olson and Angelina Allen.
Challenged in singles, Trisha Adavikolanu beat Isabelle Wells 6-4, 6-3, with Selena Chen topping Margaret Mello 6-3, 6-1 and Angelina Fang beating Cindy Schlenker 6-3, 6-1.
Lindsey Chong and Julia Comprix withstood a late push from Helena Allen and Gwen Shope to win 6-2, 7-5 as the teams of Samreen Mangat-Shreya Bhattacharya and Aimee Fousek-Caitlyn McLain also won in two sets.
East Syracuse Minoa took a 4-3 defeat to Central Square, despite a pair of three-set victories to go with Brooke Kirkpatrick’s 6-3, 6-0 romp over Catherine Hayes.
Adrianna Byrd outlasted Grace Roberts 6-4, 4-6, 10-5, with Gianna Brilbeck and Angelina Baxter rallying past Chloe Giblin and Finley Harwood 2-6, 6-3, 6-1. Tierrah Bauer and Jessica Baker had a chance at a clinching point, but lost in three sets to Samantha Young and Paige Westfall.
Matching that point total against Auburn a day later, ESM found itself on the wrong end of another 4-3 decision.
Brilbeck and Baxter won in straight sets, as did Erin and Emily Murnane, with Baker and Bella Sylvester pairing up to outlast Abigail Car and Ashlyn Feneck 6-0, 3-6, 7-5.
However, the Maroons won each of the singles matches, with Brooke Kirkpatrick and Sophie Jones taking defeats and, in three sets, Byrd falling 6-4, 1-6, 6-4 to Cara Vasile.
Yet another close match on Friday ended in yet another 4-3 defeat, the Spartans this time falling to Liverpool.
Unable to get a point in singles, ESM had Sylvester and Rhiannon Axtmann win in doubles in straight sets, as did the teams of Baker-Bauer and Brilbeck-Baxter, who both got shutouts. But Liverpool earned the remaining doubles point when Stella Nesci and Maya Boots lost, 6-0, 6-1, to Hailey Jaquin and Isabella Turck.
Bishop Grimes earned a point in its 6-1 defeat to Chittenango on Wednesday, coming when Sofia Ziankoski, playing first singles, beat Emily Gushea 6-2, 6-0, but the Bears claimed every other match in straight sets.
