CENTRAL NEW YORK – Even without a full roster, the Cazenovia girls tennis team is capable of victories against high-quality opponents, as it proved last Monday when it defeated Marcellus 4-3.
The Mustangs were 3-1 going into the match, but were wiped out by the Lakers’ singles trio of Rachel Molloy, Leah Bell and Madison Cobb.
Molloy got it going with a 6-1, 6-1 romp over Shaelyn Kelly. Bell rolled past Xian Angotti 6-0, 6-1, with Cobb doing the same as she beat Sophie Clarke 6-1, 6-1.
Over in doubles, Nora Berg and Grace Probe defeated Korinne Kemp and Sofia Tufenkjian 6-1, 6-3, while in three sets Ava Galton and Kate Williams outlasted Abby Finn and Maddy Devereaux 6-2, 4-6, 6-4. Lila Campagna and Audrey Henry lost to Ella Lutwin and Molly Moses 7-5, 6-2.
Cazenovia prevailed again on Wednesday, topping Manlius Pebble Hill 5-2 with the key blow Bell rallying in singles for a 6-7 (7-5), 6-2, 6-2 win over Caroline Mezzalingua.
Strong in doubles, the Lakers saw Galton and Williams nearly blank Mira Zhang and Amy Walsh 6-1, 6-0, with Berg and Probe beating Rose Fallon and Fariel Migeed 6-0, 6-4 as Campagna and Henry worked to a 6-3, 6-1 victory over Gianni Benson and Dahlia Nemes.
Cazenovia won again on Thursday afternoon, turning back Homer 6-1. Cobb’s 6-3, 6-1 singles sweep of Georgia Wallis was closer than the other two singles matches, Molly handling Mackenzie Skodzinsky 6-0, 6-1 and Bell working past Ginny Park 6-1, 6-2.
Over in doubles, Campagna and Henry handled Sunny Park and Elizabeth McCloy 6-3, 6-1, with Galton and Williams getting a 6-1, 6-2 sweep over Isabelle Brown and Nina Svereika.
Chittenango returned to the court last Wednesday afternoon, facing Westhill, and could not get on the scoreboard in a 7-0 defeat to the Warriors.
Three of the matches went to three sets. Molly Douglas took a 6-2, 2-6, 10-6 defeat to Clare Delay, with Ali Bartoszek and Sarah McKillip falling to Isabella Johnson and Kathleen Rogers 6-3, 4-6, 6-0. Lynne Devine and Margaret Geer lost to Tatum Bagnell and Jane Stanton 7-5, 2-6, 10-4.
Then, in Friday’s 6-1 defeat to MPH, the Bears were blanked in singles and only salvaged a point when Jade Sequin and Jenna Peretta beat Jenny He and Sophia Dowhy 6-4, 7-6 (7-4). Douglas and McKillip led early in doubles, only to let it get away to Fallon and Sabrina Loop 2-6, 6-2, 6-3.
