CENTRAL NEW YORK – Amid the season’s best weather, the Cazenovia girls tennis team looked to remain near the top of the Onondaga High School League Liberty division standings.
Back on the court last Wednesday afternoon, the Lakers had to forfeit two matches against Mexico, but swept everything else in a 5-2 victory over the Tigers.
Both Leah Bell and Ava Galton won their singles matches by 6-0, 6-0 margins – Bell over Morgan Benton, Galton over Olivia Bartel – as Madden Cobb took a bit longer, but beat Jessica Hill 6-3, 6-3.
In the two contested doubles matches, Nora Berg and Rachel Molloy won 6-3, 6-2 over Ella Blunt and Avery Mack as Llia Campagna and Katie Williams prevailed over Zoe Grzesik and Kinzy Laffan 6-4, 6-3.
Two days later, Cazenovia turned back Phoenix 6-1, again winning in every contested match.
Cobb got the 6-0, 6-0 shutout over Claire Pritting as, in first singles, Molloy beat Sabrina Haynes 6-0, 6-1 and Bell handled Finley Harwood 6-3, 6-0.
Leading the doubles charge, Berg and Grace Probe blanked Gabrielle Reynolds and Elizabeth Bullis 6-0, 6-0. Campagna and Audrey Henry had a 6-0, 6-3 win over Regan Southworth and Annabella McKay as Galton and Williams paired up to top Phoebe Christian and Carielys Calderon 6-1, 6-1.
Chittenango returned to action last Tuesady against unbeaten Oneida and lost a pair of 7-0 decisions in single-set matches to eight games.
In the closest of the first set of matches, Sarah McKillip and Maddy Douglas fell to Myah Rainbow and Julianna Carroll 8-2 as Evelyn Keville, Michelle LaTour and Hope Rock lost in singles play.
Later, in the second set of matches, there was Lia Ezzo pairing with Molly Douglas for a few points in an 8-3 defeat to Maddie Barretta and Claire Vaccaro. Evelynn Keville lost in singles 8-2 to Madison Castle.
Rebounding to beat Bishop Grimes 6-1 on Wednesday, Chittenango was helped by a couple of forfeits, but still saw Maddy Douglas beat Kaitlyn Shell 6-2, 6-0 in singles as the doubles teams of Molly Douglas and Ali Bartoszek rolled past Ashlee Brisson and Kristina Kovar 6-1, 6-1.
In Friday’s match against Marcellus, Chittenango lost 7-0, dropping every single-set match to 10 games. In the closest of them, Ezzo, in singles, fell 10-5 to Sophie Clarke, and by those same scores in doubles Campbell Reed and Saige Burton fell to Molly Moses and Ella Lutwin.
