CENTRAL NEW YORK – When it came to the Section III Division I girls tennis tournament, singles and doubles players from Cicero-North Syracuse and Liverpool both would try to make long runs.
In the Warriors’ case, singles players Milana D’Amico and Emma Kohberger both went 1-1. D’Amico beat Emery O’Brien (Oswego) 10-6 before a 6-0, 6-0 loss to Baldwinsville top seed Mira Nadzan, while Kohberger handled Alice Caruso (Auburn) 10-2 but then lost 6-1, 6-0 to another B’ville star, Alya Kalfass, who had the no. 2 seed.
Holding the no. 6 seed, the Northstars’ duo of Megan Mieves and Lauren Malec went to three sets with Rome Free Academy’s Kali Fountain and Kenidee Campbell, winning the opener 6-3 but dropping the next two sets 6-0 and 6-2.
For Liverpool, Elliana Page and Judah Covell had the no. 9 seed in a 23-team field, but struggled in their round-of-16 match against West Genesee’s Sophia Lawrence and Keira Vrabel taking a 6-0, 6-1 defeat. Elena Stojceski and Vienna D’Amico lost 10-6 in the first round to Baldwinsville’s Ella Clary and Carmela Budzich
The opening-round matches were races to 10 games and, on C-NS’s side, Andrea Iqbal and Addyson Fedele prevailed 10-3 over Lauren Perry and Jenna Ibrahim (Central Square) before falling in the next round 6-1, 6-4 to Rome Free Academy’s duo of Makayla Howard and Thylia Keoviengsamay.
Baldwinsville ended up taking both the singles title with Mira Nadzan beating Kalfass 6-0, 6-4 and the doubles title with Elaina Nesbitt and Sonia Nadzan topping Fayetteville-Manlius’ Shreya Bhattacharya and Lindsey Chong 7-6 (7-1), 6-3.
