SYRACUSE – Another superb season for the Cazenovia girls tennis team which included the Section III Class C team championship concluded with two doubles players going for state tournament berths.
Katie Williams and Claire Vaccaro were the no. 5 seed in a field of 16 for the sectional state qualifier which took place this week. Three berths in this weekend’s state tournament at New York City’s USTA-Billie Jean King National Tennis Center were on the line.
Starting well, Williams and Vaccaro prevailed in the opening round in straight sets over the no. 12 seed, Christian Brothers Acadedmy’s Julie Zdep and Madison Evans, in straight sets 6-2, 6-4.
Going further meant beating the no. 4 seed Fayetteville-Manlius duo of Smareen Mangat and Sadie Toole in the quarterfinals. Ultimately, Mangat and Toole proved too tough, prevailing 6-0, 6-2.
This didn’t prove a fluke, either, as Mangat and Toole went on to win the tournament, ultimately beating F-M teammates Shreya Bhattacharya and Lindsey Chong in the finals.
Those pairs were joined in the state tournament field by Baldwinsville’s Elaina Nesbitt and Sonia Nadzan on the doubles side along with two B’ville singles players, Mira Nadzan and Alya Kalfass, plus Jamesville-DeWitt’s Mona Farah and Skaneateles’ Eva DeJesus.
