Girls Tennis Wrap for Thursday, Sept. 1
North Penn 7 , William Tennent 0 >> The Knights continued their unbeaten start to the season and improved to 2-0 in the SOL Continental with a sweep of the Panthers.
Freshman Neha Velaga didn’t drop a game winning No. 1 singles while No. 1 doubles pairing Erin Hurry and Ishika Pradhar only dropped one game in their match win. Tennent’s Taylor Weidman had the most success among the Panthers, falling to Karley Alling 6-2, 6-1 at No. 2 singles.
Singles: Neha Velaga (NP) d. Sarah Glass 6-0, 6-0; Karley Alling (NP) d. Taylor Weidman 6-2, 6-1; Elise Hurry (NP) d. Erica Adamczyk 6-0, 6-0
Doubles: Erin Hurry/Ishika Pradhar (NP) d. Elisa Steinhardt/Zoe Khodak 6-0, 6-1; Jessica Szacha/Madhu William (NP) d. Kat Dankulich/Elyanor Adnane 6-0, 6-2; Olivia Hauser/Sarah Tang (NP) d. Steph Shemchuk/Jemmy Medina 6-0, 6-1; Sarah Stavely/Sabrina Palmer (NP) d. Maria Kelly/Maxine Fairall 6-0, 6-0
Methacton 5 Pottstown 0 >> The Warriors rolled over PAC rival Pottstown Thursday afternoon, dropping just a single game across the five combined matches contested to completion. Third and Fourth doubles were forfeit victories to Methacton.
Dina Nouaime continues to settle in at No. 1 singles, going 6-0, 6-0 for a straight-set win.
Singles: Dina Nouaime (M) d. Alivia Lopez 6-0, 6-0; Tina Prince (M) d. Ashley Adams 6-0, 6-0; Sydnie Markowitz (M) d. Sierra Everett 6-1, 6-0
Doubles: Katie Benson/Sydney Thompson (M) d. Abigail Richter/Zoe Wallace 6-0, 6-0; Amanda Amornwichet/Anna Ryu (M) d. Jaelyn Kennedy/Kimberley Wilkinson 6-0, 6-0
Upper Merion 5, Boyertown 2 >> The Vikings got a win at all three singles positions to pick up a hard-fought win Thursday.
Amy Phanthavong earned a three-set win at No. 1 singles with Upper Merion getting crucial points from its No. 1 and No. 3 doubles pairings to pick up the winning points.
Singles: Amy Phanthavong (UM) d. Rachel Moyer 6-2, 0-6, 7-6; Mirali Tare (UM) d. Ivy Price 3-6, 6-3, 6-3; Sahar Islam (UM) d. Lauren Staffa 7-5, 6-1
Doubles: Jillian Leary/Sarah McCafferty (B) d. Sophie Gomez/Marlena Ruser 7-5, 6-3; Anna Rosato/Gabrielle Margulio (UM) d. Devanshi Agnihotri/Kelly Moore 6-0, 6-1; Hali Shin/Emily Reid (UM) d. Julianna Guhler/Josie Benner 6-3, 6-1; Jessica Kerr/Morgan Gatkour (B) d. Kristen Gelban/Raizel Alli 6-0, 6-4
Upper Perkiomen 7, Christopher Dock 0 >> It was a tough afternoon for the Pioneers in a nonleague tilt with Upper Perk on Thursday.
Singles: Carly Bernhart (UP) d. Amber Clemens 6-3, 6-2; Emily Brandt (UP) d. Melea Ruth 6-1, 6-0; Maddy Gochnauer (UP) d. Dillan Yuan 6-3, 6-3
Doubles: Emily Moll/Abby Clifford (UP) d. Shirley Yu/Yilan Guo 6-2, 6-0; Allison Herbst /Cassidy Wright (UP) d. Rina Althouse/Sarah Thalathotti 6-3, 6-2; Olivia Dick/Skylar Gianfriddo (UP) d. Regan Zehr/Sarah DeGeorge 6-1, 6-0; Sanjana Patel/Sophie Jago (UP) d. Carmen Ji/Jackie Carson 6-1, 6-4
Pennsbury 5, Abington 2 >> The Galloping Ghosts dropped an SOL National contest Thursday, picking up their only two points in doubles play.
Pennsbury swept singles but Abington’s No. 1 doubles of Lily Sellei and Emily Goldfarb and No. 4 doubles Megan Quigley and Aichatou Haidara did pick up victories in their matches.
Singles: Libby Bryson (P) d. Ellen Ruch 6-2, 6-1; Julia Paraboschi (P) d. Chloe Barmat 6-2, 6-1; Anna Zygmunt (P) d. Leana Perumaly 6-4, 6-2
Doubles: Lily Sellei/ Emily Goldfarb (A) d. Chelsea Riechelson/Meghan Davis 6-2, 2-6, 6-2; Rachel Fried/ Nisha Vora (P) d. Lauryn Levette/Sami Gable 6-4, 3-6, 1-1 fft; Shreya Yeramosu/Claire Johnson (P) d. Colette Carosella/Arden Weilheimer 6-4, 3-6, 6-3; Megan Quigley/Aichatou Haidara (A) d. Sam Dearolf/Sara Sawant 6-2, 6-3
