Main Line high school tennis wrap-up: Baldwin improves to 7-0
The Baldwin School tennis team improved to 7-0 with a 4-3 win at home against Agnes Irwin Tuesday. The Polar Bears swept the singles with Emma Sass winning 6-0 6-2, Lauren Wang winning 6-1 6-3 and Francesca Douglas winning 5-7, 6-2,
6-2. The second doubles team of Alexa Bartels and Alexa Decidue won 6-4, 3-6, 6-1, earning Baldwin’s only doubles win.
The Polar Bears earned a 6-1 win against Phoenixville Sept. 14. Lauren Wang won 6-2, 6-2 at second singles and Francesca Douglas won 6-3, 6-0 at third singles. The first doubles team of Ari Hairston and Torrie Smith won 6-2, 6-2. Alexa Bartels and Alexa Decidue won 6-1, 6-3 at second doubles, while Caroline Buchner and Dagny Tepper won 6-1, 6-1 at third doubles. The fourth doubles team of Alexis Shatzman and Madeleine Marr won 6-1, 6-1.
In other Main Line high school tennis action:
Academy of Notre Dame boosted its record to 4-0 with a 7-0 victory against Cardinal O’Hara Sept. 15. At first singles, McKenna Bramlage defeated Anne Marie Degnan 6-0, 6-0; at second singles, Caroline McKay defeated Cara Degnan 6-1, 6-0; at third singles, Natalie Hughes defeated Nina Ji 6-2, 6-0; at first doubles, McKenzie Irvine and Eloise Schroer defeated Mackenzie Gurdler and Caroline Lynch 6-0, 6-1; at second doubles, Katie Willis and Jen Fay defeated Jessica Dougherty and Erin Hutchinson 6-2, 6-2; at third doubles, Sara Holmwood and Alysa Dinh defeated Lauren Logue and Kathryn Toal 6-1, 6-0; and at fourth doubles, Leigh Delaney and Brenna Dankmyer won 6-2, 6-0.
Barrack Hebrew Academy defeated Delaware Valley Friends School, 5-0, Tuesday at East Goshen Township Park in 8-Game Pro-Sets. At first singles, Talia Raikin defeated Kayla Shenk, 8-5; at second singles, Dori Hoffman-Filler defeated Gwynn Bozentka, 8-3; at third singles, Janie Hershman defeated Renee Handley, 8-0; at first doubles, Jordyn Meltzer and Talia Schley defeated Hailey Brinford and Asha Campbell, 8-0; and at second doubles, Debbie Spivak and Gabriella Meltzer defeated Pria Wells and Maya Taylor, 8-0.
The Cougars defeated Woodlynde School, 5-0, Sept. 15, getting wins from Talia Raikin (first singles), Dori Hoffman-Filler (second singles), Janie Hershman (third singles) and the duo of Jordyn Meltzer and Talia Schley (first doubles; Woodlynde defaulted at second doubles).
Friends’ Central won both the singles and doubles draw at the Friends Schools League Invitational Sept. 17. The Phoenix doubles teams of Claire Coss/Julia Nierenberg (first doubles) and Sophie Berger/Hannah Rossio (second doubles) reached the finals for the doubles championship. It was a close match, but the first doubles team came out with a victory of 8-3 in the eight game pro set. Throughout the day, competing in the singles draw, FCS’ Zoe Ginsberg played 39 games of tennis and came away with the FSL singles championship by winning 8-4.
Four days earlier, the Phoenix lost to Agnes Irwin 5-2. FCS saw victory at second and third singles as senior co-captain Zoe Ginsberg took home a victory of straight sets 6-4, 6-2 and senior Laura Barr wrested a straight set victory of 6-4, 7-6 from her opponent.
Lower Merion defeated Marple Newtown, 7-0, Sept. 14. At first singles, Simone Burde defeated Devin DiCampli 6-0, 6-2; at second singles, Neve Brennan defeated Rachel Hua 6-1, 6-2; at third singles, Jenna Mancuso defeated Eva Fay 6-2, 6-4; at first doubles, Haley Kofsky and Sarah Lipson defeated Grace Thorn and Emily Soe 6-0, 6-0; at second doubles, Kloe Rosenberg and Sarah Beller-Grossman won 6-2, 6-0; at third doubles, Tiffany Nieh and Aasha Gupta defeated Addie Caldwell and Jigisha Saini 6-0, 6-1; and at fourth doubles, Melissa Dash and Sofia Himmel defeated Cayla Hamilton and Allison Stipa 6-0, 6-0.
Radnor defeated Strath Haven, 7-0, Sept. 16. At first singles, Grace Hederick defeated Emma Lee 6-0, 6-4; at second singles, Kanon Ciarrocchi defeated Megan Kidd 6-1, 6-0; at third singles, Jessica Lin defeated Madison Snyder 6-1, 6-0; at first doubles, Grace Moore and Lucy Hederick defeated Julia Katcher and Kristina McGee 6-1, 6-2; at second doubles, Quinn Flannery and Bridget Dougherty defeated Sophia Graziani and Greta Rohrer 4-6, 7-6, 10-8; at third doubles, Sasha Smolyansky and Claire Burton defeated Serafina Thomas and Greta Hiehle 6-0, 6-1; and at fourth doubles, Gillian Carney and Grace Frigerio defeated Anita Wang and Enakshi Deb 6-0, 6-2.