Staples Girls Tennis Looking for Another Successful Season

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Staples girls tennis, coming off a strong finish in the State Tournament, is again looking to have success down the stretch this spring.

“We had a great run last year, finishing second in the state, and I’m hoping to have a very strong season again this year. Our strength this year will definitely be our depth. We won’t have to rely on one or two heavy hitters — we have talent from the top of the ladder to the bottom. And we already have a great team dynamic, I’m looking forward to a great season,” Coach Jena Wider said.

“We had a very competitive tryout for girls tennis this year with over 50 girls. There was an abundance of young, talented players vying for spots on the varsity team,” the coach added.

Rest of the story here: https://westportjournal.com/sports/girls-tennis-looking-for-another-successful-season/

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What a week! You should all be incredibly proud of yourselves. Coach Amy and I were really impressed with the level of play, the enthusiasm and commitment. We’ve decided to have 2 teams for JV–a Competition team and a Skill-Building team. With hard work and dedication, there will be opportunity to move up on JV during the season.

VARSITY

Isa Alfageme (C)

Abby Bandini

Amelia Berkowitz

Aanya Gandhi

Adrianna Gavriloiu

Rachel Guzman (C)

Liv Lazar

Dylan Lehrer

Devyn Peffer (C)

Hunter Rossetter

Katarina Siegner

Raleigh Sipkin

Kayla Stanley

Emme Steinberg

Azita Vazhayil

JV

Jenna Bard

Emmy Beck

Evie Cicero

Cece Cohen

Dylan Deren

Julianne Eladawy

Emilia Fletcher

Addy Frankel

Jade Frankel

Grace Gaver

Alex Gottlieb

Aria Greenbaum

Skye Greenfield

Natalie Hartono

Charlotte Hoke

Sophie Hopson

Abby Jumper

Noa Katz

Mickey Lewitton

Isabella Malali

Piper Manning

Mackenzie Meltzer

Sally Nathan

Chloe Ng

Julia Riley

Veronica Rodrigo

Phoebe Rosenberg

Daniella Sacchetti

Alexis Schneider

Raffaella Spitzer

Ella Swetzoff

Sloan Vella

Staples Advance to Semifinals of the FCIAC to meet Ludlowe on Friday 5/23

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WESTPORT — Staples girls tennis, No. 3 seed in the FCIAC tournament, ousted No. 6 Darien 4-0 in Tuesday’s quarterfinals at home. Match results are:

Singles

Olivia Lazar defeated Scarlett O’Malley, 6-0, 6-3.

Aanya Gandhi defeated Andrea Coppe, 6-1, 6-2.

Sadie Yanks defeated Luli Escajadillo, 6-2, 6-0.

Doubles

Rhiya Anand/Amelia Berkowitz defeated Lucy Best and Sara Droogan, 6-2, 6-4.

Isabel Alfageme/Rachel Guzman defeated Ava Gupta/Sydney Johnson, 6-3, 6-2.

Singles player Tatum Keefe won the first set, but her match was still going when the win was called for Staples and play stopped. 

Doubles partners Azita Vazhayil/Dylan Lehrer had just started their match when the Wreckers locked up the win.

Staples is now scheduled to visit No. 2 Fairfield Ludlowe in the semifinals at 4 p.m. Friday because of rain forecast Wednesday and Thursday. (Game schedules are subject to change; click for the latest CIAC updates.)