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Girls Tennis Roundup Aug. 24-27


Girls tennis is finally underway and the area teams are starting to pick up the action on the court.

Here’s a look at some tennis action submitted to the Journal from the past week:

 

Thursday, Aug. 27

 

Rolling Meadows 4, Palatine 3: It wasn’t easy, but Rolling Meadows squeaked out a win over Palatine Thursday to move to 2-0 on the week. Here’s a look at how it happened:

Singles:

No. 1 – Hanna Haber, Rolling Meadows d. Grace Monroe, Palatine, 6-0, 6-0 

No. 2 – Jeannie Bitan, Palatine d. Alissa Erokhina, Rolling Meadows, 6-2, 6-2

No. 3 – Nicole Canfield, Palatine d. Alexandra Kovalevich, Rolling Meadows, 7-6, 6-2

Doubles:

No. 1 – Megan Buchek – Olivia DeLuca, Rolling Meadows d. Maddie Monroe – Kelly Tran, Palatine, 6-2, 6-0 

No. 2 – Elizabeth Czulno – Mohini Maletira, Rolling Meadows d. Ishika Mishra – Anna Canfield, Palatine, 6-7, 6-4, 10-8 

No. 3 – Morgan Buchek – KC Jones, Rolling Meadows d. Ria Iyer – Marie Strittmatter, Palatine, 6-4, 6-0 

No. 4 – Katie Christopher – Megha Esturi, Palatine d. Autumn Hong – Allison Martin, Rolling Meadows, 6-4, 3-6, 10-7

 

Wednesday, Aug. 26

 

Prospect 6, St. Viator 1: Prospect improved to 3-0 during the week with a convincing win over nearby St. Viator. Prospect’s Nikki Zakrzewski pulled off a stunning comeback at No. 1 singles, losing the first set 6-0 to St. Viator’s Meredith Garcia, before winning set two 6-2 and set three 10-7. Here’s a look at all the matches between the two area teams:

Singles:

No. 1 – Nikki Zakrzewski, Prospect d. Meredith Garcia, St. Viator, 0-6, 6-2, 10-7

No. 2 – Maia Nowicki, St. Viator d. Cassie Voicu, Prospect, 6-1, 6-1

No. 3 – Zoe Klicker, Prospect d. Katie Trunda, St. Viator, 6-4, 6-2

Doubles:

No. 1 – Natalie Katsaros – Katherine Doyle, Prospect d. Sarah Schultz – Allison Jodoin, St. Viator, 6-4, 6-1

No. 2 – Alex Giannopoulos – Hannah Pescaru, Prospect d. Claire Mittel – Eliza Perry, St. Viator, 6-1, 6-1

No. 3 – Amelia Grave – Alina Paul, Prospect d. Morgan Green – Megan Saso, St. Viator, 6-1, 7-6 (3)

No. 4 – Ava Colias – Lucy Nunez, Prospect d. Caitlyn Saso – Allysa Cincan, St. Viator, 6-1, 6-0

 

Tuesday, Aug. 25

 

Prospect 7, Palatine 0: Prospect posted a sweep, knocking off MSL West’s Palatine in all seven matches. The best match of the day was No. 3 singles with Prospect’s Zoe Smutko defeating Palatine’s Ria Iyer, 6-4, 7-6 (4). It was the closest to three sets as the two teams got all match. Here’s a look at the results:

Singles:

No. 1 – Nicole Zakrzewski, Prospect d. Grace Monroe, Palatine, 6-2, 6-0

No. 2 – Cassie Voicu, Prospect d. Jeannie Bitan, Palatine, 6-4, 6-1

No. 3 – Zoe Smutko, Prospect d. Ria Iyer, Palatine, 6-4, 7-6 (4)

Doubles:

No. 1 – Katherine Doyle – Natalie Katsaros, Prospect d. Maddie Monroe – Kelly Tran, Palatine, 6-0, 6-0

No. 2 – Alex Giannopoulos – Hannah Pescaru, Prospect d. Anna Canfield – Ishika Mishra, Palatine, 6-0, 6-0

No. 3 – Alina Paul – Lucy Nunez, Prospect d. Katie Christopher – Megha Esturi, Palatine, 6-1, 6-1

No. 4 – Ava Colias – Zoe Klicker, Prospect d. Nicole Canfield – Marie Strittmatter, Palatine, 6-2, 6-0

 

Rolling Meadows 7, Hoffman Estates 0: Rolling Meadows rolled past Hoffman Estates with ease, sweeping or nearly sweeping six matches. Here’s a look at the results:

Singles:

No. 1 – Hanna Haber, Rolling Meadows d. Michele Lin, Hoffman Estates, 6-0, 6-0

No. 2 – Alissa Erokhina, Rolling Meadows d. Ember Knapp, Hoffman Estates, 7-5, 1-1, Ret.

No. 3 – Alexandra Kovalevich, Rolling Meadows d. Samrita Vinu, Hoffman Estates, 6-1 , 6-0

Doubles:

No. 1 – Megan Buchek – Olivia DeLuca, Rolling Meadows d. Raegan Davis – Niko Otsuka, Hoffman Estates, 6-0, 6-0

No. 2 – Elizabeth Czulno – Mohini Maletira, Rolling Meadows d. Eunice Ji – Azalea Holmes, Hoffman Estates, 6-0, 6-1

No. 3 – Morgan Buchek – KC Jones, Rolling Meadows d. Aiperi Sulaimanova – Milana Sulaimanova, Hoffman Estates, 6-0, 6-0

No. 4 – Autumn Hong – Allison Martin, Rolling Meadows d. Veronica Chom – Rachel Lumba, Hoffman Estates, 6-1, 6-0 

 

Barrington 6, Elk Grove 1: Elk Grove avoided a sweep with a win at No. 1 singles by Peyton Oda. The Grenadiers top player won 6-2, 7-5 over Barrington’s Priyanka Bhogaraju. Barrington nearly swept the rest of the points on the day. Here’s a look at the results:

Singles:

No. 1 – Peyton Oda, Elk Grove d. Priyanka Bhogaraju, Barrington, 6-2, 7-5

No. 2 – Olivia Paik, Barrington d. Julia Naumowicz, Elk Grove, 6-0, 6-0

No. 3 – Emily Yoon, Barrington d. Angelina Orozco, Elk Grove, 6-0, 6-0

Doubles:

No. 1 – Sofia Hutchison – Sam Kim, Barrington d. Naitri Patel – Karolina Maksymowicz, Elk Grove, 6-0, 6-1

No. 2 – Amani Alvi- Nisha Janamanchi, Barrington d. Sumika Masuyama- Damaris Carbajal, Elk Grove, 6-0, 6-0

No. 3 – Abby Carl – Priya Shah, Barrington d. Stephanie Cuatepitzi – Parthi Patel, Elk Grove, 6-0, 6-0

No. 4 – Nurayn Khan – Chloe Kazaglis, Barrington d. Nakaya Dobbins – Emma Conway, Elk Grove, 6-0, 6-0

 

St. Viator 6, Marian Catholic 1: St. Viator earned an important conference win over Marian Catholic, but it was a hard-earned win. All the doubles matches were exciting, including three of the five doubles matches going three sets. Here’s a look at the results:

Singles:

No. 1 – Meredith Garcia, St. Viator d. Taylor Trojan, Marian Catholic, 6-0, 6-0

No. 2 – Allison Jodoin, St. Viator d. Alex Walker, Marian Catholic, 6-4, 6-1

Doubles:

No. 1 – Maia Nowicki – Sarah Schultz, St. Viator d. Samantha Brassel – Lilli Hansen, Marian Catholic, 6-1, 2-6, 6-2

No. 2 – Eliza Perry – Claire Mittel, St. Viator d. Karina Bonilla – Dorian Durning, Marian Catholic, 7-5, 6-3

No. 3 – Sierra Schassberger – Abigail Yock, Marian Catholic d. Mary Kate Cambria – Morgan Green, St. Viator, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 

No. 4 – Megan Saso – Katie Trunda, St. Viator d. Khushi Sahi – Lulite Mulugetta, Marian Catholic, 6-3, 7-5

No. 5 – Caitlyn Saso – Allysa Cincan, St. Viator d. Cassidy Casanova – Lauren Spott, Marian Catholic, 4-6, 6-3, 6-1

 

Regina Dominican 5, Ridgewood 1: Regina picked up a nonconference win at Locust Park over Ridgewood. Here’s the results:

1S: Laura Strenk (Regina Dominican) d. Maya Petryszak (Ridgewod), 6-2, 6-1

2S: Katherine Schuenzel (Regina Dominican) d. Julia Klusek (Ridgewood), 6-4, 6-0

3S: Kristen Karkaoleva (Ridgewood) d. Jaydi Vasquez (Regina Dominican), 6-0, 6-2

1D: Mairead Lowry – Maeve Newton (Regina Dominican) d. Olivia Palushek & Kiara Cannon (Ridgewood), 6-3. 6-2

2D: Emma Bevenour – Margaret Clancy (Regina Dominican) d. Michelle Rivadeneira – Lilla Alvaerdyan (Ridgewood), 6-3, 6-2

3D: Abbey Schurr – Mimi Waddell (Regina Dominican) d. Amanda Truong – Victoria Gatych (Ridgewood), 6-3, 4-6, 10-8

 

Monday, Aug. 24

 

Prospect 5, Maine South 2: Prospect may have won 5-2, but Maine South made the Knights earn the win. The No. 2 singles match and No. 3 doubles match were the top two battles of the meet. Here’s the results:

Singles:

No. 1 – Nicole Zakrzewski, Prospect d. Mina Radosavljevic, Maine South, 6-2, 6-1

No. 2 – Cassie Voicu, Prospect d. Eva Zaskowski, Maine South, 7-5, 0-6, 10-3

No. 3 – Zoe Smutko, Prospect d. Sofiya Marushchak, Maine South, 6-4, 6-3

Doubles:

No. 1 – Katherine Doyle – Natalie Katsaros, Prospect d. Mia Lee – Amelia Stanek, Maine South, 6-2, 6-3

No. 2 – Madeline Pankratz – Laura Milewski, Maine South d. Alex Giannopoulos – Hannah Pescaru, Prospect, 6-3, 6-3 

No. 3 – Margaret Mizwicki – Kate Fogel, Maine South d. Alina Paul – Lucy Nunez, Prospect, 6-4, 6-7 (1), 10-5

No. 4 – Amelia Grave – Ava Colias, Prospect d. Emilia Goldwasser – Christina Paxhia, Maine South, 6-2, 6-3

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