The team had been undefeated since , not dropping a single match in six years and winning the NYS title for the past two years. Gianna Marks Sadly, the young team was not able to prevail over Horace Greeley at home, losing the match It turns out that three top returning players decided not to play on the team this year, on the advice of private coaches who persuaded them to pursue tournament play in order to improve their chances to be recruited for college.
So, Coach Jennifer Roane, who has piloted this highly successful program for years, found herself down three essential team members when her top two singles players, Charlene Dong and Katie Kendall and first doubles player Emma Ha failed to sign up for the season. To make matters worse, returning player Carly Alin is injured.
Though many talented players were moved from doubles to singles, and from the Varsity B team to the Varsity A team, it was tough to recover from this blow.
On Tuesday, they went into the match with a record, defeating Rye, John Jay, Harrison, Mamaroneck and Bethlehem β in a scrimmage match. But they knew that Chappaqua, a top team in the league, would be hard to conquer. Sophia Wu and Jalyn Ryu The team fought hard. Matches were lengthy and the second singles match, played by Isabel Lin went to a tiebreaker. It was close to 6 pm and getting dark before everyone left the court.
There were some bright spots. Returning player Gianna Marks, who played third singles last year, is now playing first singles. She hit deep shots and fierce overheads to win that match , And in second singles, after long and powerful exchanges from the baseline, Isable Lin won the first set , dropped the second , but triumphed with a score of in the tiebreaker.
