Tennis Roundup: Swampscott girls stun Lynnfield

The Swampscott and Lynnfield High girls tennis teams don’t generally cross paths during the regular season, but they do tend to run into one another come tournament time, and so far, the Pioneers have dominated those postseason matchups.The Big Blue (4-0) got one back on Thursday, however, with a 3-2 win in a non-league bout at Swampscott.”It was just a great tennis match,” Swampscott coach Lenny Polacco said. “It’s very possible that these two teams could meet again in the state tournament. Today meant a lot to us. It’s a tremendous program that Craig Stone has built at Lynnfield.”The match couldn’t have been decided in more dramatic fashion. The score was tied, 2-2, with first singles still playing. Swampscott’s Jen Cleary outdueled Lynnfield’s Jen George in a three-setter, 6-2, 6-7, 6-0, for the winning point.”We knew this was going to be a good match,” Lynnfield coach Craig Stone said, adding he has a couple of more tough nonleague matchups lined up against Andover and Marblehead.Swampscott’s Micalla Hootstein won at second singles, 7-6, 7-6, and Kara Gilberg-Kate Hall picked up a point at first doubles, 6-2, 7-6. Lynnfield (4-1) had wins from Allison Bodek at third singles, 6-1, 6-3, and Jess DiFillippo-Kristen DiFillippo, at second doubles, 6-2, 6-1.”We didn’t have much luck at tiebreakers,” Stone said.Revere 3, English 2At Breed, the Patriots (1-2) pulled out a hard-fought win. Derina Dervisevic won at first singles, 6-4, 6-3; Sabrina Sot at third singles, 6-3, 4-6, 6-2; and Hanan Kadri-Victoria Mauro at second doubles, 7-5, 0-6, 6-2.The Bulldogs picked up points at second singles, with Alexandra Pascu winning 6-3, 6-4, and at first doubles, with Anjeza Beharaj-Mariah Dooley winning 4-6, 6-4, 7-6.Fenwick 3, St. Mary’s 2At Peabody, Fenwick’s Ami Ingemi fended off a late charge by Caitlin Fitzgerald, who had taken a 5-2 lead in the second set, to pull out a 6-2, 7-5 win in the deciding match at first singles. Fenwick (6-1) earned its other two points at second singles, where Vanessa Poirier defeated Lauren Carifio, 6-0, 6-1, and at third singles, with Lindsey Trainor topping Brooke McKinnon, 6-2, 6-4.St. Mary’s had wins from Alex Smith-Stacey Politis at first doubles, 6-0, 6-0, and Ashley Crawford-Danielle Stueve at second doubles, 6-0, 6-2. This was the only meeting between the teams this season.BOYS TENNISS’scott 4, Lynnfield 1At Lynnfield, the Big Blue (3-1, 2-0) provided new coach Roy Steinman with a nice welcoming gift. Lynnfield’s Nick Scangas won at first singles, 7-6, 6-0, to remain undefeated in the top spot (5-0), but Swampscott owned the other four matches.Brandon Poulin defeated Rob Pisacreta at second singles, 7-6 (12-10), 6-0; Josh Ruskin defeated Ray Wang, 6-3, 7-6 (15-13) at third singles; Alex Hanbury-Scott Leffler defeated Mike Bratt-Steve Carr at first doubles, 6-4, 6-3; and Sam Andler-Chris Kalcin defeated Mike Arsnow-Justin Al-Qudah, 6-2, 6-2, at second doubles.”This was a great match,” Steinman said. “It was a real big win for Swampscott.”St. Mary’s 4, Fenwick 1At GE Courts, the Spartans (3-0) got the job done with wins from Dan Beaton at first singles, 7-6 (7-2), 6-2; Mike Louvaris at third singles, 6-0, 6-1; Mike Maghsoudi-Kevin McCarthy at first doubles, 6-2, 6-1; and Matt O’Hare-Mike Conti, second doubles, 6-0, 6-2.Newton North 5, Prep 0At Danvers, the Eagles (6-2) pushed three matches to three sets, but none went their way. James Houlden lost at first singles, 7-6 (7-4), 1-6, 4-6; Spencer Canny at second singles, 6-4, 4-6, 4-6; John Corvi at third singles, 3-6, 2-6; Gionvanni Mafeo-Jake Doue at first doubles, 4-6, 3-6; and Chris Trosin-Chris Sullivan at second doubles, 5-7, 6-4, 4-6.Peabody 4, English 1At Peabody, Alex Bannikov and Matt Bowden combined to win second doubles, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, for the Bulldogs’ only point. English is 0-3.