Roundup: Marblehead denies Manchester-Essex bid for perfection

The Marblehead girls tennis team spoiled Manchester-Essex’ attempt at a perfect season, as Marblehead defeated Manchester 3-2 at Marblehead Thursday afternoon.It all came down to first singles, where Marblehead’s Annie Ryan clinched the match with a tough three-set win (6-1, 4-6, 6-4). The rest of the winners for Marblehead were: Megan Stanojev and Lindsey Cohen, first doubles (6-2, 6-3); Meghan Gabel and Kelly Mealey, second doubles (6-0, 6-1). Both teams are 17-1.Swampscott 5, Gloucester 0At Gloucester, the trip north was worth it for the Big Blue, who only needed one more point to win a match that had been suspended due to rain earlier in the season. Rita Tsokanis had already won her match at first singles, 6-1, 6-0, and Tatum Pederson had won 6-1, 6-0, before the rains came. The two teams finished the other three matches Thursday with Jessica Zolott winning 6-3, 6-0, at third singles; Ashley Petras-Veronica Pyatigorskaya at first doubles, 6-3, 6-1, and Allegra Walker-Victoria Bauder at second doubles, 6-0, 7-6 (7-2). Swampscott is home against Beverly today in a makeup match.Lynnfield 4, North Andover 1At North Andover, Kelley Nevils led the Pioneers at first singles (6-3, 6-3). The rest of the Lynnfield winners were: Ava Grava, second singles (6-1, 6-0); Molly McCarthy, third singles (6-3, 6-3); Danielle Soden and Emily Shea, second doubles (3-6, 6-1, 6-3). Lynnfield is now 11-4.Revere 4, Winthrop 1At Winthrop, the Patriots had a complete team performance from top to bottom. Winners for Revere were: Christina DiFabio, first singles (6-3, 6-1); Sara Grujic, second singles (won by forfeit); Mounia El-Rara, third singles (6-0, 6-0); Nancy Nguyen and Mariah Rivera, second doubles (6-0, 6-0). Revere is 6-9.BOYS TENNISClassical 4, Revere 1At Breed, Classical coach Chris Hayward is very proud of his team’s performance lately.”I am really so proud of my kids on how well they have been playing. They avenged two losses this week from earlier in the season and really are on a roll,” Hayward said.Winners for Classical were: Seng Ly, first singles (3-6, 6-4, 6-3); Nick Gonzalez, third singles (6-4, 6-1); Rene Perez and Philip Chea, first doubles (6-4, 6-3); Jonathan Dorson and Freddie Hincapie, second doubles (3-6, 6-2, 6-4). Classical improves to 9-7.St. John’s 4, Wellesley 1At Wellesley, St. John’s swept at singles, and was led by a dominant performance from Cameron Trosin at first singles (6-0, 6-0). The rest of the St. John’s winners were: Chris Toner, second singles (6-2, 6-2); Nico Limacher, third singles (7-6, 6-7, 7-5); Dan Cunningham and Alec McNiff, second doubles (7-6, 7-5). St. John’s is now 14-2.Manchester-Essex 3, Marblehead 2At Manchester, Marblehead had a strong team performance despite the result. Marblehead swept at doubles. Austin Harshbarger and Miles Barry took first doubles (3-6, 6-3, 7-6) and Tyler Beck and Steven Goldman took second doubles (6-3, 6-1). Marblehead is now 10-6.GIRLS LACROSSESwampscott 16, Melrose 8At Swampscott, the Big Blue were deadlocked 6-6 at the half. Swampscott dominated the second half and outscored Melrose 10-2. Jesse DePaolo led the way for Swampscott (6 goals). Gillian Trask also helped out (4 goals). Mackenzie Robertson scored her first-ever varsity goal. Other goal-scorers for Swampscott were: Katie Zarinsky (2 goals, 2 assists); Chloe Dorgan (1 goal, 2 assists); Kita Wheeler (1 goal) and Taylor Eaton (1 goal). Swampscott finished the season at 8-12.