Rouundup: English girls tennis survives Classical

Alison Tobin pulled out a hard-fought, three-setter at third singles to lift the English High girls tennis team past Classical, 3-2, Friday at Breed.View photo galleryTobin lost the first set to Classical’s Janelle Way, 1-6, but game back to take the next two, 7-6 (7-4 in the tiebreaker), and 6-3.The Bulldogs (3-5)ended up sweeping singles, with Scarlet Santana (6-1, 6-1) beating Ashley Ellis at No. 1 and Ashley Lon defeating Kayla Braswell, 6-1, 6-3, at two.The Rams took both doubles matches. In No. 1 it was Monivan Cheth-Messeret Kebedo over Kim Nguyen-Molly Nhiv, 6-0, 6-0; and Katrina Syrakos-Linda Khuth over Viktoryia Belina-Emily Ma, 6-4, 6-4.”The girls did awesome,” said English coach Lauren Mezzetti. “We really played well.”Marblehead 5, Gloucester 0At Gloucester, the Magicians (9-0) just keep on rolling. Annie Ryan won at first singles, 6-2, 6-0; Meghan Gabel, second singles, 6-0, 6-0; Amanda Gilberg, third singles, 6-3, 6-1; Alice Yufa- Hannah Cohen, first doubles, 6-0, 6-0, and Liz Leykin-Eliza Fitzgerald, second doubles, 6-1 6-0.BOYS TENNISSwampscott 5, O’Bryant 0At Swampscott, the Big Blue (9-0) made it look easy with wins from Matt Jacobs at first singles, 6-0, 6-1; Val Temin, second singles, 6-0, 6-1; Mike Pindrus, third singles, 6-0, 6-2; Sam Crimmins-Matt Gilberg, first doubles, 6-1 6-0, and Sam Carmosino-Ian Crimmins, second doubles, 6-0 6-0.Somerville 3, Classical 2At Breed, the Rams (5-5) are ready to put this week behind them after their third loss. Seng Ly battled to a win at first singles, 2-6, 6-2, 7-5, and Rene Perez-Phillip Chea took first doubles, 6-1, 6-1.”I was really impressed with Seng Ly,” coach Chris Hayward said. “He lost his first set and came back and won a good match against a tough player.”Austin Prep 4, St. Mary’s 1At St. Mary’s, The second doubles team of John Shea-Patrick Morin-Plante won their match, 7-5, 1-6, 7-5. The Spartans are 6-3.St. John’s 5, Wellesley 0At Danvers, the Eagles (9-1) had wins from Nico Limacher, first singles, 6-1, 6-3;Dan Cunningham, second singles, 6-0, 6-1; Ian Wright, third singles, 6-1, 6-2; Alex McNiff-Jon Shaffer, first doubles, 6-4, 6-3.and Sean Nork-Chase Davis, second doubles, 4-6, 6-3, 10-5BOYS LACROSSEFenwick 16, Saugus 10At Fenwick, the Sachems (6-5) were down 16-4 entering the fourth quarter and scored six unanswered in the period.”I’m proud of the way we continued to fight,” Saugus coach Todd Pierce said, “but we need to learn to come out ready to play.”The Crusaders upped their record to 7-6 thanks to a balanced attack that saw Troy Reinold (3 goals, 4 assists), Kyle Russell (4 goals, 2 assists) and Chris Napolitano (3 goals, 3 assists) stand out.Captain P.J. Usalis had a goal and three assists, midfield Aiden Moulton scored twice, Kevin Hannon and Chris Carney each had a goal.Goalies Jake Brennan had 12 saves and Dylan Maida two.For Saugus, Nick Benoit scored three goals and C.J. Randolph four.GIRLS LACROSSEPeabody 8, Beverly 5At Peabody, the Tanners (7-3) knew they needed to take the lead in this one to keep Beverly from dictating the temp of the game and they did just that, going into the half with a 5-4 lead.”It’s always a close game with Beverly,” Peabody coach Dennis Desroches said. “I think our last four games with them were separated by five goals or less. In lacrosse that’s close.”Courtney Smith (3 goals, assist); Bianca Muscato (2 goals) and Nicole Napolitano, Sarah Napolitano and Aly Bortone, one goal each, fueled the attack. Christine Feudo and Sydney Cook anchored the defense, along with Christa Trombley. Cheyenne Jackson (10 saves) got the win.Fenwick 13, Williams 8At Braintree, the Crusaders (8-5) got six goalsl and three assists from Grace Celona. Tessa McLaughlin (3 goals, 2 assists), Anna Moulton (2 goals 1 assist), Caroline Crawford and Annette Ruggiero (a goal and an assist each) also stood out.Goalie Nicole Votta had seven saves.Steve Krause can be reached at [email protected].