Photo at left: Staples’ Sadie Yanks bounced back for a three-set win in her singles match against Darien this week. At right: Teammates Sarah Marron and Jenna Kornbluth pictured at a recent match. Kornbluth earned a victory in singles play during the Wreckers’ victory over Darien. / Photos by Andy Hutchison

By Andy Hutchison

WESTPORT — During a six-game winning streak, the Staples High girls tennis team racked up a trio of 7-0 wins, but the most satisfying triumph was a hard-fought 4-3 victory over host Darien earlier this week.

The Wreckers, coming off 7-0 wins over Westhill and Danbury, then a 5-2 victory over Wilton, got wins at third and fourth singles as well as first and third doubles against Darien on April 24.

Staples then beat host Fairfield Warde 4-3 the next day, and blanked visiting Trumbull 7-0 Friday.

The team improved to 7-2 overall. 

In the win over Darien, No. 3 singles player Jenna Kornbluth and No. 4 player Sadie Yanks both overcame first-set losses to prevail. The doubles tandems of Karenna Birns/Audrey Kercher and Alana Zitomer/Lucia Wang both won in two sets.

Results from the Darien match follow (Staples listed first):

Singles

1. Maddie Hendley vs. Sarah Donnelly (1-6, 0-6)

2. Rhiya Anand vs. Annabella Hirsch (5-7, 2-6)

3. Jenna Kornbluth vs. Scarlet O’Malley (2-6, 6-2, 6-2)

4. Sadie Yanks vs. Jessica Schmidt (4-6, 6-1, 6-4)

Doubles

1. Karenna Birns/Audrey Kercher vs. Althoff/Ava De Castro (6-3, 6-0)

2. Caroline Caggiano/Lola Lamensdorf vs. Sufrin/Das (7-5, 3-6, 2-6)

3. Alana Zitomer/Lucia Wang vs. Fitzpatrick/Farmer (6-2, 6-3)

Andy Hutchison has been covering school sports — including Staples athletics — as well as news and feature stories in Fairfield County, since the 1990s. Learn more about us here.

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