By Andy Hutchison
WESTPORT–Staples girls tennis, the No. 2 seed in the FCIAC Tournament, followed up a 7-0 win over No. 7 Ridgefield in the quarterfinals on May 13 with a 5-2 victory over No. 3 Fairfield Ludlowe in the semis on Monday, May 18 — both on home court.
The Wreckers advance to Thursday’s championship match which will be held Thursday, May 21 at neutral site Wilton beginning at 1 p.m. The Wreckers will face the winner of No. 1 Greenwich and No. 4 New Canaan who will meet Tuesday at 4 p.m.
Results from the win over Ludlowe:
Singles
1 Olivia Lazar lost 2-6, 2-6
2 Amelia Berkowitz won 6-1, 7-5
3 Adrianna Gavriliou won 6-1, 6-3
4 Kat Siegner won 5-7, 6-3, 6-3
Doubles
1 Isabel Alfageme and Rachel Guzman lost 6-1, 6-0
2 Aanya Gandhi and Azita Vazhayil won 7-6, 4-6, 7-6
3 Dylan Lehrer and Emme Steinberg won 6-4, 6-3
Andy Hutchison
Andy Hutchison has been covering school sports — including Staples athletics — as well as news and feature stories, since the 1990s. He is the sports editor at the Newtown Bee. He writes for the Monroe Sun. He was director of communications and radio color commentator for the Bridgeport Sound Tigers (now Islanders) hockey team. He has won numerous writing awards, including regional and national first-place honors.
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