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St. Luke's Girls Varsity Tennis Crowned NEPSAC Class C Champs
The St. Luke's Girls Varsity Tennis team defended their New England title this weekend defeating Concord Academy in the final
St. Luke’s Girls Varsity Tennis successfully defended the New England Class C title on Sunday, May 21 after beating Concord Academy in the final 4-0.
The win capped off an excellent season for the Storm in which the team claimed the FAA Doubles title and finished with an overall record of 11-3.
The squad reached Sunday’s championship game after a nail-biting win over The King School in the semi-final on Saturday, May 20 by a score of 4-3.
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The two teams met earlier in the season with the Storm winning 5-2 but Saturday’s match-up proved to be a much closer contest as Cameron Stonehouse ‘17 lost to #1 singles match to Stella Silver 1-6, 2-6 and Hannah Amendola ‘19 lost the #2 singles to Callie Bartimer 5-7, 3-6.
However, Maddie Harris ‘19 defeated Charlotte Freund 6-0, 6-2 in the #3 singles and Elizabeth Labriola ‘18 won the #4 singles match 6-2, 6-2 over Cat King.
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The match was tied 3-3 after St. Luke’s #1 doubles pair Cayley Stonehouse ‘17 and Cierra Kitt ‘19 won their match 6-0, 6-1 but #2 doubles Grace Fitzgibbon ‘18 and Caroline Nevin ‘18 fell 4-6, 1-6.
The Storm would not be denied the chance to repeat as New England champions though as #3 doubles pairing Emma Tregellas ‘17 and Clare Armstrong ‘17 gave SLS the crucial fourth point with a 7-5, 6-2 victory.
Sunday’s final proved to be much more straightforward for GVT as they raced to the four points they needed to lift the trophy for the second year in a row.
The undefeated #1 doubles team of Cayley Stonehouse and Kitt won 6-1, 6-0 to finish the season at 17-0 and Amendola earned the second point at #2 singles winning easily 6-1, 6-1. Seniors Tregellas and Armstrong, playing in the #3 doubles spot won 6-3, 6-0 to make it 3-0 before Cameron Stonehouse came from behind in the first set to win 6-4, 6-1 to win the match for the Storm.
Head Coach Brinley Ehlers was extremely proud of her team: “This weekend’s wins were a total team effort, especially since we were playing the 4 singles/3 doubles format. This team played with a lot of heart. I am so happy for our Seniors who all won their matches in the finals against Concord. This win was sweet and very well deserved. I am so proud of each and every member of this team.”
