Girls Tennis Sweeps Past Everett

The clouds rolled back and the sun came out long enough to get some tennis in yesterday, and the Malden girls squad took full advantage of the opportunity.

The Golden Tornadoes swept past visiting Everett by a 5-0 margin at Amerige Park in a Greater Boston League tilt that somehow managed to elude the incessant rain that has been ever present this week.

Malden improved to 3-9 with the victory, while the Crimson Tide fall to 2-6.

“Everybody did well; it was a good win, I’m proud of my girls,” said Malden head coach Maggie Pettit. “Everett is usually a pretty good matchup, they’re usually around our level. It’s a good match. It’s usually pretty competitive.”

The Crimson Tide played well despite not being able to get in any actual practice last week, and were certainly no pushovers.

Winners for Malden included sophomore Lisa DeLacey, who defeated junior Kathy Tran, 6-0, 6-1 at first singles and sophomore Natalie Fallano who downed sophomore Lena Nguyen, 6-1, 6-0. At third singles, senior Danielle Tun bested freshman Cecilia Tran, 6-3, 6-1 in closest match of the afternoon.

Senior Alison Nguyen and junior Wendy Tse prevailed at first doubles for Malden over sophomore Chau Hughn and junior Jasmine Orellana in straight sets, 6-0, 6-0. Last but not least, junior Vivian Le and senior Ivy Bui triumphed against juniors Melina Franco and Angela Malka, 6-1, 6-0.

Everett is back in action on Monday with a GBL doubleheader against Medford, while Malden hits the courts that same day against Cambridge Rindge & Latin in another league contest.

Click here to see a photo gallery from Friday's matches.