Medfield Girls' Tennis Advances to MIAA D2 South Quarterfinals

The Medfield High School girls' tennis team opened the 2011 MIAA Division 2 South Sectional state tournament with a 5-0 victory over Milton, advancing to the quarterfinal round against Hingham on Monday, June 6. 

"Great win over Milton in the first round of the tournament," Medfield head coach Chris DuBose said. "Alex Freeman played one of her best matches defeating Ariana Launie, the South Section Singles Finalist."

Freeman was down 4-1 in the first set but won six of the last seven games to win the set. In the second set, Launie took a 6-5 lead after being down 5-3 but Freeman put the set into a tie breaker and won 8-6 to earn the final point for Medfield. 

In No. 2 singles, Lexi Nasraway defeated Liz Devine, 6-0, 6-4. Hannah Oliphant defeated Ursula Beattie in No. 3 singles, 6-0, 6-2. In doubles play: Kate Goldense and Hunter Stahl defeated Milton's Emily Keohane and Isabel Andrews, 6-0, 6-1 and in second doubles, Lauren Buscone and Megan Tschirch defeated Milton's Abby Gray and Tori Zimmer, 6-2, 6-0.

Medfield, the tournament's No. 2 seed will host seventh seed Hingham Monday at 4 p.m.