Photos: GHS and VHS girls tennis back on the court
This past week, the Guilderland and Voorheesville Girls tennis squads returned to their home courts to face local foes. Voorheesville lost to Academy of the Holy Names on Friday evening 6 to 1 while Guilderland lost to Niskayuna 5 to 4.
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Wide-eyed: Voorheesville’s number-three singles player, Renee Zhang, watches the ball as she prepares to hit a forehand shot. Zhang lost to Academy of the Holy Names’ Stephanie Munroy: 0-6, 0-6.
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Getting low: Voorheesville’s number-four singles player, Eileen Sun, gets her racket below her knees to be ready for the ball for a backhand shot. Sun lost to Academy of the Holy Names’ Veronica Lewis: 2-6, 2-6.
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Concentration is key: Voorheesville’s number-one singles player, Maeve Connolly, prepares for a forehand shot against her opponent on Friday afternoon. Connolly lost — 0-6, 0-6 — to Academy of the Holy Names’ Kate Regan.
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Leaning in: Voorheesville’s number-five singles player, Janell Hall, extends her right arm to get her racket on the tennis ball during the first set. Hall lost to Academy of the Holy Names’ Grace Burke: 1-6, 0-6.
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Making contact: Voorheesville’s Lily Zanello, a member of Voorheesville’s number-one doubles team, hits a backhand shot in the first set. Zanello and Courtney Wright lost in straight sets to Academy of the Holy Names’ Sam Eckert and Anna Szesnat: 0-6, 2-6.
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Miss hit? Voorheesville’s Megan Romansky, a member of Voorheesville’s number-two doubles team, tries to hit a backhand shot. Romansky and Erin Owens won, 10-8, in a 10-game pro-set against Academy of the Holy Names’ Julia Panza and Audrey Fink because daylight was running out.
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Powerful look: Voorheesville’s number-two singles player, Maeve Owens, watches as she smacks a backhand shot toward her opponent in the first set. Owens lost to Academy of the Holy Names’ Riley Schmitz — 2-6, 0-6 — on Friday evening at home.
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Tag team: Erin Owens reaches for the ball with her racket for a forehand winner as teammate Megan Romansky watches. Romansky and Owens won, 10-8, against Academy of the Holy Names’ Julia Panza and Audrey Fink in a 10-game pro-set match due to loss of daylight.
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Eyes on the ball: Guilderland’s number-two singles player, Lavanya Prabhakar, swings her racket for a forehand hit in the first set against Niskayuna’s C. Lee. Prabhakar lost: 1-6, 1-6.
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Feel the power: Guilderland’s number-four singles player, Joanna Chen, hits a backhand shot down the line against Nisky’s A. Choudry. Chen lost: 0-6, 0-6.
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Putting it in a good place: Guilderland’s number-six singles player, Varsha Yerran, hits a forehand in hopes it’s a winner against Nisky’s X. Ying. Yerran lost: 4-6, 4-6.
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Hitting a winner: Guilderland’s number-five player, Trinity Minissale, smacks a forehand winner against Nisky’s B. Chaval in a three-set thriller. Minissale won: 7-6 (7-4), 4-6, 10-4.
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Big spike: Guilderland’s Sree Manga, one-half of Guilderland’s number-one doubles team, smashes an overhead winner at the net. Snigda Arige makes up the other half of the team; they won in a two-set victory: 6-4, 6-1.
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Masked player: Guilderland’s Anushree Sripathy, one half of Guilderland’s number-two doubles team, hits a forehand winner. Sripathy and Jeanine Cao won: 6-2, 7-6 (7-5).
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Lean back: Guilderland’s Maeve Segrut, a member of Guilderland’s number-three doubles team, avoids getting hit by Nisky’s S. Wall and K. Makrin.
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On her toes: Guilderland’s number-one singles player, Katrina Setchenkov, nails a forehand shot against Niskayuna’s Izzy Vanderveen in the first set of Monday’s match at home. Setchenkov lost: 4-6, 5-7. Guilderland lost, 5 to 4.
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Nice job! Guilderland’s number-two doubles team, Anushree Sripathy and Jeanine Cao, tap their rackets after winning a point during their two-set win: 6-2, 7-6 (7-5). All doubles teams who played at Guilderland wore masks while the single players didn’t have to.
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Reaching high: Guilderland’s Sophie Green, half of Guilderland’s number-three doubles team, stretches her right arm as far as it goes to get to the ball during the second set. Green and Maeve Segrut won: 6-0, 6-1.