Nantucket Current | Sports Roundup: Girls Tennis Wins 10th Match,…

This Whaler sports activities roundup contains an replace on the women tennis crew following a highway victory, the boys lacrosse crew following one other wonderful matchup with the Falmouth Clippers, and the softball crew.

The women tennis crew beat the Cape Cod Academy Seahawks 3-2 on the highway Wednesday afternoon, enhancing their document to 10-4 this season.

Viki Bozhkova was the primary singles participant and gained in straight units 6-3, 6-4.

“My opponent was very good at keeping a pace, so when I would hit hard balls at her, she would hit them back at a similar speed which would create long rallies,” she mentioned. “However, she would hit balls out and deep so I had to be careful of where I was standing on the line and being mindful of where the ball was going to bounce and how far it would fly, in case it went out. Something to work on for next time are my serves because they were very weak today and I double faulted way more times than I would have liked. Overall, it was a fun and close match and I’m going to use what I learned from this match for my next one on Friday.”

Sara Dussault was the second singles participant and gained in three units. She misplaced the primary set 5-7, gained the second set 7-5, and gained the ultimate set 6-2.

“It was definitely a very challenging match, but I just kept my feet moving and played very smart,” she mentioned. “I feel like I did all my ground strokes and just placing the ball. Overall, it was a very long match, but I kept my calm and played my own game.”

The first doubles pairing was Presy Penkova and Ashley De Oliveria, they usually gained in three units. They gained the primary set 6-1, misplaced the second set 1-6, and gained the ultimate set 6-2.

Whaler head coach Luke Thornewill mentioned after the match that Bozhkova was in a position to win by taking complete management of the court docket. He mentioned she confirmed a capability to cost the web for volley wins on each alternative with a consolation degree not seen earlier than and gained with no teaching in any respect.

Thornewill mentioned Dussault gained along with her signature, calm, methodical sport play and by no means surrender angle.

As for the primary doubles pairing of Penkova and De Oliveria, Thornewill mentioned the duo performed an excellent first set solely and confirmed sturdy psychological toughness to bounce again from their second set loss to win the third set.

Nantucket’s subsequent match is scheduled for Friday, May 8^th on the highway towards the Sturgis West Navigators at 4 p.m.

The boys lacrosse crew stays one of many high three groups within the Division 4 state match rankings and is having a superb season, however on Wednesday they misplaced their second sport of the season and second sport towards the Falmouth Clippers 9-7 on the highway.

Whaler head coach Sam Aloisi mentioned it was a terrific sport towards the Clippers, who’re presently the #7 seed in Division 3, and that his crew is taking part in nice in the meanwhile. He mentioned there have been a few unhealthy bounces and errors, however in any other case his crew was proper in it the entire sport.

“Good day overall,” Aloisi mentioned. “(A) win would have been nice, but good experience going forward.”

Nantucket was led by Arann Hanlon within the scoring division. He completed with 5 of their seven objectives. Nolen Mosscrop and Noah Stringer every had one aim. Jeremy Jenkinson completed with 11 saves.

The Whaler softball crew traveled to play the Falmouth Clippers Wednesday afternoon and misplaced 5-9. Whaler head coach Kelly Mayette mentioned Ava Watson hit a triple and had a powerful sport. She mentioned total, her crew performed a strong sport, however a couple of errors price them.

Nantucket is now 3-5 this season and will probably be again in motion on Friday, May 8^thonce they journey to play the Rising Tide Herons at 4 p.m.