Girls’ tennis off to best start since ’06

After starting slowly in each of the last three seasons, the CHS girls’ tennis team is off to a 5-1 start this year — its best record after six games since going 6-0 in 2006. 

Wins over Foxboro and Stoughton highlighted a 2-1 week for Canton. After beating Foxboro 3-2 on the road last Monday, the team lost for the first time this season, falling 4-1 to North Attleboro last Wednesday at home. But Canton rebounded to easily beat Stoughton 5-0 last Thursday at home. 

Against Foxboro, Canton’s top two singles players, Keishorea Armstrong and Micaela Nannery, lost for the first time all season, but the rest of the team stepped up to deliver the victory. 

Third singles player Eleni Pappadopoulus won 6-2, 6-3, with head coach Sheila Conneely crediting the freshman for playing “steady, smart tennis” throughout her match. 

The first doubles team of Carol Berman and Tilly Golledge won 6-3, 7-5 and the second doubles team of Divya Harpalani and Aimee Pina won 6-1, 6-3, despite starting the second set down 3-0. 

Against North Attleboro, Canton lost a battle of unbeatens 4-1, but Conneely thought the match was closer than the result indicates. Armstrong delivered Canton’s only point, with a 6-3, 6-1 win over her opponent. Nannery and the doubles duo of Berman and Golledge both lost in three sets. It was the first loss of the season for Berman and Golledge at first doubles. 

Canton got back on the winning track against Stoughton the next day with all three singles players and both doubles pairs winning in straight sets.  No Canton player lost more than four combined games in a single match, with no player losing more than three games in a single set.

Berman and Golledge led the way with a 6-0, 6-0 blanking of their opponent at first doubles. Harpalani and Pina won 6-1, 6-3 at second doubles, and Armstrong, Nannery and Pappadopoulus all won their singles matches. 

The team is off this week for April vacation and will return to action this Monday at King Philip.

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