With one match remaining in the Suffolk County Championship, the crowd gathered outside the fence of the fourth singles court at Shoreham-Wading River High School. As top-seed Westhampton Beach and third-seed Islip split the first six matches on the day, the county champion would come down to this one match. “I knew that I…
For the last few years, no tennis team on Long Island has been more dominant than the girls from Port Washington. The Vikings proved that once again on Friday afternoon, winning the Nassau County championship with a 7-0 win over Great Neck North at Eisenhower Park. “Even though the score was 7-0, it was…
The top two seeds in Nassau County have both advanced to the championship match, as Port Washington and Great Neck North will square off in Friday’s final after winning their respective semifinal matches on Wednesday afternoon. The top-seeded Vikings defeated Hewlett 6-1, exacting a bit of revenge on the team that knocked it out…
The Suffolk County playoffs began on a rainy afternoon on Monday, as only three matches were able to be played throughout the section’s opening round slate. Mt. Sinai edged Hills West 4-3, as Alyssa Flanders and Gita Ramakrishnan won 6-2, 6-3 at second doubles in the match’s decisive flight. The 17th seed now moves…
Back in 2016, Merri Kelly Hannity won the Nassau County singles title in her freshman year at Cold Spring Harbor. And now a senior, she has repeated that feat, defeating Thea Rabman of Port Washington 6-2, 2-6, 6-0 in this year’s county final. “It feels really good, and it’s really exciting to be back…
The sophomore slump doesn’t apply to Rose Hayes. A year after winning the Suffolk County singles title in her freshman year at Westhampton Beach, Hayes defended her title and won a second consecutive county championship with a 6-0, 6-2 victory over Commack’s Kady Tannenbaum. “I served really well, I think, and just stayed consistent,”…
The playoff season on Long Island began on Thursday afternoon, with the first-round matchups in Nassau County being played. Third-seed Syosset defeated Mepham 7-0, as Caroline Lee hung on to win 6-3, 1-6, 10-7 at first singles. The defending county champions move into a quarterfinal matchup against sixth-seed Roslyn, who defeated Lynbrook 7-0. The Bulldogs…
The high school regular season’s have come to a close, and the team playoffs get underway on Thursday afternoon with a couple of the first round matchups, while the Suffolk County opening round begins next Tuesday. The top four seeds in Nassau are Port Washington, Great Neck North, Syosset and Hewlett, while Westhampton Beach,…
With the Nassau County Individual Championships on tap for this weekend, the regular season came to a close on Tuesday afternoon. The Syosset Braves, who will enter the playoffs as the third seed, celebrated Senior Day as it took on Conference I champions Port Washington. The Vikings wrapped up its undefeated season with a…
For the third straight year, Port Washington is the champion of Nassau County’s Conference I. The Vikings concluded its regular season at 12-0 thanks to a 6-1 win over Manhasset on Thursday afternoon. The team’s doubles duos led the way, notching wins at first, second, third and fourth doubles. Port Washington has now won…