High School Girls Tennis

Having to play the full three sets in a match is nothing new for Westhampton Beach’s Rose Peruso and Juliet Tomaro. So when the second doubles pairing lost the opening set tiebreaker to Commack’s Christine Kong and Valerie Slackman in Wednesday’s Suffolk County Championship at William Floyd High...Read more

The Nassau County Championship began with seven flights of tennis but would eventually boil down to just one. With the Syosset Braves and Hewlett Bulldogs splitting the first six matches at Eisenhower Park on Monday, the county champion would be determined by the only match left to finish: third...Read more

There will be a new Nassau County champion in 2018 as Syosset and Hewlett are set to square off in the county final on Monday afternoon at Eisenhower Park, after both teams won their respective semifinals on Thursday afternoon. Hewlett snapped the 31-match winning streak in a 5-2 upset victory over...Read more

Westhampton Beach’s Rose Hayes fought back from a set down to win the Suffolk County singles title as she defeated Emily Tannenbaum of Commack 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 in Wednesday’s final at Shoreham-Wading River High School. Hayes had not dropped a set all season entering the county final, but was able to...Read more

For the past two years, Lauren Cherkin held the title of Suffolk County doubles champion, doing so in back-to-back years with Ariana Malik. The Hills East senior has now made it three county doubles titles in a row as she and Alexis Huber defeated the Westhampton Beach duo of Onalee Batcheller and...Read more

Hewlett sophomore Rachel Arbitman won her second straight Nassau County singles title on Sunday afternoon, defeating Calista Sha of Friends Academy 6-1, 6-4 in the championship match. “I was able to win this as a freshman, and then being able to come back again this year, against different players...Read more

For the first time in eight years, the Nassau County doubles champion hails from South Side, as Julia Gentile and Lauren Zola teamed up to win the title on Sunday. “It’s really special,” said Zola. “I know [our coach] Mr. Colesanti is super excited, you can see it on his face. He tried to take the...Read more

The Nassau County regular season came to an end on Wednesday afternoon, and both Jericho and Lynbrook clinched their respective conference titles with victories. Jericho wrapped up an undefeated season with a 7-0 victory over Glen Cove, improving to 14-0 and clinching Nassau County’s Conference II-...Read more

The Port Washington Vikings pushed its winning streak to 30 matches and clinched Nassau County’s Conference I with a 7-0 victory over Oceanside on Tuesday afternoon. “These girls have been simply amazing,” said Port Washington head coach Shane Helfner. “Taking a step back and looking at our 30-...Read more

With the Suffolk County Individual Championships getting underway this weekend, which means the regular season has come to an end. Perhaps no team looked more impressive throughout the year than the Commack Cougars, who finished atop League I with an undefeated record of 12-0. “We’ve had an...Read more