Damico birdies Haverford to two wins
Andrew Damico knew that Monday’s tri-match was coming down to the wire for Haverford High. Just how close it would be with Germantown Academy, the sophomore didn’t quite know. But he finished his round with such a flourish that he left no doubt.
Damico sank three birdies, finishing up with birdies on the eighth and ninth holes to help Haverford edge GA, 196-198, in a nonleague match. Haverford also bested Central League foe Lower Merion, 196-239.
Damico carded a twoover-par 37 at Stonewall’s North Course, one of three sophomores to lead the Fords. Riley Quartermain tied for the low round of the day with a 36, birdieing seven and eight to finish at one-over. And Mike McCollum posted a career best 39 for the Fords (4-2,
2-0 Central). Seniors Holden Ungvary
(41) and Scott Kaplan (43) rounded out Haverford’s scoring.
Nick Schnur tied Quartermain’s score with a 36 to lead GA, which placed all five scorers under 42. Justin Segal led Lower Merion with a 43.
CARDINAL O’HARA SWEEPS TRI-MATCH » Archbishop Carroll earned the honor of the low round of the day thanks to Chris Waldman’s
39 at Chester Valley Golf Club (par 35). But O’Hara had the strength of numbers to earn two wins.
The Lions covered the course in 248 strokes to Carroll’s 277 and the 302 needed by Roman Catholic.
Michael Larkin led a precise O’Hara effort with a 40. Joseph Taggart, Thomas Larkin and Tom Carroll each posted 41s, Luke Pastore followed with a 42 and Danny Juliana added a 43.
Andrew Ranando backed Waldman by carding a 41, but Liam Buckley (46) was the only other Patriot to shoot under 49. UNIONVILLE 176, GLEN MILLS
262 » The reigning state champs had fun at the Golf Course at Glen Mills, none more so than David Starnes, who hit a pair of eagles to card a five-under 31. Starnes eagled the
par-5 sixth, following up on a bunker shot from 70 yards that he holed on the second.
Richie Kline finished
1-under par, and Jack Cooley and Roy Anderson added 36s for Unionville.
Tamir Smith led Glen Mills with a 45. Both he and Quaraan Harris (52) notched birdies on the day, and Michael Beverly carded a 49.
RADNOR DOMINATES TRIMATCH » Jack Hamilton carded a 33 as Radnor topped Marple Newtown,
178-206, and Upper Darby,
178-289.
Nick DiPinto led the Tigers to a win with his 39. Andrew Kane paced Upper Darby with a 51.
Girls Tennis
Cardinal O’Hara’s first doubles tandem of Kathryn Toal and Michelle DeScala eked out a 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 win to lead the Lions to a 4-1 nonleague triumph over Ridley.
Anna Marie Degnan, Caroline Lynch and Clare Hayden clinched a singles sweep for the Lions.
In other nonleague action:
RADNOR 6, COUNCIL ROCK NORTH 1 » Grace Frigerio and Jessica Gusdorff navigated a tiebreak to win the second doubles match, 6-4, 7-6 (4) and pace Radnor’s win.
Doubles supplied the intriguing matches, with Annie Burton and Caroline Egg-Krings at first, Priya Gaesh and Julia Grossinger at third and Zana Moldavsky and Alexandra Moyher at fourth gutting out contested wins. Lucy Hedrick (at love and love) and Bridget Dougherty won singles matches for Radnor.
UPPER DARBY 7, BONNER & PRENDERGAST 0 » Camryn Schultz, Aaliyah Medley and Tarana Ananna each notched straight-sets wins in singles for the Royals (2-0).
MERION MERCY 4, HAVERFORD 1 » The Fords’ second doubles pairing of Amy Cunningham and Joni Medford grabbed a consolation point with a 6-1, 6-2 win.
Merion Mercy’s Chloe Abramowitz, Nina Dzidic and Maddie Urbano swept the singles points. DOWNINGTOWN EAST 7, SUN VALLEY 0 » First singles player Maddy Koons took three games off East’s Nicole Dickson, but she couldn’t quite capture the second set in a 6-0, 6-3 setback.