Jets squeak past Huntington North, Stars fall to Bluffton
UNIONDALE— Adams Central won at No. 2 doubles in three sets to hold off Huntington North by a 3-2 margin Thursday night as the Norwell tennis sectional finally got underway.
Meanwhile, Bluffton swept South Adams to advance to Friday’s semifinals. The Starfires failed to win a set in any of their five matches. Alayna McCullough ( pic
tured, right) and Maddie Herring won the opening set 7-5 but fell short in the second set, suffering several breaks of serve. They recovered to win the final set 6-4 to keep the Jets’ title hopes alive.
“With it coming down to them as the deciding point, you could tell they were a little nervous,” admitted coach Jessica Disinger after the win. “But then in the last three games of the third set they realized they had to go or the season was over. They played great at the end.”
The Jets other two wins came at No. 1 and No. 2 singles from Jessica and Hillary Tobias. The sisters won in straight sets.
Adams Central 3 Huntington North 2
No. 1-Jessica Tobias ( AC) d. Kelsie Ludemann, 6-3, 6-1 No. 2-Hillary Tobias ( AC) d. Mallory Kline, 6-1, 6-1
No. 3-Samantha Weicht (HN) d. Sydney Leyse, 3-6, 6-2, 0-6
No. 1-Morgan Betterly/ Avery Bonewitz (HN) d. Kellyn Bertsch/Alexa Brotherton, 6-4, 6-2 No. 2-Maddie Herring/ Alayna McCullough (AC) d. Hannah Szelis/ Gabby Leichty, 7-5, 1-6, 6-4
Bluffton 5 South Adams 0
No. 1-Monroe Heller (B) d. Ashlyn Claghorn, 6-2, 6-0
No. 2- Emma
Baumgartner ( B) d. Mileena Mowery, 6-4, 6-3
No. 3-Gretchen Crist (B) d. Maggie Nussbaum, 6-2, 6-3
No. 1- Emily Man/ Madi Fenstermaker (B) d. Samantha Weigel/ Grace Barkley, 6-4, 7-5 No. 2-Cadence Ingle/ Olivia Funk ( B) d. Chloe Summersett/ Lexie McKibben, 6-2, 7-6 (8-6) Semifinals: Bellmont vs. Adams Central
Norwell vs. Bluffton