Woodstock girls' tennis team picked up 1 win in tourney
The Woodstock Academy girls’ tennis team not only qualified for the Class L state tournament this spring, it also picked up a victory.
The 14th-seeded Centaurs were able to down No. 19 Torrington on Friday.
Woodstock was supposed to take on No. 3 Middletown on Saturday but has been the case all spring, rain got in the way.
The two teams did get on the court on Sunday afternoon with host Middletown taking the 5-2 victory to advance to the state quarterfinals.
The Centaurs saw their season come to a close with a 9-7 record.
“The highlights of the season had to be getting a state tournament victory and having five players chosen as ECC All-Stars,” said first-year coach Dena Cocozza O’Hara.
The Centaurs took the early lead against Torrington when Wynter Worth posted a straight set 6-2, 6-2 victory over Ainslee Campbell.
Gianna Musumeci followed with a hard fought 7-6 (8-6) , 6-2 win over Torrington’s Ellie Goodwin.
O’Hara said she was also happy with those who stepped up and had to fill the shoes of third singles player Kerrigan Reynolds who was unable to play.
Madilyne Ead got the nod on Friday and even though she did not score a victory, she did force Samra Babic to three sets before falling 3-6, 6-3, 2-6.
Katie Bruce also went the distance, losing in fourth singles in three sets.
But the Centaurs would pick up the victory thanks to their second and third doubles teams.
Delilah Kesselman and Catherine Trudeau came out on top in their match 6-2, 6-1 and the duo of Mariia Oliinyk and Emma Morrison also posted a victory to give the Centaurs the narrow win.
The Centaurs traveled to the middle of the state on Sunday and picked up a victory each in singles and doubles.
Musumeci posted a 6-2, 6-1 victory at second singles and the second doubles team of Kesselman and Trudeau were victorious again with a 6-2, 6-4 decision.
The Centaurs also will be losing only three seniors, Linnea Barlow, Abby Budd and Kate Bruce to graduation.
Worth did pick up a win early in the week at the ECC girls tennis tournament.
Worth, seeded No. 6 in the singles, downed Tori Campisi of Waterford, 8-2, in the first round. Unfortunately, she lost to third-seeded Valentina Schiano of East Lyme, 3-6, 2-6 in the quarterfinals.
Musumeci lost in the first round to Madison Beaulieu of Fitch, 8-3.
In doubles, Budd and Barlow lost their first-round match to Veronica Castro and Nina McKiernan of East Lyme, 8-3, and Trudeau and Kesselman were upended by Stonington’s Addison Fulling and Madelyn McAdams by that same 8-3 score in a first-round contest.
Worth was named an ECC Div. II girls’ tennis All-Star in singles. Barlow, Budd, Trudeau and Kesselman were named All-Stars in doubles. Musumeci was an honorable mention selection.
Kennedy Xeller is the girls' tennis team ECC Scholar-Athlete and Reynolds was the recipient of the team’s ECC Sportsmanship Award.
Marc Allard
Director of Sports Information
The Woodstock Academy
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