MHS girls suffer first losses as boys stay undefeated

BY JOE McCONNELL

It was a week that the Marblehead High girls tennis team would rather forget. After beginning the season with four straight triumphs, the team lost two in a row to Newburyport (4-1, April 27) and Masconomet (5-0, April 28) to drop to 4-2 overall.

“Newburyport got off to a quick start with a win in first and second singles,” said coach Tracy Ackerman. “It was a great all-around match. Newburyport is obviously a tough opponent. For us, Charly (Cooper) in third singles played a super match to secure our lone win.”

Marblehead first single player Pauline Geissler lost, 6-0, 6-1, and Andrea Potvin experienced similar results in second singles, 6-1, 6-1. But Cooper was able to snag the lone Marblehead point in third singles in a very competitive match, 7-6, 2-6, (12-10 in a tiebreaker).

The first doubles team of Courtney Yoder and Aviva Bornstein put up a good battle before losing to their Newburyport counterparts in straight sets, 4-6, 2-6. In second doubles, Aoife Breshnahan and Lucia Levin lost, 3-6, 0-6.

Boys tennis wins two more

In a non-league match-up on April 25 that would make any coach proud, the Marblehead boys tennis team (5-0 in the Northeastern Conference, 5-2 overall) defeated visiting Hamilton-Wenham, 4-1.

“This was a match where both sides displayed great sportsmanship,” said coach Elisabeth Foukal. “The standout win for us was in second singles, when Jost Eggebrecht outlasted Elois Chadel in a three-set match. Jost served very well while also handling Ellis’ excellent serves with consistency and depth. It was a great win for him over an excellent player.”

Marblehead junior Mika Garber beat senior Will Gern in first singles, 6-1, 6-2.

“Mika played smart tennis to outmaneuver this good lefty player,” Foukal said.

Eggebrecht, his classmate, took down Chanel in the aforementioned second singles match, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3.

Sophomore Matthew Sherf completed the singles sweep by beating junior Jada Wang, 6-4, 6-0. “Matthew overcame a 4-2 deficit in the first set to win the next 10 games in a row,” said Foukal.

Sophomores Etan Farfel and Jayden Janock topped juniors Max Clarke and Henry Stinson in first doubles, 7-5, 7-6 (13-11 in a