Sports Roundup: Girls Lax & Boys Tennis Kick Off State Tournament Play
David Creed •
This Whaler sports roundup includes an update on the girls lacrosse team following their Round of 32 victory at home Tuesday afternoon and the boys tennis team following their win in the preliminary round to officially clinch a spot in the tournament’s Round of 32.
Beni, Girls Lax Earn Convincing Win Over Monomoy
The girls lacrosse team began their state tournament play with a convincing 19-3 victory over the Monomoy Sharks in the Round of 32 Tuesday afternoon, led by sophomore Louisa Beni who scored her 100th career varsity goal.
"I think that the girls were just super excited to play today, and it showed from the first whistle all the way through," Whaler head coach Kelly Brown said. "Celebrating all of those little wins or goals, or whatever it is. I think they just really played as a team today. It's just fun to watch at this point. We worked all season for this, for this opportunity. (Monomoy) came out hard.”
On Beni, Brown began by praising how unselfish her team plays. She then praised Beni for her work ethic.
“I think that Louisa is just a player that works very hard and is a quiet, hard worker," Brown said. "She just shows up every single day and works hard and doesn't expect recognition for it and I mean, her play is recognition enough I feel like. She's just a really cool player to coach. To have that experience coaching her is great.
“The girls are so unselfish with the ball,” Brown continued. “Louisa said that in the end of the game interview (with OurNCTV) all of her goals are assisted. Every girl on this team wanted her to get to that milestone, just to have that. I'm just so proud of them and how much they support each other. They want each other to succeed.”
The Whalers will now play either #9 Bromfield or #24 Triton Regional High School in the Round of 16 on the island.
Below are some photos from the game taken by Chris Tran during Tuesday's game.
Boys Tennis Wins Preliminary Round Matchup
The boys tennis team officially clinched a spot in the MIAA Division 3 state tournament’s top 32 with a 4-1 victory over #35 Joseph Case High School in the preliminary round Tuesday afternoon. Nantucket, ranked #30, will now travel to play #3 Newburyport High School with a date and time to be determined.
In the Whaler’s matchup on Tuesday, Nik Krastev was Nantucket’s first singles player and won his match in three sets. He won set one 6-2, lost set two 4-6, and won set three 6-3.
Knox Keating was Nantucket’s second singles player and won his match in three sets. He won his first set 6-1, lost the second set 4-6, and won the third set 6-2.
Toni Todorov and Max Iancu were Nantucket’s first doubles pairing and won their match in straight sets 7-5, 6-4.
Rojus Rascius and Prosha Artemenko were Nantucket’s second doubles pairing and won their match in three sets. They won the first set 6-0, lost the second set 5-7, and won the third set 6-3.
Below are some tennis photos taken by Chris Tran during their match on Tuesday.
SCHEDULE AHEAD:
The boys lacrosse and baseball brackets will be released Wednesday, May 27th. The date and times of their games, as well as girls lacrosse and boys tennis, are to be determined.
The girls tennis team will travel as the #18 seed to play #15 Boston Latin Academy on Thursday, May 28th at 2:30 p.m.