By Shane Ball
The Broncos Girls Varsity Tennis team continues to impress this season. They went undefeated on the week, taking down Winnacunnet, Goffstown, and Bow. The girls are now 6-1 on the season.
Winnacunnet made for some competitive matches on Monday, with most settled by just two points. The Broncos closed out four singles matches and two doubles matches. Lilly Belmore (#2) won her match 8-5. Sammie Schiller (#4), Ella Proulx (#5), and Aliana Giroux (#6) each won their matches 8-6.
Belmore (#2) and her partner, Zailyn O’Leary (#3), took down their doubles opponents 8-5. Proulx (#5) and Giroux (#6) teamed up, defeating their matchup 8-3. This gave the girls a respectable 6-3 record for the game against a strong opponent in Winnacunnet.
The girls played against Goffstown in Manchester on Wednesday.
Emma Coppi (#1) set the tone with an 8-0 victory in her singles match. Belmore (#2) beat her opponent 8-3. O’Leary (#3) and Proulx (#5) each finished strong with 8-6 wins, respectively. Giroux (#6) took down her opponent easily with a score of 8-1, capping the fifth victory of the six singles matches. The girls also swept all three doubles matches, totalling an 8-1 victory for the Lady Broncos on the day.
The girls capped off their week with a perfect 9-0 victory against Bow High School on Friday.
Emma Coppi and Proulx both won their singles matches with a score of 8-1. Belmore and Giroux won their singles matches 8-3. O’Leary won her match 8-6. Auri Anderson filled in for Sammie Schiller on Friday, earning herself her first win in her first match of the season with a statement 8-2 win. Anderson teamed up with Proulx to add on to the successful day with an 8-4 win in the third doubles match.
The boys could not find a win in their three matches this week. They started their week against Winnacunnet on Monday. They lost all nine matches, not many of which were very close. The Broncos took on Goffstown on Wednesday, where they would go scoreless in three singles matches and one doubles match. Sam Hergenhahn (#1) was involved in the only two match wins on the day, winning his singles match 8-2 and his doubles match alongside Owen Surprenant (#3) 8-3. Hergenhahn is now 5-3 on the season in singles and 4-3 in doubles matches.
The shorthanded Broncos struggled in their matchup against Bow on Friday. Alex Valenzuela and Brian Bartone filled in for Sean Mendes and Owen Surprenant as Alvirne faced yet another 0-9 defeat.
Alvirne is headed to Spring break this week. The girls will return on May 5 at home against Portsmouth, and the boys will be in Portsmouth on May 6.