Sports News: Raiders Win Section 1 Championships

The Raiders Girls Varsity Tennis Team won the Section I Championship on Sunday October 13. The girls played over the course of three days against Somers, Harrison, and Byram Hills for the championship. Although some of the matches were very tight, the girls pulled through and continued to work their hardest and cheered each other on. The team sent one singles player and four doubles teams into post-season play.

On Friday October 11 the Raiders went 4-0 against Somers, then scored another 4-0 victory over John Jay. Harrison proved to be a very tough adversary in the semi-finals, where Scarsdale came out on top 4-2. Many of the matches against Harrison were split sets and went into grueling tiebreakers.

The final match was against Byram Hills when Scarsdale again scored a 4-2 win and took the Section 1 title. The victory capped off an excellent regular season when the team finished undefeated with a 16-0 record with no one on the team losing a single league match.

According to Coach Jennifer Roane: "This is the first team section 1 championship for Scarsdale. We were seeded #1 going into the tournament; The girls handle the pressure well and let their tennis speak for themselves."

Megan Niu and and Maggie Maronilla playing second doubles against Byram Hills.

Some of the players will play in the Conference tournament which starts on Tuesday October 15 at White Plains High School. The conference line-up is: 

Singles:
1. Anya Kornfeld

Doubles:
1. Zoe Tucker/Natalie Hu
2. Laura Mendes/Luisa Mendes
3. Maggie Maronilla/Megan Niu
4. Maggie Akuetey/Emmilyann Tsai

Team members: Zoe Tucker,Natalie Hu, Anya Kornfeld,Luisa Mendes and Laura Mendes, Megan Niu, Maggie Maronilla, Maggie Akuety, Emily Anne Tsai, Devin Goldman, Sabrina Siegel, Anna Cho and Natalie Schonfeld.

Senior captain Maggie Akuetey, serving against Harrison.