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BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS
Sports Editor, RTC
Rily Holloway won at No. 2 singles, but the Rochester girls tennis team lost to Culver Academy 4-1 Thursday in the Culver Academy sectional final.
Culver Academy won their fifth straight sectional title and will advance to the regional on their home courts.
Rochester finishes the season 9-7. They have not won a sectional since 2017.
Holloway, a senior who only started playing competitive tennis in the sporing of 2022, beat Gilii De Villiers 6-3, 6-2.
All four of Culver Academy’s wins came in straight sets.
Quinn Vasquez topped Ella McCarter 6-1, 6-0 at No. 1 singles. Sadie Barrett knocked off Rylee Clevenger 6-0, 6-0 at No. 3 singles.
Annabelle Curtis and Charlotte Lemeiux beat Olivia Bailey and Audrey Bolinger 6-4, 6-1 at No, 1 doubles, and Kate Ngan and Paulina Tavarez defeated Taylor Howard and Elizabeth Weaver 6-1, 6-0 at No. 2 doubles.
In addition to Holloway, Howard and Weaver also played their final high school matches. McCarter, Clevenger and Bolinger are sophomores, and Bailey is a freshman.
Culver Academy will play either Peru or Manchester in a regional semifinal at Culver Academy on Tuesday.
Results: Culver Academy 4, Rochester 1
Singles
Quinn Vasquez (CGA) def. Ella McCarter (RHS), 6-1, 6-0
Rily Holloway (RHS) def. Gilii DeVilliers (CGA), 6-3, 6-2
Sadie Barrett (CGA) def. Rylee Clevenger (RHS), 6-0, 6-0
Doubles
Annabelle Curtis-Charlotte Lemeiux (CGA) def. Olivia Bailey-Audrey Bolinger (RHS), 6-4, 6-1
Kate Ngan-Paulina Tavarez (CGA) def. Taylor Howard-Elizabeth Weaver (RHS), 6-1, 6-0
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