Philomath High’s girls tennis team won two out of three matches Tuesday on its home courts in a dual against Riverdale, a 3A school out of Portland.
In singles, foreign-exchange student Cecilia Milesi posted a 6-0, 6-0 victory over Stella Gatziolis. Riverdale junior Nina Rinard downed Warriors junior Lucy Thomas in the other singles match.
Junior Clara Neville and senior Lucy King won their doubles match over a pair of Riverdale sophomores, 6-1, 6-0. An exhibition doubles match was also played (the Mavericks used players that had already played in official matches) with junior Isabelle Norman and sophomore Cambria Braudrick winning, 6-4, 6-2.
Philomath’s girls are scheduled to host Junction City at 4 p.m. Thursday.
The PHS boys hosted Sweet Home for an exhibition match that had been arranged. Freshman Lev Grose (8-6) and freshman Jovi Tavano (8-2) posted victories in singles. The Warriors won three doubles matches with sophomore Samuel Holroyd and freshman Liam Cole (8-1), freshmen Andrew Sims and Cameron Barlow (8-0), and seniors Lane Schell and Nate Houck (8-2).
The next match on the schedule for the boys is April 14 at home against Marist Catholic.
GIRLS
Philomath 2, Riverdale 1
Tuesday, April 7, at Philomath HS
Singles
Nina Rinard, RHS, def. Lucy Thomas, 6-0, 6-1; Cecilia Milesi, PHS, def. Stella Gatziolis, 6-0, 6-0.
Doubles
Clara Neville/Lucy King, PHS, def. Quinn Ramey/Isabel Okulitch, 6-1, 6-0.
Exhibition: Doubles — Isabelle Norman/Cambria Braudrick, PHS, def. Stella Gatziolis/Isabel Okulitch, 6-4, 6-2.
BOYS
Exhibition: Singles — Ben Perry, SH, def. Mika Laukkanen Raskauskas, 8-5; Lev Grose, PHS, def. Mack Martineau, 8-6; Devon Sharp, SH, def. Kayden Reynolds, 8-3; Jovi Tovano, PHS, def. Kyle Petrait, 8-2. Doubles — Samuel Holroyd/Liam Cole, PHS, def. Devon Sharp/Kyle Petrait, 8-1; Andrew Sims/Cameron Barlow, PHS, def. Christian Romero/Ben Perry, 8-0; Lane Schell/Nate Houck, PHS, def. Mack Martineau/Ben Perry, 8-2.