Moorestown, Moorestown Friends Play for Tennis Titles Monday

The Moorestown High School and Moorestown Friends girls' tennis teams will play for South Jersey championships on Monday.

Following last week’s 5-0 win over Woodrow Wilson, top-seeded Moorestown remained undefeated and hasn’t given up a set in two playoff matches.

No. 1 Moorestown defeated No. 8 Pinelands, 5-0, in the quarterfinals of the NJSIAA South Jersey Group 3 playoffs, according to nj.com.

First singles player Breezy Maravich defeated Kalina Acosta, 6-1, 6-0, and third singles player Alex Boone downed Julia Driscoll, 6-0, 6-2.

Moorestown’s Kelly Hopkins saw a little bit of a fight at second singles, but vanquished Caitlin Gobel, 6-3, 6-3.

The first doubles team of Siena Cashan and Anna Mary Shetler gave up two games in the first set, but defeated Dana Rose Brown and Jamie Cohalan, 6-2, 6-0.

The second doubles squad of Andrea Giocobbo and Nori Horvitz shut out Cassidy Buckley and Mikeala Crowley, 6-0, 6-0.

On Thursday, Moorestown (15-2) defeated No. 4 Cumberland, 5-0, in the semifinals.

Moorestown will face No. 3 Seneca in the final on Monday.

Seneca advanced to the final by beating Hammonton and Toms River South by 5-0 scores, and Mainland by a score of 3-2.

No. 1 Moorestown Friends defeated No. 8 St. Rose, 5-0, in the quarterfinals of the NJSIAA South Jersey Non-Public B playoffs, according to nj.com.

First and second singles players Grace Kim and Jessica Ferber cruised to victories. Kim defeated Madison Sarnasi, 6-0, 6-0. Ferber downed Alexis Wolf, 6-0, 6-0.

The third singles match was slightly more competitive, as Katie Teitelbaum conquered Marina Kaiafas, 6-1, 6-3.

The first doubles team of Erin Chen and Paige Hurley started off strong, but had to fight a little harder in the second set, defeating Katie Gilligan and Mary Schweiker, 6-0, 7-5.

The second doubles squad of Lilla Butterworth and Alexandra Katsnelson defeated Gianna Longo and Megan Quinn, 6-4, 6-2.

Moorestown Friends then defeated No. 4 Ranney, 5-0, in the semifinals.

Kim defeated Kristen Guyler, 6-0, 6-0; Ferber downed Giulia DiGuglelmo, 6-2, 6-2; and Teitelbaum defeated Olivia Nisbet, 6-1, 6-0.

Meanwhile, Chen and Hurley defeated Rachel Patel and Julianna Poupard, 6-2, 6-1; and Butterworth and Katsnelson defeated Paulina Brake and Sabrina Park, 6-7 (5-7), 6-4, 7-6.

Moorstown Friends will face No. 2 Gill St. Bernard’s in the finals on Monday. Gill St. Bernards advanced to the finals with a pair of 5-0 wins over Rutgers Prep and Wardlaw-Hartridge.

Kim also advanced to the quarterfinals of the singles tournament before falling to Pingry’s Madison Stevens..

She received a first-round bye.

In the second round, she defeated Montville’s Kaitlin Sanzone, 6-0, 6-0.

In the third round, she ousted East Brunswick’s Jennifer Chen, 6-0, 6-4.

In the fourth round, she eliminated Chatham’s Scarlett Blydenburgh, 6-2, 6-4.

In the quarterfinals, she fell to Stevens, 6-1, 6-3.