Reeths-Puffer finished fifth at Friday's Division 2 regional
tournament at Forest Hills Northern, scoring nine team points to finish
one point behind fourth-place Greenville.
The Rockets scored
all but one of their points in singles play, as all four flights
advanced to the semifinals. All four received first-round byes and won
second-round matches, and all four fell to FHN opponents in the semis.
Olivia
Smith topped her first No. 1 singles opponent, Lowell's Asmin
Karaosmanoglu, 6-1, 7-6(7), before falling in the semifinals to top seed
and eventual champion Harriet Ogilvie. Hope Latsch beat Ottawa Hills'
Lisa Lin at No. 2 singles, 6-1, 6-1, and lost a semifinal match to No. 2
seed Avery McKenzie.
At No. 3 singles, Molly Matz defeated
Ottawa Hills' Clara Guest, 6-3, 6-2, then bowed out to top seed Aanya
Dogra. Kaitlyn Durow edged Lowell's Gracie Lyonnais at No. 4 singles,
6-3, 7-6(8) and fell to top seed and eventual champ Audrey Kowatch.
Kayleigh
Brown/Jayla Brink scored R-P's only doubles win, winning their
first-round match at No. 2 doubles over Alexa Gonzalez/Courtney Seymour
of Wyoming 6-2, 6-2. They fell to top seed Sadie Koffman/JJ Marsiglia of
Forest Hills Central in the second round.
