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GIRLS' TENNIS: KP's Goldberg nets 500th career win
WRENTHAM - Through the course of better than three decades of service to the King Philip Regional High athletic program, Bob Goldberg has hit a lot of backhands and forehands, taken a lot of busrides and wore out more than two pairs of sneakers.
Goldberg also has notched 500 career victories, that occuring Monday on the new courts at King Philip High as the unbeaten (5-0) Warriors scored a 5-0 victory over Canton in a Hockomock League match.
"Unless you have the talent, you can be best coach in the world and not win," said Goldberg in praise of the many Warriors who have come under his tutelage in 36 spring seasons on the tennis courts.
The Warriors have won 33 matches over the past two seasons and have averaged 14 wins during Goldberg's tenure. The Warriors just might be the best team in the Hockomock League this season with Courtney Puddester, Sarah Shipley and Lauren Trudeau all scoring straight set victories over the Bulldogs.
Also in the Hockomock League, Sarah Yeransian and Mila Elich each lost just two games at their respective No. 1 and 3 singles spots as overpowered 5-0. Foxboro's Lauren Fisher took a 6-4 second set in her No. 2 singles match with the Hornets' Amanda Wolfe.
In an Old Colony League match, (1-3) suffered a 5-0 loss to powerhouse Barnstable, taking just two g ames in singles competition, just one in doubles play. The Bombardiers entertain Taunton Thursday.
Missing its top player, Ashley Llewellyn, because of a band trip to Florida), (1-3) still gave Sharon a battle before falling 3-2. At third singles, Jen Lougee raced out to a 6-0 win over Sharon's Helen Bogen, then fell to a 2-6 defeat in the second set and was down 4-3 in the third before rallying to win the match. North visits Canton Wednesday.
Mansfield 5, Foxboro 0: Sarah Yeransian (M) def. Mary Cavanaugh 6-0, 6-2; Amanda Wolfe (M) def. Lauren Fisher 6-2, 4-6, 6-1; Mila Elich (M) def. Sara Fishman 6-2, 6-0; Kollasantha Kolla-Tanya Schillawsky (M) def. Livi Roma-Lindsay Shapiro 6-4, 6-1; Katie Mills-Lexi Raczka (M) def. Brittany Stopa-Tiffany Storer 6-2, 6-0.
King Philip 5, Canton 0: Courtney Puddester (KP) def. Katie Sluzarz 6-2, 7-5; Sarah Shipley (KP) def. Rachel Voke 6-1, 6-2; Lauren Trudeau (KP) def. Kelly Winter 6-1, 6-2; Allison Agnew-Julie Kraby (KP) def. Kendall Sceviour-Carol Berman 6-2, 7-5; Megan Read-Katherine Layman (KP) def. Kris Coco-Tammy Nghiem 6-2, 6-1.
Sharon 3, North Attleboro 2: Sam Toole (S) def. Michelle Lechtanski 6-3, 6-3; Sara Speigel (S) def. Brenna Periera 6-4, 2-6, 6-3; Jen Lougee (N) def. Helen Bogen 6-0, 2-6, 6-4; Hannah Nelson-Tori Morris (N) def. Ashley Tabroff-Becca Abrams 6-3, 6-1; Melanie Katcher-Daniella Shriki (S) def. Anne Schafer-Mary Lou Hedberg 6-1, 7-5.
Barnstable 5, Attleboro 0: Kate Downsilly (B) def. Katherine Akinyemi 6-0, 6-0; Chealsey Giacorin (B) def. Liz Girczyc 6-0, 6-0; Charlotte Prallet (B) def. Brittany Linhares 6-2, 6-0; Devon Bentivina-Kourtney Kelley (B) def. Kelcee Powell-Lauren Carey 6-0, 6-0; Maia Pliss-Chelsea Pond (B) def. Sam Wood-Charlotte Germain 6-1, 6-0. |