Albemarle High’s girls tennis team is off and running to a 2-0 start with 9-0 victories over Brooke Point and North Stafford last week. The Patriots bounced back from a stumble against powerful E.C. Glass in a preseason scrimmage and rolled past the two Commonwealth teams in convincing fashion.
It didn’t much matter either that No. 2-seeded senior Abby Lesnoff is out with an injury. Albemarle is stacked with seven seniors including No. 1-seed and returning Scrimmage Play player of the year Megan Napolitano, and that should help steady any early season pitfalls.
That experience played a major role in the North Stafford win as six seniors started for the Patriots and swept the Indians.
Albemarle now faces the tall task of trying to stop Mills Godwin of Richmond Monday on the road. Godwin is a regular factor in the state title race.
Albemarle 9, Brooke Point 0
Singles
1 Megan Napolitano(A) d. Anderson-Hanes 10-1
2 Elise Lord(A) d. Merritt 10-0
3 Ivy Haines(A) d. Hamlin 10-1
4 Alison Henry(A) d. Oliver 10-2
5 Maddi McCullough(A) d. Barger 10-3
6 Summer Caton(A) d. Ingold 10-0
Doubles
1 Napolitano/Lord(A) d. Anderson-Hanes/Hamlin 10-0
2 Haines/Caton(A) d. Merritt/Oliver 10-0
3 Henry/Mccullough(A) d. Ingold/Calin 10-1
Albemarle 9, North Stafford 0
1 Meg Napolitano(A) d. Woodruff 10-1
2 Elise Lord(A) d. Humphrey 10-0
3 Ivy Haines(A) d. Haseldon 1-0
4 Maddi McCullough(A) d. Carandang 10-5
5 SummerCaton(A) d. Pulzone 10-8
6 Stacey Hahn (A) d Quinn 10-4
Doubles
1 Meg Napolitano/Lord(A) d Woodruff/Pulzone 10-1
2 Henry/Mo. Napolitano(A) d Humphrey/Carandang 10-3
3 Murray/Chisholm(A) d Haseldon/Quin 10-3
