Marissa Shafer battled Irene Smith in a marathon No. 2 singles match, earning a 3-6, 7-6 (3), 6-3 win that clinched a 3-2 win for West Scranton over Honesdale on Wednesday in a Lackawanna League Division II girls tennis match.
The Shafer-Smith match lasted 2 hours and 20 minutes.
“It was super tough,” Shafer, a junior, said about rallying back after being down a set in a phone interview. “My muscles were cramping up, but I had fun. I just kept my head up. I had a really good mindset going into the second set. It was mostly my mindset, but also picking up strategies that worked against my opponent. I hydrated a lot, and just told myself in my head that I had this. I tried my best not to be nervous. I had to trust all of my shots and have no hesitation.
“It felt really good to win it. I was really relieved.”
Chiara Pugliese won at No. 1 singles, and Alyssa Heffron won No. 3 singles for West Scranton. Pugliese defeated Alexis Mazzotta, 6-1, 6-2, and Heffron beat Tarynn Murray, 7-6 (1), 6-2.
Honesdale won both doubles matches. Sophia Bond-Surie MacDonald and Evelyn Bond-Vera Rickard posted straight-set wins.
Singles: Pugliese (WS) over Mazzotta, 6-1, 6-2. Shafer (WS) over Smith, 3-6, 7-6 (3), 6-3. Heffron (WS) over Murray, 7-6 (1), 6-2; Bond-MacDonald (HON) over Armstrong-Deeley, 6-2, 6-3. Bond-Rickard (HON) over Carvalho-Bryson, 6-3, 6-0; Records: WS 2-0, HON 1-1.
Montrose 4, Mid Valley 1: Cara Evans, Anna Evans, and Erin Tillotson won singles matches in straight sets to lead the Lady Meteors in a Division II match.
Emma Witzke-Emma Merrifield won at No. 2 doubles for Mid Valley.
Singles: C. Evans (MON) over Buranich, 6-0, 6-1. A. Evans (MON) over Heron, 6-0, 6-0. E. Tillotson (MON) over Fazio, 6-1, 6-1; Doubles: Giannone-A. Tillotson (MON) over Woodall-Schuler, 6-2, 6-3. Witzke-Merrifield (MV) over Schell-Booth, 2-6, 7-6 (4), 10-6; Records: MON 2-0, MV 0-2.
Western Wayne 4, Dunmore 1: Madelyn McClure and Kaylee Fischer won singles matches, and the doubles team of Layla Persaud-Emma Spewak won at No. 1 to lead the Lady ‘Cats in Division II.
Singles: Novak (DUN) over Wertman, 7-5, 4-6, 10-5. McClure over Cuchara, 6-4, 6-2. Fischer over Bonavoglia, 6-0, 6-0; Doubles: Persaud-Spewak (WW) over Biswa-Alvarado, 6-3, 6-3. Fox-Owens (WW) by forfeit; Records: WW 1-1, DUN 0-2.
Scranton Prep 5, North Pocono 0: Lily Lengyel, Adith Velaga, and Hannah LaCoe swept the singles matches in straight sets to lead the Classics to a Division I win.
Singles: Lengyel (SP) over Clementoni, 6-0, 6-0. Velaga (SP) over C. Forgione, 6-2, 6-2. LaCoe (SP) over McHugh, 6-1, 6-0; Doubles: Michel-DeNaples (SP) over I. Forgione-Palmer, 6-3, 6-1. James-Bovani (SP) over Shandra-Piozio, 6-1, 6-2; Records: SP 2-0, NP 0-2.
Abington Heights 3, Wallenpaupack 2: Amishi Amit, Addie Stark, and Kate Arp swept the singles matches to lead Abington Heights to a Division I win in a doubleheader against the Lady Buckhorns.
Alex Spritzler-Jenna Petroski and Laila Golshirazi-Emily Jensen won the doubles matches for Wallenpaupack.
Singles: Amit (AH) over Kogan, 6-3, 6-1. Stark (AH) over Ezzo, 6-2, 6-2. Arp (AH) over Lopes-Torres, 6-0, 6-0; Doubles: Spritzler-Petroski (WAL) over Rosenstein-Rubner, 6-4, 6-4. Golshirazi-Jensen (WAL) over McVety-Rothwell, 6-4, 6-4; Records: AH 3-0, WAL 0-2.
Abington Heights 3, Wallenpaupack 2: Sammy Rosenstein, Amit, and Arp won the singles matches to secure the Lady Comets a sweep of the two matches.
Spritzler-Petroski and Jensen-Maya Hirzallah won the doubles for Wallenpaupack.
Singles: Amit (AH) over Kogan, 6-3, 6-2. Arp (AH) over Ezzo, 2-6, 6-1, 6-2. Rosenstein (AH) over Lopes-Torres, 6-0, 6-0; Doubles: Spritzler-Petroski (WAL) over Rubner-Henderson, 6-3, 6-3. Jensen-Hirzallah (WAL) over McVety-Mastroianni, 6-4, 6-4; Records: AH 4-0, WAL 0-3.