Thursday’s match was a battle, and the victory was led by second singles Ayanna Varma ‘25, who won in two straight sets. Her win was supported by tiebreaker wins from third singles Joanna Yu ‘25 ((7-6(7-3), 1-6, 10-8)) and second doubles pair, Siyona Bordia ‘25 and Sarah Wang ‘25 ((6-7(6-8), 6-1, 11-9)). Newark Academy’s first singles Lily Schonbraun ‘27, fell to Nina Abalos and the Minutemen's first doubles pair, Molly Egan ‘24 and Maddy Kayyali ‘25, fell to Katie Chung and Hannah Lewis.
Newark Academy looks to make another upset as they head to first-seeded Pingry on Tuesday, October 17 at 3:30 p.m. for the final.
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