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Tennis
Local players compete in state open
NEW HAVEN — Eight local players were selected to participate in the girls state tennis open tournament. Meghan Toth, Naugatuck’s senior captain, won her opening-round match in the state singles open tournament. Toth won her match, 8-3, after it was delayed by rain Saturday. On Monday, Toth finished off Miriam Barilot of Granby Memorial,... »
Naugy girls’ tennis out of ‘L’ tourney
NAUGATUCK — The Naugatuck girls’ tennis team was eliminated from Class L state tournament contention Wednesday with a 7-0 loss to Cheshire. Sarah Yacavone and Meghan Toth will play in the singles State Open tournament, and Danielle Charette and Rebecca Mitchell will compete in the doubles tournament. »
First-year success for Ruccio’s Hounds
NAUGATUCK — When Jodie Ruccio took over this season for girls’ tennis coach Amanda Petruzzi, who took the year off to study for her master’s degree abroad, the girls’ basketball coach knew little about the sport. But she did know a little bit about coaching and how to get the most out of her... »
WRHS girls’ tennis falls, girls eye State Open
BEACON FALLS — The Woodland girls’ tennis team’s season ended in the Class S tournament on Tuesday evening. Lewis Mills captured the final match of the day and defeated Woodland, 4-3, in the first round of the state tournament. Woodland, the No. 3 seed, finished the season with a 16-1 record and a Naugatuck Valley... »
Garnet and Grey duo wins doubles silver
BEACON FALLS — They almost did it. The soccer players who, as Naugatuck Athletic Director Tom Pompei paraphrased, said, “Eh, I think I’ll play tennis this year” darn near won the Naugatuck Valley League doubles title Wednesday. Danielle Charette and Rebeka Mitchell, seniors who had never played competitive tennis until last month, first posted... »
Hawks beat Hounds, win NVL girls’ tennis title
BEACON FALLS — The Woodland girls’ tennis team won its second Naugatuck Valley League championship in three years—and the league’s first-ever team tournament—Monday by defeating the upstart Naugatuck Greyhounds, 5-2. The Hawks (19-1) reversed an April 27, 5-2 defeat against the Hounds (18-3), led by No. 1 singles player Stephanie Badale, who topped Naugy... »
Woodland vs. Naugy in girls’ tennis final
BEACON FALLS — It will be an all-local Naugatuck Valley League girls’ tennis final this evening. Top-seeded Woodland knocked off No. 4 St. Paul, 5-2, and No. 2 Naugatuck beat No. 3 Seymour by the same margin Monday afternoon to set up the championship round, which is expected to start around 5 p.m. Both... »
NHS girls’ tennis tops Wilby on senior day
NAUGATUCK — It was Sunday night, less than 24 hours before senior day, and Greyhounds girls’ tennis coach Jodie Ruccio had a dilemma on her racket. “I was saying, ‘What do I do for senior night for tennis?’ the first-year skipper, better known as a hoops coach, said during Tuesday’s home match against Wilby, which... »
Woodland girls’ tennis staying hot
ANSONIA – The Woodland girls’ tennis team continued its strong finish to the season with a 7-0 win over Ansonia Tuesday afternoon. The victory marked the Hawks’ fifth straight victory, improved the team’s overall record to 13-1 and kept momentum going into the rapidly approaching postseason. The Ansonia match was the team’s second straight win... »
NHS boys’ tennis improving but still winless
NAUGATUCK — Entering Monday’s home match with Torrington, the Greyhounds boys’ tennis team was 0-9, doubled up—or worse—in all but one contest. But that one contest was the most recent one, a 5-4 nerve-wracker against Woodland last Thursday, and Naugatuck’s coaches believed this would be the day their charges broke into the win column.... »