Norwich’s Brooks and Benenati finish third at Section IV Championships
Natalie Benenati and Emma Brooks stand together after the Section IV Class B tournament where the two placed third. The Tornado duo will now play a match this week to earn a spot at the Section IV qualifiers in Binghamton. (Submitted Photo)
HORSEHEADS – Emma Brooks and Natalie Benenati placed third at the Section IV Class B championship tennis tournament as the two played for the first time this season as doubles partners while Erica Gage and Logan Fredenburg, Brooke Diehl and Chloe Glanville also participated in the championships to represent the Norwich Lady Purple Tornado.
Norwich head coach Nikki Brooks decided to put her season’s four single players into the doubles teams while moving her top doubles team into the singles division.
Diehl drew a first round bye on the singles side of the tournament and faced Angelique deRouen of Vestal, the field top seed. Diehl was downed in straight sets to the eventual singles Section IV champion, ending her tournament appearance earlier than hoped.
Glanville also played singles and faced Johnson City’s Madyson Sullivan in the opening round of tennis. The Norwich player battled Sullivan in the first game before losing 6-4. The Wildcats’ No. 2 ended Glanville’s chances for a medal early by winning the next set 6-2.
Gage and Fredenburg, Norwich’s No. 2 doubles team for the championship, drew a first-round bye and moved into the quarterfinals against Maine-Endwell’s No.1 doubles team of Sophie Pelton and Angela Thomas.
Pelton and Thomas won in straight sets, topping the Tornado’s second double team in two games – 6-4 and 6-3.
On the bottom half of the bracket were Norwich’s Brooks and Benenati, who also received a bye in the first round of tennis. With one match under their belt, Maine-Endwell’s No. 2 doubles duo took on the Tornado partners.
Brooks and Benenati moved on to the semifinals after beating the Spartans 6-2 and 6-1 to meet the
top team from Owego.
The match was one of just four that went into a tie-breaking third set and included a tiebreaker to determine the winner of the second. Brooks and Benenati won the first set 6-3 and fought in the second before losing 7-6 with a 7-3 tiebreaker going into favor of Rachel Raftis and Larissa Fisher of Owego.
The Indians duo finished off the Tornado’s No. 1 doubles team with a final set win of 6-1, sending Brooks and Benenati into the third place match.
It was there where the Norwich partners went up against the other M-E team that knocked out their Norwich teammates Gage and Frendenburg.
Brooks and Benenati got revenge for their colleagues, winning the first set 6-3. The Spartans’ duo played to force a tiebreaker in the second set. At 6-6, the Tornado’s finished off the M-E partners with a 7-3 win in the extra tennis to win the match’s second set 7-6 and place third overall in Section IV.
Brooks and Benenati will now play a playoff match to have a chance for the Section IV State Qualifying tournament. The match will likely be played at the Binghamton Tennis Center Wednesday of this week.
Norwich head coach Nikki Brooks decided to put her season’s four single players into the doubles teams while moving her top doubles team into the singles division.
Diehl drew a first round bye on the singles side of the tournament and faced Angelique deRouen of Vestal, the field top seed. Diehl was downed in straight sets to the eventual singles Section IV champion, ending her tournament appearance earlier than hoped.
Glanville also played singles and faced Johnson City’s Madyson Sullivan in the opening round of tennis. The Norwich player battled Sullivan in the first game before losing 6-4. The Wildcats’ No. 2 ended Glanville’s chances for a medal early by winning the next set 6-2.
Gage and Fredenburg, Norwich’s No. 2 doubles team for the championship, drew a first-round bye and moved into the quarterfinals against Maine-Endwell’s No.1 doubles team of Sophie Pelton and Angela Thomas.
Pelton and Thomas won in straight sets, topping the Tornado’s second double team in two games – 6-4 and 6-3.
On the bottom half of the bracket were Norwich’s Brooks and Benenati, who also received a bye in the first round of tennis. With one match under their belt, Maine-Endwell’s No. 2 doubles duo took on the Tornado partners.
Brooks and Benenati moved on to the semifinals after beating the Spartans 6-2 and 6-1 to meet the
top team from Owego.
The match was one of just four that went into a tie-breaking third set and included a tiebreaker to determine the winner of the second. Brooks and Benenati won the first set 6-3 and fought in the second before losing 7-6 with a 7-3 tiebreaker going into favor of Rachel Raftis and Larissa Fisher of Owego.
The Indians duo finished off the Tornado’s No. 1 doubles team with a final set win of 6-1, sending Brooks and Benenati into the third place match.
It was there where the Norwich partners went up against the other M-E team that knocked out their Norwich teammates Gage and Frendenburg.
Brooks and Benenati got revenge for their colleagues, winning the first set 6-3. The Spartans’ duo played to force a tiebreaker in the second set. At 6-6, the Tornado’s finished off the M-E partners with a 7-3 win in the extra tennis to win the match’s second set 7-6 and place third overall in Section IV.
Brooks and Benenati will now play a playoff match to have a chance for the Section IV State Qualifying tournament. The match will likely be played at the Binghamton Tennis Center Wednesday of this week.
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