State Champions WW Girls & Boys Crew wins state championships Massachusetts Public School Rowing Association State Championship for the 5th consecutive year. Boys Tennis - D3 State Champions
Girls Tennis - D3 State Champions
Girls Lacrosse - North D2 Finalist
Softball - D3 Semi-Finalist
Boys Lacrosse - D3 Semi-Finalist
Baseball - D3 Quarter-Finalist
Girls Tennis Brackets for State D3 State D3 Finals - East North Champion Weston beats Central Champion Hopedale - 4-1
State Semi-Finals - East North Champion Weston beats South Champion (S)Dover-Sherborn - 3-2
Full Brackets for North D3 Team Tennis North D3 Finals - (9)Weston beats (2)Lynnfield - 3-2
Semi-Finals - (9)Weston beats (5)Ipswich - 4-1
Quarter Finals - (9)Weston beats (1)Manchester-Essex - 3-2
First Round - (9)Weston beats(8)St. Mary's - 5-0
North Sectional Singles
Abby Clark - Quarter finals
Alison Hupalo - Quarter finals
DCL All Stars
Abby Clark, Allison Hupalo
Boys Tennis Brackets for State D3 File / Greg M. Cooper / For the Globe State D3 Finals - East North Champion Weston beats Central Champion Bromfield - 4-1
State Semi-Finals - North Champion Weston beats South Champion Cape Cod Academy - 4-1 Full Brackets for North D3 Team Tennis Semi-Finals North D3 Finals - (4)Weston beats (2)Hamilton Wenham - 4-1
Semi-finals - (4)Weston beats (8)Bedford - 5-0
Quarter Finals - (4)Weston beats (5)Ipswich - 5-0
First Round - (4)Weston beats (13)North Reading - 5-0
North Sectional Singles
W Spector - Quarter Finals
D Borczuk - 2nd Round
J Mazzella - 1st Round
DCL All Stars
Julia Bernstein, Stephanie Meyer, Maria Posa (honorable mention)
Boys Lacrosse Full D3 Brackets Semi-Finals - (6)Norwell beats (2)Weston - 7-5
Quarter Finals - (2)Weston beats (7)Arlington Catholic - 6-2
First Round - (2)Weston beats (18)Westwood - 9-7
Boston Globe D3 Coach of the Year - Jim Wilcon
DCL All Stars All-Conference (DCL Large & Small) top 14
Will Harris 1st Team
Attack - Jack Rodday
Midfield - Will Harris, Chase Williams
Defense - Petie von Rosenvinge and Derek Kachadurian
Goalie - Jared Fong (also top goalie in DCL Small) Honorable Mention
Joey Pasquale, Attack - Honorable Mention DCL Sportsman of the Year
Zach Feldman
Baseball Full North D3 Brackets Quarter Finals - (13)Weston loses to (5)Bishop Fenwick - 4-1
First Round - (13)Weston beats (4)Arlington Catholic - 17-11
DCL All Stars
Robert Charpie, Chris Conlon, Paul Nelson, Tom Wells (honorable mention)
MIAA All State
Track & Field Outdoor Championships Full Results New England Qualifiers / Finishers
Boys Triple Jump - 11th Jonathan Dieujuste SR 44-00.50
All-State competitors Girls 100 Meter Dash - 9 Alexandra Wheaton SR 12.79 0.6 2 Girls 1 Mile Run - 10 Abigail Pohl FR 5:11.92
Boys 1 Mile Run - 14th Jamie Eberlein SR 4:33.79
Boys Long Jump - 21st Jonathan Dieujuste SR 19-06.75
Girls 2 Mile Run - 21 Charlotte Walmsley SO 12:15.68
East Division 4 Championship All-State Qualifiers Jonathan Dieujuste SR - Boys Triple Jump - 1st, Boys Long Jump - 4th Alexandra Wheaton SR - Girls 100 Meter Dash - 1st Jamie Eberlein SR - Boys 1 Mile Run - 2nd
Charlotte Walmsley SO - Girls 2 Mile Run - 3rd
Abigail Pohl FR - Girls 1 Mile Run - 3rd
Medal Winners
Boys 4x100 Meter Relay (Jonathan Dieujuste, Chris He, Spencer Shea, Carter Hulings - 5th 45.21
Girls 4x800 Meter Relay (Alexandra Rigobon, Lina Makino, Lauren Chow, Abigail Pohl) - 6th 10:23.43
Boys 4x800 Meter Relay (Geoffrey Pendergast, Connor Maloney, Tim Grant, Jamie Eberlein) - 6th 8:44.40
DCL All Stars
Jonathan Dieujuste, James Eberlein, Lauren Chow, Abigail Pohl, Charlotte Walmsley, Alley Wheaton
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Weston boys swim to second ranking, girls fifth
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The Weston boys swimming and diving team placed second in the NISCA national rankings.
By Staff reports
GateHouse News Service
Posted Aug 03, 2010 @ 05:27 PM
WESTON — The 2009-2010 winter swim season may be long over and school is out for the summer, but the National Interscholastic Swim Coaches Association (NISCA) has just announced its final team, relay, and individual awards for the past season.
On the team front, there was excellent news for both the Weston girls' and boys' programs, while some impressive relay and individual swims for the GLOWS fell a bit shy of national recognition. The Tide also had two individuals achieve Academic All-America status.
In the NISCA National Dual Meet rankings, Weston's boys stormed their way to a second-place overall finish in the country for small schools, behind national champion Hamilton High School (Michigan.) The runnerup slot extended a Tide run of 29 straight seasons in the National Top 10.
The Weston boys have been National Champions three times (in 2001, 2003, and 2005), and taken the second slot on six occasions.
In the female competition, the GLOWS took fifth overall, behind national champion Hutchinson, Minnesota. The girls have been in top 10 for the past 11 seasons, with a top finish of second, in 2003.
NISCA also announced its list of individual and relay All-Americas. The GLOWS had three performances that met the consideration standard. In a highly competitive field, each fell just short of making the final team. Individually, sophomore Bianca Tocci narrowly missed in both the 100-yard butterfly (57.38) and 100 freestyle (52.29.) Her time in the fly was just .56 shy of making the team, and her free time was only .42 away from the final clocking needed.
In addition, Weston's school-record-setting 200 freestyle relay foursome of Tocci, classmate Maddie Pierce, junior Cheryl Lang, and rookie Katie Kim also came close. Their time of 1:38.97 was just .42 shy of the 1:38.55 needed to make All-American. The GLOWS' last individual All-America was Eliza Butts, in 2006. The girls have never had a relay make the team.
Finally, the girls and boys teams each had one individual receive Academic All-America recognition. (To achieve this, athletes must score at the state meet, and have at least a 3.75 cumulative average over four years in high school.)
Northwestern-bound Eve Jakubowski and CJ Valle, on his way to Case Western Reserve, both made the grade. With the award in place for the past 24 years, Jakubowski was the 15th Weston girl to achieve the feat, while Valle was 13th Weston boy to do so.
Head coach Claude Valle was pleased with the news. ``Our boys had a very strong dual meet team and it showed in the rankings,'' said Valle. ``Our girls had some very strong individuals, and they came ever so close to making All-America; the nice thing is that none of the four that made consideration cuts graduated so they'll have another whack at it next winter."
Valle concluded by adding, ``I'm also very proud of Eve and CJ for their accomplishments as true, student-athletes.''
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Weston Town Crier Male Athlete of the Year: Duncan van Nest
Ken McGagh for Wicked Local
Duncan van Nest
By John S. Condakes
GateHouse News Service
Posted Jul 29, 2010 @ 12:43 PM
WESTON — The story puts Cinderella to shame. Last fall he was an unexpected cornerstone of a state championship soccer squad in his first season of high school soccer. In the winter he captained boys basketball and was one of the team’s top scorers. This spring, he capped off an incredible senior year with his second state championship, this time in tennis.
Duncan van Nest, a two-time state champion, is your Weston Town Crier 2010 Male Athlete of the Year.
Van Nest’s story begins when he was in middle school. As an eighth grader, he played soccer on the middle school team with many of the players on this year’s squad. He opted not to play his first three years of high school in order to focus on his year-round tennis training and played basketball in the winter.
Ironically enough, he suffered a knee injury playing soccer while at summer camp after his freshman year that lingered into his sophomore basketball season.
The decision to play soccer in the fall of his senior year was an easy one for van Nest.
"I had a couple of friends on the team and I played with them when I was younger and I wasn’t playing as much tennis so I thought I’d give it a shot," he said.
He spent the summer working with classmate and starting goaltender Hunt Batter along with a goalie coach in order to prepare for the season. Those hours over the summer preparing for game action would be invaluable. He worked his way into a few games usually after the ’Cats built a lead and then right before the start of the Division 3 state tournament, Batter went down with a concussion and was out for the remainder of the season.
Much of van Nest’s game action had come in relief. In a few regular season starts, he played like a four-year veteran including a tie with Concord-Carlisle that earned the ’Cats a share of the Dual County League Small Division title. That particular game could have ended much differently had it not been for van Nest’s heroic saves, but the very next game he gave up four goals, including three soft ones to a weaker Arlington team. Although it seemed risky, head coach Renato Capobianco knew he could count on his backup and pegged him as the starter throughout the entire state tournament.
"Duncan is a very bright player and very intelligent," said Capobianco. "Because he stays focused, he doesn’t get too crazy and when things don’t go well, he doesn’t let it linger. He stays calm."
Van Nest maintained his calm throughout the tournament and was determined to make every start count. A few weeks later he found himself 20 minutes from a Division 3 state title in the final game against Douglas.
"Douglas was the best team that we played," said van Nest. "We got a goal and took control of the game and they brought it to us the last 20 minutes. I had a couple of key saves and when the final whistle blew it was a huge relief for me and probably the best moment of my career."
Coming off a state championship in soccer, van Nest assumed more of a leadership role on the court as he was elected a co-captain of head coach Paul Rouse’s basketball team. Weston had won a DCL Small title during van Nest’s junior year, his first with the varsity. There would be no repeat and no games in the state tournament, but the captain was voted a Dual County League All-Star in his final season of basketball.
"He had some huge games for us that led to some wins," said Rouse. "One game he basically put the team on his back was against Wayland at home."
Van Nest exploded for 20 points, one coming via a three-pointer, and nine rebounds to lead the ’Cats to a win over their rivals in what was perhaps the finest game of his basketball career.
When basketball ended, van Nest focused his attention on tennis and that elusive state title. Once again a captain and a DCL All-Star his junior season, van Nest ate up the competition in the DCL at first doubles with two different partners. He compiled a record of 19-4 and was once again a DCL All-Star.
"Duncan was the best captain I’ve ever had," said Weston boys tennis coach George Conlin. "He is equal as an athlete as he is a leader and he brings out the best in people."
In tennis, the fourth time was the charm for van Nest and his teammates. Ever since his freshman year when the team had been ousted in the North Sectional finals, van Nest had dreamed of capturing the state championship. The Wildcats reached the North Sectional finals again his sophomore and junior years and both times came up empty.
Van Nest and first-half partner Matt Gorelik made it all the way to the finals of the State Individual Tennis Tournament and halfway through the season, Conlin opted to switch Gorelik out to play third singles and paired van Nest with Tyler Pescek. The duo went undefeated until the state championship match when they ironically enough lost to Bromfield for their first loss of the season. The loss didn’t matter, however, as the Wildcats took the Division 3 state crown, van Nest’s second of his senior year.
"To break through in tennis as a senior was pretty sweet," said the 6-foot, 5-inch Weston High grad. "I put in a lot of time on the tennis court. I started playing when I was 12, which is kind of late, a lot of kids start at 6 or 7 and I put in a lot of work. I’m just happy that it paid off."
A winner of seven varsity letters (four in tennis, two in basketball and one in soccer) and the prestigious Weston High School Chandler Award (given to the male and female athletes who best exemplify scholarship, leadership and athletic ability during their high school career), van Nest will bring his talents to the University of Pennsylvania this fall.
When he wasn’t on the field, he was busy tending to his duties as president of the National Honor Society and has yet to decide on a major but is contemplating a pre-med track. He is thinking of trying out for club soccer which could potentially lead to another tryout as a sophomore for the Quakers varsity squad.
One thing is certain, his legendary senior year and dual state championships will go down in history as one of Weston’s finest ever.
"Here’s a kid that had the courage to make a decision that could’ve not been made and he had a tremendous experience from it," said Capobianco.
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Weston Town Crier Female Athlete of the Year: Abby D'Angelo
By John S. Condakes
GateHouse News Service
Posted Jul 22, 2010 @ 02:14 PM
WESTON — On the soccer field, she was a ferocious tackler and the last line of defense in front of the goal. On the track, she was a Division 4 state champion on the 4 by 200 meter relay team. On the lacrosse field, she was the leading scorer and best defender for an overachieving team.
For the aforementioned reasons, Abby D’Angelo is your 2010 Weston Town Crier Female Athlete of the Year.
This fall she was a captain for head coach Felicity Days team and proved to be very versatile.
"When I came in she was a halfback and my first year we needed defenders so I put her at outside defender her junior year," said Day. "D’Angelo was later moved to middle defense her senior year so she would be able to direct traffic and keep the ball away from attackers.
"She is just a tough girl," said Day. "Whenever she went in for a tackle she would come away with the ball. If someone got through the whole team, I knew Abby would stop her."
Although the Lady Cats didn’t have an impressive regular season at 5-11-2, they made some noise in the Division 3 state tournament and ousted the No. 4 seed Lynnfield before losing to eventual state champion Georgetown in the quarterfinals.
D’Angelo finished her soccer career as a two-time Dual County League All-Star earning the honor as a junior and senior and won three letters. Her first varsity letter, however, came as a surprise to her.
"One of my goals was to make the varsity team my sophomore year even though I didn’t expect to make it," she said. "I liked both soccer and lacrosse and I had worked really hard that summer doing camps and the training paid off."
In the winter, D’Angelo traded her soccer cleats for track spikes and was once again elected captain. While most athletes do winter track just to stay in shape, D’Angelo was part of an immensely talented senior class that took home a DCL championship title and a Division 4 state championship in the 4 by 200 meter relay.
Along with classmates Teresa Gerner, Aquene Reed and Alley Wheaton, D’Angelo dominated virtually every race up until the All-State Championship meet, a competition that brings together the best track athletes in all of Massachusetts. Getting to that meet is an accolade most high school track competitors never attain.
"I enjoyed track because whatever you put in you get out which is different from the other sports I’ve played my whole life," said D’Angelo. "I put in a lot so I got a lot out of it."
Weston track coach Jason Montrose had a hand in turning the four seniors, including D’Angelo, into DCL and state champions. He highlighted her work ethic as one of D’Angelos key attributes that make her so successful as an all-around athlete.
"She was able to push herself to a whole new level," said Montrose. "You’d look at her face and you could tell she was giving it her all. She’ll do whatever it takes to improve. She’s a willing learner, a great leader and one day she’ll be great at whatever she does. She brings people together."
D’Angelo finished her track career with a Dual County League championship and state championship in the same year along with her DCL All-Star selection on the oval. She also won letters as a junior and senior.
"I’m going to miss her leadership and her kindness," added Montrose. "She was always willing to help everybody out or talk to anybody. She’s definitely one of the top ten athletes I’ve ever coached."
Lacrosse is probably her best sport of the three, and this season was no exception as she was the go-to player for the Wildcats on offense, and one of the team’s shut-down defenders at the other end of the field.
A three-time DCL All-Star, D’Angelo was captain for the third straight season and played center midfield and took face-offs. She led the Lady Cats in scoring with 66 goals and 39 assists for 105 points and earned her first Boston Herald All-Scholastic selection this spring.
A few season highlights included a seven-goal, eight-point performance in a win over Concord-Carlisle, and she was a defensive stalwart in Weston’s 15-14 win over Lincoln-Sudbury. It was the first win for the Cats over L-S in over five years as they rolled to an 18-4 record and DCL Small Title before bowing out of the Division 3 state tournament to Winchester in the North Sectional Final.
"I really think you could have her play any sport and she would excel in it," said Muller. "I think what makes her great is how she raises the level of play in everyone around her. She’s the standout player but she knows how to lead those around her and make them better players.
"When we beat Lincoln-Sudbury, the way she played – she was everywhere on the field – even though she scores so many goals she was our best defender. At the end of the game seeing her reaction was priceless."
D’Angelo will bring her lacrosse skills to Wesleyan University in Middleton, Conn., this fall. At senior awards night, she was announced as the winner of the Proctor Award given for athletic excellence, leadership and good citizenship.
She was a member of the National Honor Society and has been training for a ride in the Pan-Mass. Challenge (PMC) on Aug. 7. Riding the PMC has become somewhat of a summer ritual for D’Angelo and her father as this summer will be their third time riding together.
Although she has graduated from Weston, D’Angelo’s legacy will live on through her teammates.
"She was so easy to coach, she’d ask questions if she wasn’t totally sure of her responsibilities," said Day. "She really cared about the underclassmen and helped incorporate them into the team. She is also very humble."
No matter what her role is on the Wesleyan lacrosse team next spring, Abby D’Angelo will find her way onto the stat sheet either as a shutdown defender or as a scorer for the Cardinals.
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An EMass. All-Star and three-time Dual County League All-Star, D’Angelo tallied 66 goals and 39 assists while helping the Wildcats to the Div. 2 North final. She also was a DCL All-Star and team captain in soccer and winter track, as well as the recipient of the John S. Proctor Award at Weston. D’Angelo plans to continue her lacrosse career at Wesleyan.
WESTON, JUNIOR
A two-time first-team Dual County League all-star, Spector held serve at first singles as the Wildcats (18-2) won the Division 3 state title. The junior will play for the USTA New England team this summer. His hobbies include drums and snowboarding.
WESTON
Wilcon coached the Wildcats to the Division 3 semifinals and a 16-3 record in his second year as head coach. Wilcon was named Dual County League coach of the year in 2002 for his work at Arlington High.
10 moments to savor - Spring 2010
By Bob Holmes, Globe Staff File / Greg M. Cooper / For the Globe
8. New guys just might work out
New coaches mean a period of adjustment, maybe a few struggles along the way. But in Weston, it meant state championships. On back-to-back days at Clark University, both the boys’ and girls’ tennis teams won Division 3 state titles. The boys, under rookie coach George Conlin, got things started with a 4-1 win over Bromfield. The girls, under first-year coach Bill Steinroeder, matched them, beating Hopedale, 4-1, the next day to make it a Wildcat sweep. Will Spector (right) led the boys with a 6-0, 6-1 at first singles while the girls were led by Abby Clark’s 6-1, 6-0 win at first singles. It was a great start for the new guys.
Weston 4, Hopedale 1: No shame in second
By Dan Cagen/Daily News correspondent
MetroWest Daily News
WORCESTER — As Hopedale's Katherine Englund came off the court yesterday, Blue Raiders coach Kelly Viera put her arm around her first singles player.
Viera told her, "Just remember: We're one of only two teams left standing in Division 3."
That was Hopedale's mantra yesterday after taking a 4-1 loss to Weston in the Div. 3 state title match at Clark University, concluding the best season in program history.
"Coming up second in the state in Division 3 is nothing to be disappointed with," Viera said. "The girls went out there and did their best. We knew it was going to be tough. The way we look at it, we set our goals and we won Central Mass. (sectional), which is definitely our main goal.
"And then to go further was just a bonus for us. To make it to the state final, you can't ask for much more."
The match was originally scheduled for Wednesday, but rain suspended play in the first set.
Hopedale (22-3) got its only win at third singles from senior Mary McDermott (6-2, 6-1). McDermott's opponent, Weston freshman Deniz Cataltepe, was scheduled to be on a flight to Italy yesterday but changed her plans to avoid a forfeit. McDermott was glad she earned her win.
"I want to win the real way, not the other way," McDermott said.
McDermott got off to a strong start playing at the net. McDermott, whose father Joe is a professional tennis player and taught her how to play, used a variety of shots to keep her opponent off-balance.
"I was hitting my backhand ground strokes really well," McDermott said. "Trying to use my feet and stay cool in the weather....(My father) helped me to analyze the players and how to read them, and how to stay focused in the match."
"She got the MVP of my team this year," Viera said of McDermott. "She only lost one match all season. Her dad is a pro and he works with her a lot. You can see that in her strokes, she's very technical with the way she plays. She's great at what she does."
Weston got wins from senior Abby Clark (6-1, 6-0) at first singles over Englund and junior Allison Mupalo (6-0, 6-0) at second singles over senior Lauren Main. The Wildcats, who won their first state title since 1978, have relied on Clark and Mupalo for wins all year and they came through again yesterday.
"They're both experienced (United States Tennis Association) players," Weston coach Bill Steinroeder said. "They're used to competing and playing at all different styles, adjusting their games based on their opponents' strengths and weaknesses."
Englund matched up against Clark and was impressed with what she saw. Clark clinched the match on a soft lob shot to the left side of the court while Englund watched from the other side of the court.
"She had some really good shots," Englund said. "At some points we were rallying them out, but she had some really good serves and I couldn't get them back. Sometimes she hit really good shots and I'd get them, but she'd hit it to the other side."
Weston won both doubles matches. The first unit of senior Brooke Elman and junior Naomi Garlick won, 6-1, 6-2, over seniors Lily Stanas and Rose Burberry-Martin to clinch the state title, then the senior duo of Jen Sieber and Nicola Braginsky finished out the match with a 6-3, 6-4 win at second doubles over sophomores Amanda Caulkins and Brittany Allen.
"First doubles came through once again. I think they've won about seven matches in a row," Steinroeder said. "Second doubles played a nice final match and with them both being seniors, that was fantastic for them."
Englund, a junior and one of three starters who will be back next season, was satisfied with bringing the Hopedale program to new heights.
"I'm just glad that we got this far," Englund said. "I'm really proud of our team for getting this far."
Nicola Braginsky (left) and Jen Sieber closed out Weston’s championship in second doubles. (Jon Mahoney/For The Globe)
GIRLS TENNIS STATE FINALS
By Sapna Pathak and Ally Mielnicki, Globe Correspondent | June 19, 2010
Division 3 — There was no way the Weston girls were going to allow the boys to be the school’s only state titlists.
A day after the boys beat Bromfield, the Weston girls followed their lead by thrashing Hopedale, 4-1, at Clark University in Worcester to claim the state championship.
Wasting no time at all, Wildcats senior Abby Clark rolled over Katherine Englund, 6-1, 6-0, in first singles. Junior Alison Mupalo added to the lead with a flawless 6-0, 6-0 triumph over Hopedale’s Lauren Main in second singles.
Hopedale’s Mary McDermott skated past Deniz Cataltepe in third singles, 6-2, 6-1, to pull the Blue Raiders within 2-1, but the rally was short-lived.
Senior Brooke Elman and junior Naomi Garlick won their match in first doubles, 6-1, 6-2, over Lily Stanas and Rose Burberry-Martin, to seal the championship. Seniors Jen Sieber and Nicola Braginsky put the finishing touches on the title by outlasting Brittany Allen and Amanda Caulkins, 6-3, 6-4.
The Wildcats (15-7) entered the Division 3 North tournament as the No. 9 seed, then knocked off top-ranked Manchester Essex, 3-2, in the quarterfinals, No. 5 Ipswich, 4-1, in the semifinals, and No. 2 Lynnfield in a 3-2 nail-biter in the sectional final. Coach Bill Steinroeder won a state title for the second straight season. He was the interim coach of the Concord-Carlisle boys last June.
Weston, Westford net state titles
By Tom Layman and Dan Keats / Girls Tennis | Saturday, June 19, 2010 | http://www.bostonherald.com | Other High School
The year 1978 will no longer live in infamy for the Weston girls tennis team.
The Wildcats (15-7) grabbed their first state championship in 32 years with a 4-1 victory over Hopedale in the Division 3 final yesterday on the steamy Corash Courts at Clark University in Worcester.
“It’s great,” said first-year coach Bill Steinroeder. “They were a good solid team last year but they fell a little short. This year, we finally completed it.”
To complete the task that so many other teams failed to do, the Wildcats turned to their 1-2 singles punch of Abby Clark and Allison Hupalo.
Hupalo grabbed the first point of the match with a 6-0, 6-0 win over Lauren Main at No. 2 singles. Clark followed that shortly after with a 6-1, 6-0 win over Hopedale No. 1 Katherine Englund.
“I think it gives the team a lot of confidence,” Clark said of Weston’s top two players. “When you see your teammates doing well, you start to gain confidence and play better.”
The first doubles squad of Brooke Elman and Naomi Garlick played off that confidence, finishing off Hopedale’s Lily Stanas and Rose Burberry-Martin, 6-1, 6-2 to capture the championship point.
The win was a little more special for the Elman family, as Brooke’s mother Karen was a member of the 1978 championship team.
“It’s really exciting because she wanted someone to play tennis and be a state champion,” Elman said of her mother’s tutelage. “She’s taught me to be aggressive and always be positive. I try to listen to her and take her advice for my own skills.”
Mary McDermott won the lone point for Hopedale with a 6-2, 6-1 victory over Deniz Cataltepe at No. 3 singles. Weston’s second doubles team of Jen Sieber and Nicola Braginsky wrapped up the fourth point with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Amanda Caulkins and Brittany Allen.
Marshall Wolff/for Daily News and Wicked Local Weston′s Juliette Bastarache does the breast stroke in the 200m relay during the 12/4/09 DCL Swim Relays at the Atkinson Pool in Sudbury.
