Windsor Locks Girls Tennis Defeats Canton

In NCCC Girls’ Tennis on Tuesday at Windsor Locks High School, sixth-place Windsor Locks (6-10) defeated eighth-place Canton (3-11) by a 5-2 score avenging an early season loss at Canton. 

Windsor Locks #2 Doubles Jr. Tianna Duquette and Junior Diane Vo clinched the match for Windsor Locks with a come-from-behind victory in a three- set match. 

Windsor Locks #1 Singles Sophomore Cristina Szepanski didn’t lose a game, improving her record to 11-5 as she qualified for the State Class S Tournament being held on June 4 at Yale University.

Windsor Locks #2 Singles Jr. Kimberly Love and Windsor Locks #4 Singles Jr. Julie DellaGuistina also won in straight sets. 

Windsor Locks #3 Doubles Senior Ali Martinez and Junior Jenn Rivera also won three sets. 
#1 Doubles Senior Amy Wetzel and Junior Charlotte Zocco lost a hard-fought three-set match.

It was also Senior Day for Locks Girls’ Tennis as they honored their Senior Co-Captains, Ali Martinez and Amy Wetzel and recognized their parents (Stalin and Jeanette Martinez and Brian and Paula Wetzel) before the match.  Ali Martinez will be attending the University of Connecticut-West Hartford while Amy Wetzel will be attending Eastern Nazarene College in Quincy, Mass.

#1 Singles Cristina Szepanski (WL) def. Carrie Hefler (C) 6-0, 6-0.
#2 Singles Kimberly Love (WL) def. Nancy Kutz (C) 6-1, 6-1.
#3 Singles Jill Miller(C) def. Carolyn Vo (WL) 6-1, 6-1.
#4 Singles Julie Della Guistina (WL) def. Marta Lingenfield (C) 6-3, 6-2.

#1 Doubles Katherine Eich/Stephanie Kupchik (C) def. Amy Wetzel/Charlotte Zocco (WL) 6-3, 3-6, 3-6.
#2 Tianna Duquette/Diane Vo (WL) def. Kelsey Poe/Kailyn Malloy (C) 6-7(3) 6-3, 6-1.
#3 Ali Martinez/Jenn Rivera (WL) def. Sammy Joerg/Kelly McCartney (C) 6-2, 4-6, 6-1.

Information provided by Windsor Locks Girls Tennis Coach Jon LeBlanc.