Rams girls roll in tennis districts

Callie Mulcahy almost unbeatable

Text and photos by Steev Riccardo

Dudley - The Shepherd Hill Rams girls’ tennis team put on a clinic on Friday, June 1, with a huge 4-1 playoff win over Gardner in an opening round district match played at the Shepherd Hill tennis courts.

The Rams’ number two singles player, junior Callie Mulcahy, was unbeatable as she has been all year, trouncing Jena Habicht in a lopsided straight set win 6-0, 6-0.

Freshman star Abbey Packard

Rams’ freshman and number three singles star Abbey Packard also continued to be dominant and play outstanding tennis,, beating Liz Hebert 6-3, 6-2 in straight sets.

Rams doubles co-captain Sandy Tarasiak

Senior co-captain Sandy Tarasiak and junior Bri Borus, the top Shepherd Hill doubles team, defeated Emily Colcord and Lauren Wehmeyer, 6-3, 6-1 in straight sets, while the Rams’ number two team of Steph Gallant and Chrissie Chevalier stopped Haleigh Varieur and Brittany Ovaska, 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 in a long battle.

Rams senior co-captain and number one singles player Maddie Billis, who has been playing every opponents top player in every match, lost 6-2, 6-2 to Gardner ace Jen Abtocci.

The win was the Rams’ fourteenth of the year as a team, suffering only five defeats as the Phil Alston- coached squad advances in the district play.  The red hot Rams are 11-2 in their last 13 matches.

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