OAK BLUFFS — Each time Nina Bramhall’s Vineyarders were tested this spring, the girls stepped into the breach, rose to the challenge and got the job done.
The end result? An undefeated regular season for the Martha’s Vineyard’s girls’ tennis team (17-0), an Eastern Athletic Conference crown and the top seed in the MIAA Division 3 South
The unbeaten Martha’s Vineyard girls’ tennis team got the top seed in Division 3 South tournament pairings with all MIAA postseason team tennis match-ups slated to begin Thursday, June 4.
Photo courtesy of Liz Roberts
girls’ team tennis tournament.
For nearly every Cape Cod high school tennis team — girls or boys — that qualified for the postseason, tournament matches will commence tomorrow (Thursday, June 4). For the Vineyard, however, as well as #3 seed Monomoy Regional (17-2), the tourney begins on Monday, June 8. The Vineyarders received a bye from the first round of play and will head straight to the Div. 3 quarterfinals against the winner of the first round match between (8) Norwell and (9) Fairhaven. One of those two teams will head to Oak Bluffs on Monday, June 8 at 4:00 pm to face the unbeaten island girls.
Monomoy also received a bye from the first round and will face the winner of (6) Ursuline Academy and the 11th-seeded St. John Paul II Lady Lions (7-10) on Monday (June 8) at home in the quarterfinals.
In Division 2 South girls’ tennis, Nauset, Sandwich and Falmouth High will face some fairly stiff competition this postseason. Falmouth (9-7) is seeded 15th and faces 18th seed Milton (8-8) tomorrow at Falmouth High at 4:00 pm. Sandwich (9-8), the 16th seed, will face 17th seed Hanover tomorrow at Sandwich High School at 4:00 pm. Nauset, the 8th seed, received a first round bye and will head straight to the Div. 2 Quarterfinals against #9 seed Medfield and the match will be played at the Orleans Elementary School at 3:00 pm tomorrow.
Perennial Division 1 South powerhouse Barnstable (15-2) received a number 4 seeding and received a first-round bye. The Red Raiders will host #13 Walpole (10-8) tomorrow at 4:00 pm in the quarterfinals round.
The Barnstable High boys’ tennis team is seeded #2 in Division 1 South pairings.
Photo courtesy of Steve Francis
The Barnstable High boys’ tennis team (16-1) was the sole other Division 1 tennis team on the Cape that earned a tournament berth. The Red Raider boys, who fell only to Division 2 top seed Duxbury during the regular season, will host #15 Newton North (8-8) tomorrow at 4:00 pm.
In Division 2 South, the Nauset Warrior boys were the sole team from the Cape to earn a postseason bid. At 10-8, Nauset took a 12th seed and will face 5th-seeded Scituate High (15-2) at Scituate tomorrow at 2:30 pm in a first round match-up.
In the Division 3 South boys’ tennis pairings, the Cape had six teams qualify, including Monomoy, St. John Paul II, Bourne, Sturgis East, Mashpee and Martha’s Vineyard.
St. John Paul II finished at 15-1 on the campaign and earned a #4 seed and will face #13 Monomoy (10-9) in Hyannis tomorrow (Thursday, June 4) at 4:00 pm. The Bourne High boys (12-6) were seeded 7th and will host #10 Sturgis East (6-4) tomorrow at 4:00 pm. Mashpee (10-10), seeded #14, has its work cut out for it when it hits the road Friday to #3 seed Cohasset (16-1) for a 4:00 pm start. The Martha’s Vineyard boys (11-5) took a sixth seed and will face #11 Sacred Heart (6-4) in Oak Bluffs tomorrow at 4:00 pm.
MIAA Division 1 South – Boys’ Team Tennis Seedings
1. Brookline (14-0) 1.000
2. Barnstable (16-1) .941
3. Marshfield (15-1) .938
4. North Attleboro (15-3) .833
5. Franklin (13-3) .812
6. Wellesley (13-3) .812
7. Needham (12-3) .800
8. Dartmouth (16-4) .800
9. BC High (12-3) .800
10. Natick (13-5) .722
11. King Phillip (12-7) .632
12. Mansfield (10-7) .588
13. Framingham (7-5) .583
14. Oliver Ames (10-8) .556
15. Newton North (8-8) .500
16. Bridgewater-Raynham (8-8) .500
17. Brockton (7-12) .368
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MIAA Division 2 South – Boys Tennis
1. Duxbury (18-0) 1.000
2. Sharon (18-1) .947
3. Bishop Feehan (15-1) .938
4. Plymouth North (18-2) .900
5. Scituate (15-2) .882
6. Foxboro (14-2) .875
7. Dighton-Rehoboth (14-2) .875
8. Westwood (14-4) .778
9. Medfield (12-4) .750
10. Pembroke (9-7) .563
11. Whitman-Hanson (10-8) .556
12. Nauset (10-8) .556
13. Hingham (11-9) .550
14. Walpole (10-10) .500
15. Milton (8-8) .500
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MIAA Division 3 South – Boys Tennis
1. Dover-Sherborn (16-0) 1.000
2. Old Rochester (18-1) .947
3. Cohasset (16-1) .941
4. St. Pope John Paul (15-1) .938
5. Fairhaven (13-5) .722
6. Martha’s Vineyard (11-5) .686
7. Bourne (12-6) .667
8. Westport (10-6) .625
9. Maimonides (5-3) .625
10. Sturgis East (6-4) .600
11. Sacred Heart (6-4) .600
12. Norwell (11-8) .579
13. Monomoy (10-9) .526
14. Mashpee (10-10) .500
15. Dedham (6-11) .353
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MIAA Division 1 South – Girls Tennis
1. Brookline (15-0) 1.000
2. Sharon (17-1) .944
3. North Attleboro (18-2) .900
4. Barnstable (15-2) .882
5. Framingham (12-2) .857
6. Plymouth North (16-4) .800
7. Franklin (12-4) .750
8. Newton North (10-4) .714
9. Needham (10-5) .667
10. Mansfield (12-6) .667
11. Natick (8-5) .615
12. Bishop Feehan (9-6) .600
13. Walpole (10-8) .556
14. King Philip (11-9) .550
15. Taunton (12-10) .545
16. Brockton (10-10) .500
17. Wellesley (7-8) .467
18. New Bedford (7-9) .438
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MIAA Division 2 South – Girls Tennis
1. Scituate (19-0) 1.000
2. Apponequet (18-0) 1.000
3. Hopkinton (17-1) .944
4. Foxboro (15-1) .938
5. Hingham (17-4) .810
6. Bishop Stang (16-4) .800
7. Duxbury (14-4) .778
8. Nauset (14-4) .778
9. Medfield (12-4) 750
10. Dighton-Rehoboth (12-4) .750
11. Dartmouth (14-6) .700
12. Cardinal Spellman (12-6) .667
13. Middleboro (12-7) .632
14. Westwood (10-7) .588
15. Falmouth (9-7) .563
16. Sandwich (9-8) .529
17. Hanover (9-9) .500
18. Milton (8-8) .500
19. Norwood (4-9) .308
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MIAA Division 3 South – Girls Tennis
1. Martha’s Vineyard (17-0) 1.000
2. Dover-Sherborn (15-1) .938
3. Monomoy (17-2) .895
4. Cohasset (14-2) .875
5. Sacred Heart (12-2) .857
6. Ursuline (11-4) .733
7. Old Rochester Reg. (13-5) .722
8. Norwell (12-5) .706
9. Fairhaven (13-7) .650
10. East Bridgewater (7-5) .583
11. St. Pope John Paul II (7-10) .412
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— Sean Walsh is the sports editor for www.capecod.com. His email is [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter @coachwalshccbm
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