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With a decisive 6-0, 6-1 victory at third singles, Alison Kimball was a standout in Haverhill's 5-0 shutout of Triton.

A cerebral match from Rachel Holzman at third singles made the difference in Andover's 3-2 victory over Manchester Essex, the first loss suffered by the Hornets this year. After dropping the first set, Holzman won a second-set tiebreaker and carried the play from there. "Rachel started playing her game," head coach Jen Deschenes said, "and she got into other player's head. Rachel played more consistently as well."

Tami Nguyen battled three hours to avenge a tough first-set tiebreak loss and win her third singles match in three sets, the highlight in Methuen's 3-2 setback to Cambridge. The Rangers drew kudos from coach Eileen Malloy for strong team play against a quality opponent.

Jackie Carroll of Central girls tennis won her No. 1 singles match against Haverhill to remain perfect in the MVC.

Carroll is 31-0 in the league since her freshman year.

In her first high school singles match, Audrey Tyrrell performed admirably in a straight-set victory at third singles as part of Central Catholic's 5-0 blanking of Billerica.

Pinkerton's girls tennis team dug in when it counted as three out of four 8-6 matches went the way of the Astros, making the difference in a 6-3 win over Timberlane. Senior Julia Accardo had the toughest road for the Astros, fighting her way out of a 4-1 hole to win, 8-6, at second singles.

Rebekah Day and Lisa Yeaton were successful against Oyster River, winning their singles matches plus combining to take a 7-4 tiebreaker in doubles, but Pelham fell as a team, 6-3.

Commanding play from seniors Elizabeth Kelly and Stacia Vladimirova made the difference in Phillips' 7-2 victory over Groton. The pair easily won their singles matches then combined to dominate in second doubles as well.

Methuen's girls tennis team rode a pair of big comebacks to its first win of the season, 4-1 over Haverhill. Tori Pekarski fought off a 4-0 second-set deficit to win her second singles match in a tiebreaker and the first doubles tandem of Perrine Sechenay and Monique Mai fell behind twice in the first set only to win via tiebreaker en route to a straight-set triumph.

With Andover's season coming down to the final set of the day, Golden Warriors coach Jen Deschenes looked to to a pair of seniors to lead the way.

"It came down to the third set, it had gotten very windy and the pressure was intense," said Deschenes. "But they were able to stay positive and held it together. Mental toughness is so important, and it was huge."