South Jersey Magazine - Moorestown / Mt. Laurel

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SJM_HSSP_Girls Tennis_0825FINAL.qxp_Layout 1 9 / 4 / 25 4 : 45 PM Page 2 quarterfinals of the South Jersey Interscholastic S C L E A R V I E W Championships.She also repeated as Colonial PIONEERS Conferencechampion and captured the Cam - I PLAYERS TO WATCH : den County title , and is looking forward to many Clearview said good - more accomplishments in her final scholastic bye to one of the best campaign . Senior Marlina Kadar is also back N playersin program after a sensational season at first doubles . She history , as two - time andSophie Fred went 29 - 4 , were champions in Gloucester County theSJIC , conference and county tournaments N championand 2024 South Jersey Interscholas - and advanced to the third round at states . Fred tic Championships runner - up Sarah Crawford has left the team to pursue her passion for E was one of four starters to graduate . There is no musicas a member of the school’s marching replacing a player of her caliber , but junior Sere - band , but it wouldn’t be surprising to see Kadar na Huang looks to be ready to move into the move up to singles and continue her success at T first singles slot . All she did in her first year as a that level . Senior Addison Super and junior starter was compile an impressive 20 - 3 record Megan Washburn are returning starters as well . at No . 3 . Junior Helena Homann is another key Theywere partners at second doubles and returner who was part of a first doubles team placed second in the county and conference to that went 19 - 4 and captured the Gloucester their teammates , and reached the SJIC quarterfi - S County title . Senior Lia Lyle is also back after a nals . Other returners who contributed to the strong season at second doubles , and it would success of the varsity team and the 20 - 0 JV L not be surprising to see her move up to singles . teamare seniors Emma LoCascio , Mia Carr and Senior Avni Pahal , junior Lily Culling and sopho - Liliana DeFeo , juniors Elise Pattay and Penny more Amelia McLoughlin are looking to push for Davisand sophomore Natalie McCool . They will R varsity positions as well . all contend for starting varsity positions . OUTLOOK : With five new starters last year , the Pio - OUTLOOK : The Bulldawgs extended their streak of I neersstill managed to go 20 - 3 , make their sec - sectional crowns to 23 in a row as they defeated ond straight trip to a sectional final and claim Middle Township 5 - 0 in last year’s South Jersey , their fifth Gloucester County team title in a row . Group 2 final on their way to a 19 - 5 record . They CHERRY HILL WEST’S LAUREEN STOLTZFUS G Thereis no longer an automatic point from Craw - will continue to challenge themselves with a dif - ford in the lineup , but this program has proven to ficult schedule in order to hit their peak come be resilient over the years and should remain a playoff time . contender even with new leaders . K I N G S W A Y E A S T E R N DRAGONS VIKINGS PLAYERS TO WATCH : Junior PLAYERS TO WATCH : Six AbbyMalesich has been starters are back for East - a varsity starter since ern , led by senior Gowta - shewas a freshman and miManem , who has played second singles been in the varsity lineup last year for Kingsway . A since she was a fresh - CHERRY HILL WEST’S NHI NGUYEN strong finish to the sea - man.She moved up to son helped her post a first singles as a junior 10 - 10 record in team matches , and with C H E R R Y H I L L W E S T and held her own against a challenging sched - increasedconfidence she hopes to move into ule , and the experience should set her up for a LIONS the vacant spot at first singles . The Dragons strong final season . Senior Avery Fox is another PLAYERS TO WATCH : Cherry also bring back all four doubles starters : seniors veteran returner who competed at third singles . Hill West was hit hard Krishani Parikh and Mishi Chaturvedi , who were JuniorsKiera Pimpinello and Shreya Matthews by graduation , with six partners at No . 1 , and juniors Kelsey Dion and played first doubles together and both could be of seven starters receiv - SophiaCampbell , who teamed up at No . 2 . candidates to move up to singles . The other ing their diplomas . The Both duos progressed throughout the fall and holdovers are senior Hailey Ravitz and junior lone returner is senior expect to be contributors again , either at singles AbbyShapiro , who were partners at second NhiNguyen , who has com - or doubles . Seniors Emily Magin and Alicia doubles . peted at first doubles each of Magin also have varsity experience at doubles , OUTLOOK : The Vikings were in rebuilding mode in thepast two seasons and won eight matches in while juniors Bianca Mirkovic and Cecilia Gross 2024 but have the potential to show vast team play last year . She will look to move into a will push for starting jobs as well . improvementwith almost the whole starting singles role , quite possibly at No . 1 , and is OUTLOOK : A solid nucleus returns from a team lineup returning . expected to be a leader for an inexperienced that went 10 - 10 and advanced to the sectional squad . Lauren Stoltzfus is another key senior quarterfinals , and Kingsway expects to make who saw time at second doubles . Her younger noise in its division and the playoffs . H A D D O N F I E L D sister , Allison Stoltzfus , and fellow sophomore BULLDAWGS Veranica Girshin are expected to play important L E N A P E PLAYERS TO WATCH : Senior Mia roles as well . The rest of the lineup will be filled INDIANS Swiecicki has been at the top of bypromising newcomers . the ladder for Haddonfield OUTLOOK : The Lions have put together consecu - PLAYERS TO WATCH : Senior Jessica Yao is each of the past two seasons tive eight - win seasons with a playoff victory in looking to cap her impressive career off and is the lone returning sin - each , and they hope that success rubs off on with a third straight season at first sin - gles starter . Her impressive jun - the new players who will be counted on to carry gles after compiling a 15 - 4 record ior season included a 28 - 9 theprogram forward along with new head inteam matches and reaching the record , a trip to the third round of coachChristopher Bova . semifinals of the South Jersey the state singles tournament and a berth in the InterscholasticChampionships as S O U T H J E R S E Y M A G A Z I N E | F A L L 2 0 2 5 H I G H S C H O O L S P O R T S P R E V I E W | S O U T H J E R S E Y M A G A Z I N E . C O M | 6 1

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SJM_HSSP_Girls Tennis_0825FINAL.qxp_Layout 1 9 / 4 / 25 4 : 45 PM Page 3 and the other two returning starters are juniors Oman.She cracked G I R L S T E N N I S BrookeBerkoff and Jiya Cooper , who competed the varsity lineup for at second doubles together . Senior Noora the first time as a Rashid is experienced at doubles as well . sophomoreand pro - OUTLOOK : The Quakers went 15 - 11 and advanced ceeded to go 16 - 6 at to the sectional final for the seventh season in third singles . Now a row before falling to Colts Neck . They have she’ll look to make another leap and take over the talent in place to extend the streak this fall . at No . 1 . Senior Katarina Slonis is another top veteran who has competed at first doubles for two seasons and is ready to take on the chal - M O O R E S T O W N lenge at singles . Senior Annabelle Salvano and F R I E N D S junior Sarah Wang were partners at second FOXES doubles and will be counted on as well . Sopho - PLAYERS TO WATCH : more Bianca Martinelli hopes to build on the With two varsity sea - promiseshe showed as a rookie . sons under her belt , OUTLOOK : TheEagles are coming off a memo - junior Erika Capella rable 17 - 5 season in which they went a perfect could be ready to 10 - 0to claim the Olympic National champi - assume the first sin - onship and suffered a close loss in the section - gles spot for Moorestown Friends . She started al quarterfinals . There are some important last year at third singles and eventually moved holes to fill but the program should remain up to second , posting a combined record of 10 - competitive . 6 in team matches . Senior Sophia Lo Re is LENAPE’S another key veteran who went 8 - 3 at doubles S E N E C A JESSICA YAO and 3 - 1 at singles as a junior . She could also GOLDEN EAGLES challengefor No . 1 . Senior Makenna Wakahla a junior . She is one of six returning starters for PLAYERS TO WATCH : Seneca is and junior Kari Rotter were doubles partners Lenape , a group that also includes junior happyto welcome back its last fall and saw action at both first and second AnushkaPal , who went 11 - 8 in team matches at entire starting singles line - on their way to an 8 - 5 record . Senior Rut Patil second singles . Senior Elise Hyler and junior up , all three of whom fin - was victorious in all six of her doubles match - Aditi Ramachandran posted a 12 - 5 record at ished with winning records es , and junior Emmie Huynh is another experi - first doubles and advanced to the SJIC semifi - in team matches . Junior enced doubles player . Both will push for bigger nals , while seniors Erin Logan and Prisha ElisaGoncalves made the roles . Parekh also had a winning record at second jump from No . 3 as a fresh - OUTLOOK : TheFoxes made a splashy debut in doubles . Junior Sarah Viseltear is yet another manto No . 1 as a sopho - the Burlington County Scholastic League last experienced doubles player who went 5 - 2 . moreand was up for the year , as they went 7 - 1 in conference play to fin - OUTLOOK : The Indians were unable to win their challenge , as she improved throughout the ish in second place . They also earned a playoff third straight sectional title last year as they fell year on her way to a 13 - 9 mark . Senior Claire victory on their way to an 11 - 5 overall record , to eventual champion Egg Harbor 3 - 2 in the Lewis , who has held down the second singles and will seek similar results in 2025 . South Jersey , Group 4 semifinals during a 12 - 7 position every year since she was a freshman , season . With Yao leading a deep and talented went 14 - 8 last fall , and senior Topham Taylor P A U L V I core , they have the potential to get back on top . movedinto singles at No . 3 and responded EAGLES with a 13 - 9 record . The other returning starter M O O R E S T O W N PLAYERS TO WATCH : Paul VI graduated three key is junior Paisley Hansbury , who went 15 - 7 at seniors but is excited to reload around four second doubles . Junior twin sisters Angelina QUAKERS returning starters , including junior Erika PLAYERS TO WATCH : Almost the entire starting line - up is back for Moorestown , including all three singles players , so hopes are high for the Quakers . Sopho - more Akshaya Peketi made an immediate impact as she seized the first singles position as a freshman and held her own against some of the premier players in the region . She won nine times during team matches and advanced to the third round of the South Jersey Inter - scholastic Championships , and should only get better now that she knows the lay of the land in high school tennis . Senior Jane Ho has been a fixture in the lineup since she was a rookie her - self , and she compiled a 20 - 5 record at second singles while finishing second in her flight at the Burlington County Open . MJ Bartholo is another senior leader who went 14 - 12 at third singles and was a runner - up in her county flight . Senior Ruhi Abrol was part of the first PAUL VI’S doubles team that reached the SJIC semifinals , ERIKA OMAN 6 2 | S O U T H J E R S E Y M A G A Z I N E | F A L L 2 0 2 5 H I G H S C H O O L S P O R T S P R E V I E W | S O U T H J E R S E Y M A G A Z I N E . C O M

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