Staples Girls Tennis Advances to Class L Semifinals

The Staples High School girls tennis team today advanced to the semifinals of the state Class L Championships by defeating Ridgefield 5-2 at home.  Ridgefield had defeated Glastonbury, the No. 2 seed, in the previous round of the championship tournament. No. 7=seeded Staples will face No. 3 Darien Wednesday at 3 p.m.  Seated (l-r from front to back) are Vanessa Mauricio, Kelsey Shockey, Gabi Titlebaum, Melissa Beretta, Avery Wallace, Sarah Roundtree, Olivia Daytz, Tess Rubin, Xenia Bradley, Julia Bartimer, Alex Collins, Megan Brown, and Rachel Lieberman. The coaches, Paco Fabian and Kim Harizman are not pictured. Michelle Titlebaum for WestportNow.com