Another exciting day of tennis took place today at Torrence M. Hunt '44 Tournament Courts as the remaining players vied for the ITA New England Region Championships.
In the singles bracket, the number one seed, Zack Lerner of Amherst won his round of 16 match 6-4,6-1 over Andrew Peters of Middlebury. Lerner went on to defeat Jeremy Weinberger ’10 of Williams in the quarterfinals, 6-2,6-2. Weinberger had reached the quarterfinals by upsetting the sixth seeded Andrew Lee of Middlebury, 6-3,6-4. Lerner will face another Eph in the semifinals in Dan Greenberg ’08. Greenberg, the number three seed, reached the semifinals by defeating Jamie Neely of Bowdoin in the round of 16, 6-0,6-1, and the eight seed, Bryan Brown of Colby, in the quarterfinals, 6-4,6-4.
On the other side of the draw, Filip Marinkovic of Middlebury upset the second seed, Garrett Gates of Bowdoin, in the round of 16 in a grueling three set match, 7-6(3),2-6,6-3. Marinkovic, however, dropped his quarterfinal match to the seventh seeded Spencer Feldman of Trinity in another three setter, 6-2,0-6,6-0. Feldman will face the four seed, Benjamin Stein of Bates, in the semifinal. Stein reached the semifinals beating Mike Mintz of Amherst, 6-2,1-6,6-2 in a close round of 16 match and beating the fifth seeded Andrew Thomson of Middlebury, 6-2,6-0 in the quarterfinals. Thomson had defeated Karol Furmaga ’09 of Williams in the round of 16, 6-2,6-0, to get to the quarterfinals. The semifinals and finals matches will take place tomorrow.
Lerner and his doubles partner Tal Avrahami, the number one seeded pair from Amherst, were upset in their quarterfinals match by Nick Lebedoff ’10 and Gary Simonette ’08 of rival Williams, by the close score of 9-7. Lebedoff and Simonette, however, were on the other side of a 9-7 score, losing their next match to the second seeded duo of Marinkovic and Thomson of Middlebury. After upsetting the second seeded pair of Greenberg and Bret Thacher ’09 of Williams yesterday, Eliot Jia and Peters of Middlebury lost their quarterfinals match to Gates and Stephen Sullivan of Bowdoin, 8-4. Gates and Sullivan dropped their semifinal match to Stein and Amrit Rupasinghe, 8-6. Stein and Rupasinghe will face off with Marinkovic and Thomson in tomorrow’s final.
The Ephs managed to place a semifinalist in both the doubles and singles draw. Dan Greenberg ‘08 has a tough semifinal match tomorrow with the number one seed, the Lord Jeffs’ Zack Lerner. Nick Lebedoff ’10 and Gary Simonette ’08 managed to upset Lerner and Avrahami, before losing a tough 9-7 match in the semifinals to Marinkovic and Thomson of Middlebury. Jeremy Weinberger also made a good run in the singles tournament before losing to Lerner in the quarterfinals, 6-2,6-2.
Play will continue tomorrow at 9:00 am at the Torrence M. Hunt '44 Tournament Courts.
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Companion Corner: Lucy at Second Chance Animal Shelter
By Breanna SteeleiBerkshires Staff
ARLINGTON, Vt. — There is an excited and energetic pup looking for her new family.
iBerkshire's Companion Corner is a weekly series spotlighting an animal in our local shelters that is ready to find a home.
Lucy is an 18-month-old heeler/terrier mix with energy to spare. She has been at the Second Chance Animal Shelter for about a month.
Lead canine care technician Alaura Lasher introduced us to her.
"She is a very energetic girl. She loves to play, and as you can see, she came to us from animal control," she said.
Lucy was not in a great situation before coming to the shelter and they are still trying to learn more about her.
"They had seized her from a pretty neglectful situation. She was actually technically abandoned. She just came to us this last month, so she's still showing us all of her energy she has," Lasher said.
Lucy is able to go home with a dog-savvy cat and older children as she can be a bit jumpy with her bounds of energy.
"The perfect home for her is one that is able to give her a ton of attention and a ton of time playing, she loves her time outside," said Lasher. "She can run forever and not get tired. She can possibly live with another dog who is used to more of a pushy play style. She can be a little pushy when she plays, just because she's so hyper."
Since she is young, she is still learning and training with the staff and might need more with someone who takes her home.
"To the best of our knowledge, she's just a healthy young girl, because she's only a year and a half old, she still got a little bit of learning and training that she could use."
But Lucy is always happy to see anyone and immediately wants to play and say hi. Her endless energy makes her a great companion to play outside with and then hang out after a long day of fun.
"She's just a super sweet girl again. She'll need some help with the training, but as long as you've got time to burn out her energy, she'll make a great family dog," she said.
If you think Lucy might be the girl for you, reach out to Second Chance Animal Shelter and learn more about her on their website.
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