MIL Tennis Qualifying Tournament Day 2 - April 18, 2014

 

MIL #2 GIRLS DOUBLES TEAM OF NICOLE ACERET AND JOEY UZZANTI EMBRACE AFTER
THEIR WIN OVER KAMEHAMEHA SCHOOLS MAUI'S MEHANA FISHER AND MIKAYLA LAU
TO SECURE A SPOT IN THE GIRLS DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIP ON SATURDAY

The Lunas battled long and hard on Day 2 and overall, 6 of 8 players advanced to Championship matches tomorrow: It will be an All-Lahainaluna Girls Singles' Final as cousins Joanna Aceret and Shania Abut will vie for the championship. Joanna's
sister Nicole Aceret and Joey Uzzanti will be taking on the defending-MIL champions Ikioka and Kato from Kamehameha Maui for the MIL Girls Doubles championship. In Boys Doubles, Max Linder and Jarret Pascual will take on Baldwin's Kaiwi and Guzman. Charvie Duque and Maile Amine lost a tough 3 set match to a team from Seabury, but may still have a shot to make it to States in the round robin. Good luck to the Lunas tomorrow at Royal Lahaina!

SCORES: Boys Doubles: #2 Max Linder/Jarret Pascual (LHS) def. Anthony Buduan/Kelly Griffith (Maui) 6-2, 6-1; then def. #4 Luke Gage/Daniel Raikes (SAS) 7-5, 6-1.
Girls Singles: #1 Joanna Aceret def. Lillie Meyer (MPA) 6-0, 6-1 then def. #3 Malorie Murakami (BHS) 6-7(4), 6-3, 6-4. #4 Shania Abut def. Julie-Anne Ohashi-Sides (KSM) 6-1, 6-2, then upset #2 Jessica Pressman (BHS) 6-0, 6-4.
Girls Doubles: #4 Charvie Duque/Maile Amine (LHS) lost to Sancia Nash/Lauralei Singsank (Sea) 4-6, 6-3, 3-6 then lost to Emi Abe/Jacci Hisashima (KKHS) 6-8 in the Round Robin. #2 Nicole Aceret/Joanne Uzzani (LHS) def. Ali Hanna/Sarah Nolette (SAS) 6-2, 6-0 then def. Mehana Fisher/Mikayla Lau (KSM) 6-2, 6-4.

SHANIA ABUT, MIL #4 SEED IN GIRLS' SINGLES HITS A FOREHAND RETURN AGAINST
#2 SEED JESSICA PRESSMAN OF BALDWIN DURING HER TWO SET WIN IN THE SEMIFINAL.

NICOLE ACERET & JOEY UZZANTI

LAHAINALUNA'S JOANNA ACERET, THE #1 SEED IN GIRLS SINGLES, CAME FROM BEHIND TO
DEFEAT #3 SEED MALORIE MURAKAMI OF BALDWIN. AFTER LOSING THE FIRST SET ON A
TIEBREAKER, ACERET FOUGHT BACK TO WIN THE NEXT TWO SETS AND SECURE
A PLACE IN THE FINAL AGAINST HER COUSIN, #4 SEED SHANIA ABUT OF LAHAINALUNA

MIL BOYS' DOUBLES #2 SEED MAX LINDER AND JARRET PASCUAL WERE DOWN 5-3 IN THE FIRST SET OF THEIR SEMIFINAL MATCH AGAINST GAGE AND RAIKES OF ST. ANTHONY IN THE SEMIFINAL BUT CAME BACK TO WIN THE FIRST SET AND ALSO THE SECOND SET TO SECURE A SPOT IN THE MIL BOYS' DOUBLES FINAL AGAINST BUD KAIWI AND ETHAN GAZMEN OF BALDWIN.

FAMILY FEUD: AN ALL-LAHAINALUNA GIRLS SINGLES FINAL BETWEEN COUSINS SHANIA ABUT (SHOWN WITH PARENTS SONIE & MARCELI ABUT) AND JOANNA ACERET (SHOWN WITH FATHER EFREN ACERET)

LET'S SEE WHO'S STILL SMILING TOMORROW!

PROUD FATHER AND SON: JARRET PASCUAL WITH HIS DAD, EDWIN PASCUAL

LAHAINALUNA TENNIS COACHES: MACARIO PASCUAL AND EDWIN PASCUAL. ALONG WITH COACH TIM, THEY HAVE LANDED FINALISTS IN GIRLS SINGLES (2), GIRLS DOUBLES AND BOYS DOUBLES.

OUR SOCCER/TENNIS PLAYERS:
(L TO R) RADON SINENCI, BLAINE CASIL, CHARVIE DUQUE AND KEONI MIRANDA

LAHAINALUNA'S DOUBLES TEAM OF CHARVIE ANNE DUQUE AND MAILE AMINE
MAY NOT BE IN THE FINALS ON SATURDAY, BUT THEY STILL HAVE A
SHOT AT QUALIFYING FOR STATES IN THE ROUND-ROBIN PLAYOFF GAMES

KEONI MIRANDA, BLAINE CASIL AND KRIZZIA BALAN PLAY WITH A PRAYING MANTIS

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