Colts Neck, No. 7 in the NJ.com Top 20, outlasted several perennial powers to win the Monmouth County Tournament on Saturday at the Park Avenue Tennis Center in Oakhurst.
Colts Neck tallied 23 points over the two-day, flight-based tournament which began on Friday.
Manasquan, which was ranked earlier in the season, took second with 20 points. No. 17 Rumson-Fair Haven came in third with 18 points, No. 6 Holmdel placed fourth with 17 points, and Marlboro rounded out the top five with 15 points.
Colts Neck’s Lauren Jarmon led the way for the Cougars with an individual title at third singles. Colts Neck also had finalists at first singles and third doubles.
Jarmon cruised to her championship by downing Holmdel’s Gabby Dekhtyarav in the final, 6-1, 6-1.
Molly Martin of Rumson-Fair Haven blew past Colts Neck’s Veronika Matulskaya in the first singles final, 6-1, 6-0.
The second singles crown went to Marlboro’s Varsha Paineni, who defeated Trinity Hall’s Nessa Levine, 6-4, 6-4. Levine upset top-seeded Valentina Wagar from Colts Neck in the semifinals, 7-6(4), 3-6, (10-8).
At first doubles, Manasquan’s Ryan McCarthy and Gracyn Walsh defeated Colts Neck’s Sophia Valente and Vera Koval, 6-3, 6-2.
Manasquan’s Ella Jackwicz and Eden Amorelli also took first at second doubles as they edged Rumson-Fair Haven’s Hoi Chan (Gladys) and Lorelei Gaus, 6-4, 7-6(5).
Third doubles went to Holmdel’s Ryan Sealove and Tanvi Pentela, as they downed Manasquan’s Harley Walsh and Madison Carlie, 6-2, 6-1.
Third place winners at each flight were Marlboro’s Evalina Zerres (first singles), Wagar (second singles), Manasquan’s Jessie Snyder (third singles), Red Bank Regional’s Kylie Knipe/Summer Knipe (first doubles), Holmdel’s Vivi Zheng/Kate Shekoff (second doubles) and Manasquan’s Anella Petracco/Grace McLoughlin (third doubles).