Staten Island Academy overcame St. Joseph Hill, 3-2, in a dramatic two-day match, consisting of three master tiebreakers, to win the Staten Island CHSAA title Tuesday, stopping the Hilltoppers title streak at five.
The match began on Monday at the SIA courts and Hill’s Emily Agushi (12-1 record) continued her dominance throughout the year, topping Yuriko Perpetua for the initial point for Hill.
Meanwhile, the second singles and first doubles matches were proving to be tremendous battles. SIA’s Simone Feldman and Hill’s Cassandra Trinidad were trading groundstroke rallies before Feldman broke serve to capture the first set 6-4. However, Trinidad upped her game and blazed through the second set 6-2 to force the tiebreaker. Both players were on their game through the first 10 points and a 5-5 score. Feldman eventually ran through the last five points to even the team score at 1-1.