Cosby’s Esteves prevails

STAFF REPORTS
Published: May 9, 2009

Third-seeded Anjelica Esteves of Cosby upended No. 2 seed Stella Petrova (James River) 6-2, 6-4 to advance to the Dominion District girls tennis tournament final. Esteves and Petrova split their two matches during the regular season.

Esteves will play top-seeded Christine Abbott of Midlothian, the Dominion District player of the year, for the title Monday at Cosby at 3 p.m. Abbott, a freshman defeated unseeded Kim Morrissett of James River 6-0, 6-1.

In the doubles, top-seeded Anjelica Esteves and Erin Hickey of Cosby defeated Audrey Pfund and Meredith Warfield of Midlothian 7-5, 6-4 in the semifinals.

The freshmen team advanced after posting a 10-1 win over Manchester's Audrey Worsham and Emily Gaidowski in the quarterfinals. Also heading to the semis are Christine Abbott and Lauren Baxter (Midlothian), who defeated L.C. Bird's Abby Smith and Tracey Cole 10-0. James River's Stella Petrova and Kim Morissett held off Cosby's Lauren Blackwell and Bailey Kirchner 10-3.

Pfund and Warfield defeated Emily Malheiros and Rachna Pathik of James River in the quarterfinals.