Girls Tennis: Benstock waltzes to Central singles title

Posted On: Monday, September 22, 2014
By: ldevlin

The seeded indicators played out largely as expected Saturday at the Central League singles tennis championships at the HealthPlex in Springfield. That was especially true in the championship match, as top-seeded Rachel Benstock of Harriton defeated upstart freshman Marina Zhang of Garnet Valley, 6-1, 6-4.

The young Zhang had gotten to the final with a 6-4, 6-3 over All-Delco returner Rylee Power of Marple Newtown in the semifinal round. In the other semi, Benstock had dispatched Simone Burde of Lower Merion, 6-0, 6-0.

In the third-place match, it was third-seeded Power beating fourth-seeded Burde, 7-5, 6-4, while fifth-seeded Kaylee Lan of Conestoga beat teammate Amy Zhang (no relation to Marina), 6-4, 6-4 in the fifth-place consolation.

Amy Zhang thus placed sixth, while Harriton’s Dani Friedman finished seventh and Radnor’s Jessica Lin placed eighth.