CITY SECTION TENNIS: DOUBLES TITLE GOES TO TAFT DUO.Byline: ERIK BOAL Special to the Daily News As happy endings go, it didn't did·n't Contraction of did not. didn't did not didn't do get much better than the final match of Betsy Betsy is an English name for females, used as a nickname for Elizabeth. It is also a surname. Famous uses or users of Betsy include:
Urman, Taft's senior captain, and Mesropyan, one of four impact freshmen on the Toreadors' roster, capped a five-match run through the draw as an unseeded entry to record a 6-4, 6-4 victory over No.3 Audrey Ashraf and Erika Lee of Palisades Palisades, cliffs along the west bank of the Hudson River, NE N.J. and SE N.Y., extending from N of Jersey City, N.J., to the vicinity of Piermont, N.Y., with a general altitude of from 350 ft to 550 ft (107–168 m). of Pacific Palisades at Balboa Balboa, town (1990 pop. 2,751), Colón prov., in the former Panama Canal Zone, on the Gulf of Panama. The port for Panama City, Balboa was the administrative headquarters of the Panama Canal Zone. It was also the site of a U.S. navy base (closed 1999). Sports Complex in Encino. ``We didn't think we would get this far. We were just hoping to make it to the semifinals,'' Urman said. ``But this makes (the ending) pretty perfect.'' Mesropyan and Urman's march to becoming the first Taft doubles team since 1991 to win a City title almost didn't survive the first round. The Toreadors tandem (Tandem Computers Inc., Cupertino, CA) A former major manufacturer of fault-tolerant computers founded in 1974 by James Treybig and provider of the early 21st century technology for HP's enterprise computing strategy. outlasted Palisades Yasmin Ghiasi and Marina Marina “a piece of virtue.” [Br. Lit.: Pericles] See : Virtuousness Sterngold on their way to winning 10 consecutive sets. ``I didn't know how to play doubles at all,'' said Mesropyan, who seldom teamed with Urman during the regular season, spending most of her time at No. 4 singles. ``After we won the first round, then we wanted to win the second round and then the third round ... and then we won it all.'' Mesropyan and Urman rallied from 4-2 and 40-15 down in the first set to win seven consecutive games. Ashraf and Lee rallied from a 4-1 deficit in the second set to tie the score 4-4, but the Taft duo broke in the ninth game and Mesropyan held serve in the 10th to win the title. ``At 4-4, I told her (Mesropyan) it was a big game and we needed to work together,'' said Urman, who played mostly No. 4 singles her first three seasons. ``We play a lot a better when we're talking and having fun. I lob (1) See BLOB. (2) (Line Of Business) Refers to people, job titles and product lines, all of which pertain to a specific product or service area of the business. it up and she knocks it down.'' The victory by Urman and Mesropyan prevented a Palisades triple crown. The Dolphins defeated the Toreadors 4-3 for the team title last month and Katy Nikolova defeated Taft junior Sarah Cohen cohen or kohen (Hebrew: “priest”) Jewish priest descended from Zadok (a descendant of Aaron), priest at the First Temple of Jerusalem. The biblical priesthood was hereditary and male. 6-2, 7-5 earlier Monday for the singles championship. Cohen, who suffered a 6-2, 6-0 loss to Nikolova during the team title match on Nov. 17, led 5-3 in the second set Monday and had four opportunities to force a third, but the Palisades junior converted a fourth break-point opportunity en route to winning the final four games. ``I thought I played much better in the second set,'' Cohen said. ``I just couldn't close it out.'' erik.boal@dailynews.com (818) 713-3607 |
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