GIRLS' CITY SECTION TENNIS: NO CHARM HERE: TAFT FALLS IN FINAL PALISADES RALLIES FOR CITY CHAMPIONSHIP.Byline: ERIK BOAL Special to the Daily News Getting three victories was the easy part. Beating 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 for a third time in the City Section girls' tennis final proved too difficult a task for Taft of Woodland Hills. The Toreadors won three of the first four matches Friday 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, but the top-seeded Dolphins rallied for a 4-3 victory to secure their second straight championship and City record 19th overall title. ``Of course it's really hard,'' said Betsy Urman, Taft's lone senior starter, who helped the No. 3 Toreadors reach their first City final since 1994. ``We gave it a good run, but we lost by one. But looking back from where we started, we accomplished a lot.'' Palisades (18-2), which improved to 8-2 all-time in finals against Taft (13-3) in the City's most prestigious rivalry Rivalry Robbery (See THIEVERY.) Rudeness (See COARSENESS.) Brom Bones and Ichabod Crane bully and show-off compete for Katrina’s hand. [Am. Lit. , had to overcome the loss of No.2 singles player Krystal Hansard, who was declared academically ineligible in·el·i·gi·ble adj. 1. Disqualified by law, rule, or provision: ineligible to run for office; ineligible for health benefits. 2. earlier this week. Hansard's absence forced Palisades coach Bud Kling to move Yasamin Ghiasi and Marina Sterngold into the singles lineup A criminal investigation technique in which the police arrange a number of individuals in a row before a witness to a crime and ask the witness to identify which, if any, of the individuals committed the crime. and Kathryn Cullen in doubles with Erika Lee. ``I was going back and forth thinking about different combinations all week, but I didn't make my lineup until halfway through (Thursday's) practice,'' Kling said. ``I just told the girls to give it your all and if Taft wins, they deserve it. We're not going to make excuses.'' Rebecca Mesropyan, Amanda Spencer and Yuliya Maystruk all recorded straight- set victories to give Taft its three singles wins, but Palisades' strength in doubles wound up being the deciding factor. Alex Kling/Rose Schlaff and Audrey Ashraf/Lauren Pugatch won the Dolphins' last two matches to post the narrowest margin of victory in the teams' 10 finals meetings. ``When we had the 3-1 lead, those were the ones we were supposed to win,'' Taft coach Tom Wright said. ``The ones that were in the balance didn't go that well.'' 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. suffered a 6-2, 6-0 setback setback In architecture, a steplike recession in the profile of a high-rise building. Usually dictated by building codes to allow sunlight to reach streets and lower floors, the building must take another step back from the street for every specified added height interval. to last year's section runner-up Katy Nikolova in a battle of the top two seeds in the upcoming City tournament. ``We had to go for Katy and win the doubles,'' Kling said. ``That's a lot of pressure on the kids, knowing they need to win four matches.'' Urman and Jordan Hutkin tried to extend their match against Ashraf and Pugatch as long as possible, before the Palisades tandem secured the title with a 6-4, 6-3 win. ``I told Jordan `This could be the match we need to win,' '' Urman said. ``But she played amazing a·maze v. a·mazed, a·maz·ing, a·maz·es v.tr. 1. To affect with great wonder; astonish. See Synonyms at surprise. 2. Obsolete To bewilder; perplex. v.intr. . I couldn't have asked for her to play any better. I'm very proud of the team.'' erik.boal@dailynews.com (818) 713-3607 CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Taft's Sarah Cohen returns a serve during the City Section girl's tennis championship match Friday. Joel P. Lugavere/Special to the Daily News |
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