Cape girls’ tennis gets blanked by CR
The Cape girls’ tennis squad dropped a 5-0 match to Caesar Rodney April 14, suffering just the second loss of the season.
Riders first-singles player Gracie Clark defeated Cape junior Dilyla Rohls 6-0, 6-0. Cape second-singles player Kathryn Costello dropped a 6-0, 6-0 match to the Riders’ Ava Vu. Cape’s Julia DiSabatino fell to Noelle Snyder 6-2, 6-3 in the third-singles match.
Cape’s first-doubles team of Mya DiSabatino and Kortney Kosc fell to CR’s Pia Patel and Adrianna Kelsea Vu 6-1, 6-0; the second-doubles duo of Ailene Corey and Anika Sekhri was beaten by Caesar Rodney’s Anaila Campbell and Addisyn Caskey 6-4, 6-1.
“CR is always a tough team up and down their lineup,” said Cape coach Rich Rasa. “I thought our girls did very well against a very tough and skilled opponent. As I’ve said to our team, we learn a lot more from our losses and make our course corrections so that we continue to improve our game. We have half our matches ahead of us, so it was a good time to play a very talented team. I am very proud of our girls and how they approach tough matches, and what they do to learn from the experience.”
Dan has worked for the Cape Gazette for more than 30 years as a photographer and reporter, covering high school sports and happenings around eastern Sussex County. He won a photography award from the National Newspaper Association, and numerous awards from the Maryland, Delaware, D.C. Press Association. A Delaware native, Dan graduated from Cape in 1972 and returned as a teacher and coach in the 1980s. He retired from the classroom in 2016. He was inducted into Cape High’s Legends Stadium in 2016. In his spare time, Dan enjoys spending time with his wife, two sons, grandchildren and dogs.
