Millburn, the top seed and three-time defending champion, Livington, Verona and Newark Academy advanced to the semifinals of the High School girls’ varsity tennis Essex County Tournament.
Verona, the No. 6 seed, upset third-seeded Montclair Kimberley Academy in the quarterfinals.
2016 ECT GIRLS’ TENNIS
Sept. 21
at the Althea Gibson Center in Branch Brook Park, Newark
PRELIMINARY ROUND
(17) Golda Och Academy defeated (16) Cedar Grove, 4-1
(15) Belleville defeated (18) Irvington, 5-0
FIRST ROUND, seeds in parentheses
(1) Millburn defeated (17) Golda Och Academy, 5-0
(9) Columbia defeated (8) Mount St. Dominic Academy, 3-2
(5) West Essex defeated (12) Caldwell, 5-0
(4) Livingston defeated (13) Bloomfield, 5-0
(3) Montclair Kimberley Academy defeated (14) West Orange, 5-0
(6) Verona defeated (11) Nutley, 5-0
(7) Glen Ridge defeated (10) Montclair, 4-1
(2) Newark Academy defeated (15) Belleville, 5-0
QUARTERFINALS
(1) Millburn defeated (9) Columbia, 5-0
(4) Livingston defeated (5) West Essex, 4-1
(6) Verona defeated (3) MKA, 3-2
(2) Newark Academy defeated (7) Glen Ridge, 5-0
SEMIFINALS, Sept. 24, at Althea Gibson Center, 10:30 a.m.
(4) Livingston vs. (1) Millburn
(6) Verona vs. (2) Newark Academy
Semifinals winners to meet in the final later in the day on Sept. 24, at 2:30 p.m.
CONSOLATION QUARTERFINALS, Sept. 21
Mount St. Dominic defeated Cedar Grove, 5-0
Caldwell defeated Bloomfield, 3-2
Nutley defeated West Orange, 3-2
Montclair defeated Irvington, 5-0
CONSOLATION SEMIFINALS, Sept. 24, at Althea Gibbs Center
Mount St. Dominic vs. Caldwell
Nutley vs. Montclair
CONSOLATION FINAL, Sept. 24, at Althea Gibbs Center
About the Author
