Danielle Sahni, left, and Shannon Landock from Seymour High School hold bracket board showing the other doubles teams they defeated Saturday to be crowned champions at the Naugatuck Valley League Girls Doubles Tournament at Woodland High School in Beacon Falls. / Contributed photo
With the win, the team also made the All-NVL Team and won gold medals, Coach Missy Orosz said in a release.
They finished the regular season at 14-3 and combined over the past three seasons they are 47-4.
In post season play this year they are 5-0. Recently they competed in the NVL Girls Tennis Doubles tournament. Due to rain delays and proms from other league member schools, the tournament turned into a day-long event that started at 7:30 a.m. and didn't finish until 7:20 p.m. when the girls captured an unbelievable day of tennis playing.
On their quest to the title they defeated Livia Snehu/Betthany Galluci from Wolcott by a score of 8-4; their teammates and practice partners Cierra Green/Pallavi Kasturi from Seymour by a score of 8-5; Sema Hasango/Marineva Maghari from Kennedy 8-3 and a come from behind set to break two service points and win three games in a row to defeat Liz Martin/Hope Gavigan from Woodland by a score of 9-7.
"What a great and long day of tennis for our program, fans and of course the girls. It was so hot and they had 30 minute breaks in between sets and needed to stay focused while waiting for other courts to open as the NVL singles tournament was also going on at the same time," Orosz said.
"Shannon's alley returns were right on target and Danielle had some incredible nets shots and really gutted it out with her serves when we were down by two points and the game was on the line with Woodland up 6-7 to tie it up at 7-7. It showed that they never gave up and wanted this for their senior year. They won three games in a row to win this. I am so proud of them."
For such a great season and hard work, Danielle and Shannon along with Cierra Green and her partner Pallavi Kasturi at number two doubles will be competing Saturday at Yale for the state opens on Saturday.
The above information was contributed by Orosz, Seymour High School Varsity Swim Coach and Varsity Tennis Coach, Wildcat Swim Club Developmental Swim Coach, Daisy Girl Scout leader, part-time Associate Recreation Director, Town of Seymour, part-time gym teacher, St. Joseph School, Shelton, St. Catherine Academy Special Olympics Swim Coach.
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