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Bears avenge defeat, win share of 13th straight title
 | | JEFF GRANIT staff East Brunswick’s Jenny Tsay led the Bears to a share of the GMC’s Red Division title this season, the Bears 13th consecutive championship, as well as the GMC Tournament title. |
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Put simply, the East Brunswick girls tennis team was not willing to become the first team in 13 years not to win at least a share of the Greater Middlesex Conference’s Red Division title.
The Bears, who recently topped J.P. Stevens for the GMC Tournament crown, evened their match-play record against the Hawks at 1-1 this year with a 3-2 victory.
Stevens’ Lucy Zhang, who advanced to the quarterfinals of the state individual tournament before being beaten on Saturday, gave the Hawks the early edge with a 6-3, 6-3 win over Anna Tarasova on Tuesday.
But the Bears’ Luiza Kiyamova responded with a 7-5, 6-2 second singles win over Ryan Johnson to even things up. Miriam Jasiak gave the Bears their second singles victory with a 6-2, 2-6, 6-4 win over Maria Kuznetsova.
In doubles action, Stevens got the point at first doubles when Jo-Ming Chiang and Nicole Kesselman topped Jenny Tsay and Christine Munteanu, 6-4, 6-3, before the East Brunswick second doubles team of Katherine Chen and Merrin Rosenberg won the day’s most exciting match over Dawn Kang and Priya Sachedova, 2-6, 7-5, 7-6.
With the win, East Brunswick improved to 15-5 on the year, and avenged the earlier 3-2 loss to the Hawks. That defeat ended EB’s string of 12 consecutive years without a loss in the Red Division.
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