A substantial crowd gathered to witness a tremendous all-round York performance at the tennis on Saturday afternoon.
The men’s 1sts romped to victory after comprehensive wins for Max Reby (6-2, 6-2), Sam Davies (6-1, 6-3), Nila Morosz (6-0, 6-1), and Max Andrews (6-3, 6-2), while it went right down to the wire in the women’s 1sts.
Lancaster’s Chris Whalley put in a credible performance, but like each individual for the away side, the York man proved to be far too strong. After their disappointing doubles performance, York made amends early on by going ahead in every singles match. York took the first set in all the singles matches – and by convincing margins, too. Lancaster’s comeback was unsuccessful, losing all four matches in straight sets.
Lancaster men’s 1sts tennis captain Teddy Bennett called the performance “embarrassing”, and said that “everything that could have gone wrong did go wrong.”
Meanwhile, in the women’s 1sts, the results were much more mixed. Lancaster captain Krista Ozolina beat Jessi Harrison 6-2, 6-2 and Lancaster’s Gillian Cant saw off Natasha Johnson 6-1, 6-1. A victory for York, though, as Sarah White beat her opponent 6-1, 6-0 and another win for Charlotte Baldwin meant the result was entirely dependent on the match between Kathi Thann and Lancaster’s Irene Louca.
And Thann didn’t disappoint as she won it in the final match, meaning York were rightfully jubilant, singing “We’re a Russell Group Uni!” on their way to a celebratory ice cream.