Badminton Outduels Musketeers

Melody Li in action earlier this season (PC: Bruce Jeffrey)

Yesterday afternoon the badminton teams overwhelmed Central Islip in a mandatory non-league match, taking each match by a score of 9-0.

Mary Wang (11-2, 11-0), Masha Volovaya (11-0, 11-1), Judy Liu (11-4, 6-11, 11-4), Elena Chen (11-4, 11-3), and Nancy Man (11-5, 11-3) swept the girls’ singles matches while Melody Li and Leslie Kang (15-2, 15-0), Sophie Cai and Ariel Wang (15-1, 15-1), Lily Zhang and Ella Liu (15-3, 15-0), and Rosemary Wu and Grace Wang (15-0, 15-0) took care of doubles.

On the boys’ side, Jerry Liu (15-1, 15-1), Tony Yu (15-0, 15-2), Kevin Zhang (15-1, 15-2), Ulysses Zhang (15-7, 15-1), and David Wang (15-4, 15-1) dominated singles while Caleb Spreckels and Jack Yu (15-1, 15-1), David Chen and Ian Liu (15-4, 15-1), Sam Wong and Kostya Pya (forfeit), and Ben Sray and Bob Wu (forfeit) took the four doubles matches.

With the wins the boys improve to 7-2 overall while the girls up their overall record to 6-3. The Bears take the court again on Tuesday in a home match-up with Northport.

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