PORTLAND — Falmouth High will defend its Class B state tennis titles Saturday after its boys and girls teams each won Western Maine titles.

Falmouth’s girls, who haven’t dropped a set this spring, rolled to a 5-0 victory over No. 2 Yarmouth (12-3) this morning inside the Racket & Fitness Center on Outer Congress Street.

Falmouth’s boys (15-0) had a tougher time with No. 3 Cape Elizabeth (12-3) before emerging with a 4-1 victory.

Falmouth will face Ellsworth in the Class B boys state final Saturday morning at Colby College in Waterville. In the concurrent girls final, Falmouth will face Waterville. Both are rematches of last year’s state championships.

The Falmouth girls won all but eight games against Yarmouth today, with six of them coming in a 6-2, 6-4 decision at No. 1 singles between seniors Annie Criscione of Falmouth and Hannah Potter of Yarmouth.

Senior Analise Kump and freshman Olivia Leavitt of Falmouth each won her singles match without losing a game.

Falmouth’s doubles teams of Steffi Rothweiler and Abby Payson, and Katie Ryan and Marlena Lantos, each won by a score of 6-1, 6-0.

Falmouth’s boys swept the doubles matches against Cape Elizabeth, with Sam Holland and Tom Wilberg winning 6-2, 6-2 and Hutch Hurwitz and Eric Sanderson winning 7-5, 6-4.

In singles, Falmouth’s Justin Brogan (6-4, 6-0) and Aiden McGrory (6-2, 7-6, 7-2)) won. Cape Elizabeth junior Satchel McCarthy averted the shutout with a 1-6, 6-4, 7-5 victory at No. 2 singles.
 

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