Skyhawks girls net quarterfinal victory

Technically, the Silverado girls tennis team played a road match Monday.

But the Skyhawks looked right at home on Las Vegas High's courts.

Silverado (10-2) won five of the first six sets en route to a 13-5 victory over the Wildcats (8-5) in a Sunrise Region quarterfinal.

"Our whole lineup did a good job all the way through, which is always nice to see," Skyhawks coach Mark Parantala said. "Now we just have to keep it going."

Silverado led 5-1 after the opening round of matches and didn't let up, taking an insurmountable 10-2 lead into the final round.

Nicole Santero led the Skyhawks, winning all three of her singles matches. She rallied from a 3-2 deficit in her final set to beat the Wildcats' Val Shively, 6-3.

"I got a little frustrated in my third match, but I love playing tennis so much, it was fun to go all three," said Santero, the only Silverado player to compete in all three rounds.

Kristen Santero was 2-0 and Ashley Newell 1-1 in singles for the Skyhawks, who won seven of the nine singles sets and six doubles sets.

Only Shively's 6-4 victory over Ashley Newell prevented a Silverado sweep in the first round. But Las Vegas couldn't get anything going in doubles play, losing six of nine matches.

Silverado will visit Liberty on Wednesday in a Sunrise semifinal.

The Patriots were 13-5 winners when the teams met at Liberty on Sept. 8.

In other Sunrise Region matches:

• Liberty 12, Eldorado 6 -- At Liberty, Marlee Moimoi went 2-0 in singles as the Patriots (14-0) downed Eldorado (7-8).

• Green Valley 12, Canyon Springs 6 -- At Canyon Springs, Gabby Friday and Ashley Zwick went 3-0 in doubles as the Gators (9-3) stunned the Northeast League champion Pioneers (8-5).

Alyssa Bowman went 2-1 in singles and Kelsey Barto and Serena Michalsky 2-1 in doubles for Green Valley.

Canyon Springs' Rebecca Breland was 3-0 in singles and Joy Jones 2-1 in singles.

• Coronado 18, Valley 0 -- At Coronado, the Cougars (10-1) swept the Vikings (7-5) and will host Green Valley in a region semifinal Wednesday.

Nicole Gardner and Vianca Vianzon each went 1-0 in singles for Coronado, and the doubles teams of Marlee Allison and Allie Sanford, and Natalie Schibrowsky and Marian Gapultos each went 1-0.

In the Sunset Region:

• Bishop Gorman 16, Shadow Ridge 2 -- At Gorman, the doubles teams of Blair Bigelow and Caroline Engs, and Michelle Shoen and Ciera Cortney both went 2-0 as the Gaels (13-0) beat the Mustangs (7-5).

Gorman will host Palo Verde in a region semifinal Wednesday.

• Palo Verde 13, Clark 5 -- At Palo Verde, the doubles teams of Jayde Salerno and Johanna Cardoza, and Maia Bernick and Megan McGuire each went 3-0 as the Panthers (10-2) eliminated Clark (9-3).

Natasha James was 2-0 in singles for the Chargers.

• The Meadows 14, Spring Valley 4 -- At The Meadows, Katya Kulikova went 3-0 in singles as the Mustangs (10-0) rolled past the Grizzlies (8-4).

Shannon Chen and Jenna Palazzo were 3-0 in doubles for The Meadows, which hosts Durango in a region semifinal Wednesday.

Spring Valley's Tiffany Tavares won her lone singles match.

• Durango 11, Centennial 7 -- At Sierra Vista, Alexis Garrett went 3-0 to lead the Trailblazers (11-3) over the Bulldogs (6-6) .

Durango's doubles teams of Katy Moore and Jamie Dean, and Claire Melo and Andrea Melo each went 3-0.