Harwood's Mariel Golden reached the finals of the Vermont State High
School Tennis Championships held in Stowe. Golden, seeded number one
going into the tournament, was defeated in the finals by Madison Martley
of Burlington 7-5, 6-4. Mariel defeated CVU's Kylie deGroot 7-5, 6-2 in
the semifinals. Her regular season record was 15 wins with no losses.
Golden is currently training at The Bridges with head tennis
professional Scott Barker. This ranks her number two in the state of
Vermont of all high school tennis players for 2010.
According to Sue DuPrat, athletic director at Harwood, "To my knowlege
and the available records, this has never happened in the history of
tennis at Harwood. We are thrilled that Mariel had such a successful
individual tournament and look forward to her leading the way in the
team tournament which begins this week!"
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