Now they play the waiting game.
After those first-round victories, Hackett, at No. 3 singles, and the West duo, at No. 4 doubles, ran into stiff competition in the quarterfinals – both losses – and will need to wait until after Tuesday’s semifinals to learn their fate in the playback bracket.
Hackett, a senior, opened with a hard-fought 7-6 (7-3), 3-6, 6-1 victory over Sydney Smith, a freshman from Discovery Canyon.
“She had a shaky start,” DHS head coach Dave Weisfeldt said of Hackett. “Her serve wasn’t as dependable as usual, so it was all second serves. But it was a terrific first-round win.”
Maeve Kearney, a sophomore from Kent Denver, was too much for Hackett in the quarterfinals, cruising to a 6-2, 6-0 victory.
“That girl was just too powerful,” Weisfeldt said of Kearney.
It was much of the same for the Wests – the sophomore twin sisters handled Bree Peters-Maria D’Rosario of Windsor, 6-4, 6-4 in the first round before falling to Toni Troje-Allison Reeder of Air Academy, 1-6, 3-6 in the quarters.
“Another terrific first-round win,” Weisfeldt said of the duo’s opening performance.
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