{"id":208466,"date":"2015-08-19T17:19:37","date_gmt":"2015-08-19T07:19:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=208466"},"modified":"2015-08-19T17:19:37","modified_gmt":"2015-08-19T07:19:37","slug":"cnmi-u14-players-stand-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/cnmi-u14-players-stand-out\/","title":{"rendered":"CNMI U14 players stand out"},"content":{"rendered":"

The CNMI\u2019s U14 players went unbeaten at the resumption of action in the 2015 Pacific Oceania Junior Championships yesterday at the Regional Training Center in Lautoka, Fiji.<\/p>\n

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Tania Tan, seen here competing in an ITF Juniors event held on Saipan this year, was among the CNMI U14 players who won their Day 2 matches in the 2015 Pacific Oceania Junior Championships in Fiji yesterday.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Robbie Schorr and Ken Song led the group\u2019s strong showing in Day 2 of the tournament that had to cut short its opening day matches due to rain. Schorr, who did not play in the opener last Monday, came out swinging yesterday, sweeping all his two matches in Group C to boost his bid for the single-elimination playoffs. Schorr first topped Fiji\u2019s Davias in the morning match, 6-3, 6-0, and returned at the RTC in the afternoon with a similar straight set win over Davias\u2019 compatriot Favin Molotii, 6-0, 6-3. The fourth-ranked Schorr is now tied for the pool lead with Samoa\u2019s Kristen Pavitt and they will collide today for the solo first place in their group.<\/p>\n

In Group D, Song earned a 2-0 mark after recording contrasting wins over Kiribati\u2019s Banien Ioera and American Samoa\u2019s John Quin Lim. Song labored a 7-6 (6), 6-3, victory against Ioera in their nearly two-hour morning match before dispatching Lim in less than an hour in their afternoon game, 6-0, 6-1. Song sits alone at the top spot in Group D and closes out the pool today when he faces Fiji\u2019s Nakul Sachindra.<\/p>\n

In other boys U14 singles results, Vincent Tudela won his Group A match against Fiji\u2019s Shabil Ajmeer yesterday, 6-1, 6-0, to bounce back from his opening day loss to Tahiti\u2019s Jeremy Guines.<\/p>\n

In the girls U14 singles, the trio of Mimi Sakano, Tania Tan, and Malika Miyawaki also prevailed in their respective Day 2 matches. The unranked Sakano was impressive in her first game in the tournament after blanking American Samoa\u2019s Crustal Christman, 6-0, 6-0, in Group A. In Group B, the second-seeded Tan duplicated Sakano\u2019s feat after shutting down Solomon Islands\u2019 Christma Au. Miyawaki handed the CNMI girls U14 side its third straight set victory in Day 2 after sweeping Kiribati\u2019s Caroline Mwang in Group C, 6-3, 6-1.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Conatsu Kaga gave the Commonwealth\u2019s U12 crew some good news after the top-ranked player went 2-0 in Group B. Conatsu got her first win against Vanuatu\u2019s Desiree Signo, 6-0, 6-3, and made it two in a row after beating Tahiti\u2019s Meherio Tautu, 6-3, 6-4. The undefeated CNMI player hopes to keep her perfect record in pool play today when she duels Samoa\u2019s Leafine Cronin (1-1).<\/p>\n

Conatsu\u2019s younger sister, Coume, also won in Day 2, downing the Solomon Islands\u2019 Prudence Bird, 6-1, 6-3. Coume, who dropped her opener against the top-ranked Eleanor Schuster of Samoa, will aim to close Group A with another victory when she meets Federated States of Micronesia\u2019s Anne Skilling today. In Group C, Erica Tuttle must prevail in her third and last match in the pool against the third-ranked Zorika Morgan of the Solomon Islands to stay in contention for a slot to the next round. Tuttle went 0-2 after yesterday\u2019s matches, as she absorbed close losses against Fiji\u2019s Saoirse Breen, 6-7 (2), 5-7, and American Samoa\u2019s Jireh Warren, 6-3, 1-6, 9-11.<\/p>\n

Tuttle\u2019s fellow U12 players Ji Min Woo and Seung Jin Paik and U16\u2019s Amy Tsukagoshi and Isabel Heras also had a tough Day 2, while Carol Lee eased past her first opponent in the oldest age group competition of the annual tournament.<\/p>\n

Woo and Paik are both winless in the boys U12 after dropping their Day 2 matches yesterday. Paik lost his back-to-back games against the second-seeded Sam Cribb of Norfolk Island, 2-6, 0-6, and Tahiti\u2019s Elie Monovai, 1-6, 2-6. Paik will try to get into the win column in Group B when he takes on Guam\u2019s Andrew Leng (0-2) today. In Group C, Woo also fell to his foes\u2014Samoa\u2019s Philip Warren, 1-6, 1-2 and Fiji\u2019s Kelese Kofe, 3-6, 5-7. Woo plays his last pool game today against Fiji\u2019s Maui Leflon (1-1).<\/p>\n

In the girls U16 division, Lee showed no let up yesterday to dominate FSM\u2019s Sunshein Palik, 6-0, 6-0, in their Group A match. In Group B, Heras bowed to Samoa\u2019s Anasis Saipele, 1-6, 3-6, while Tsukagoshi had the same misfortune in Group C versus the third-seeded Georjimah Row of Solomon Islands, 0-6, 0-6.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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