{"id":281297,"date":"2018-08-01T06:02:30","date_gmt":"2018-07-31T22:02:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=281297"},"modified":"2018-08-01T06:02:30","modified_gmt":"2018-07-31T22:02:30","slug":"junior-players-deliver-for-north-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/junior-players-deliver-for-north-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Junior players deliver for North Team"},"content":{"rendered":"
Sean Lee, seen here making a return during a local tournament, won both his singles and doubles matches against the West in the team competition in the 2018 Pacific Oceania Junior Championships yesterday in Fiji. (Contributed Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Simin Woo, Seung Jin Paik, and Hyejin Elliot handed the North Team a pair of wins at the start of the team competition in the 2018 Pacific Oceania Junior Championships last Monday in Fiji.<\/p>\n

Woo and Paik won the first doubles match in the U14 division between the North and West squads as they swept Vanuatu\u2019s Noah Molbaleh and New Caledonia\u2019s Tiago Lopez, 4-1, 4-2. Elliot, on the other hand, played in the last singles game and outlasted Fiji\u2019s Charlotte Nicolaus, 5-4 (14), 2-4, 10-7.<\/p>\n

The CNMI-dominated North Team fell to the West, 3-11. Guam\u2019s Kaia Malakooti gave the North the other win in the girls singles play after prevailing over Vanuatu\u2019s Naomi Sipiti, 5-3, 4-1.<\/p>\n

In the men\u2019s singles, Woo and Paik also saw action in the girls singles with the former losing to Storm Cornish of Fiji, 4-2, 3-5, 11-9, and the latter bowing to Maka Ofati, also from Fiji, 0-4, 0-4.<\/p>\n

Coume Kaga was the other CNMI U14 player that competed in both the singles and doubles events. The Solomon Islands\u2019 Zorika Morgan topped Kaga in the singles match, 4-1, 5-3, and then paired with compatriot Hannah Wright in downing the CNMI player and the Federated States of Micronesia\u2019s Ridianne Wolphagen, 4-0, 4-1.<\/p>\n

In the mixed doubles, Coume partnered with Woo and they were defeated by Cornish and Morgan, 5-4 (5), 4-1. The North also lost the other mixed doubles event with Ofati and the Solomon Islands\u2019 Prudence Bird slipping past Paik and Malakooti, 5-4 (6), 4-0.<\/p>\n

The North will have its last game in the team event today when it takes on the East. The East won over the West yesterday, 8-6, and will need another victory to rule the U14 age group.<\/p>\n

In the U12 division, the East also topped the West after posting a convincing 11-2 win last Monday. The East then shut down the North yesterday, 14-0, to clinch the division championship. The North and West collide today to fight for the runner-up honors in the age group.<\/p>\n

In the U16 division, the East and West will square off today for the championship. The East coasted past the North last Monday, 11-3, while the West defeated the latter in similar scores, 11-3.<\/p>\n

Malika Miyawaki and Ken Song gave the North the victories. Miyawaki blanked Samoa\u2019s Chrystal Christman, 4-0, 4-0, while Song outclassed the latter\u2019s compatriot Warren Phillip, 0-4, 4-2, 10-3. FSM\u2019s Anne Skilling handed North the other win after beating Samoa\u2019s Luisa Tuasi\u2019l, 4-1, 4-0.<\/p>\n

Against the West, Sean Lee won two matches, while Maria Gregoire recorded one. Lee topped Vanuatu\u2019s Ware Tigona, 4-2, 4-1, and partnered with Guam\u2019s Marshall Zang in sweeping the Solomon Islands\u2019 Joel Riju and Junior Micky, 4-1, 4-2. Gregoire prevailed over Fiji\u2019s Kajol Chand, 4-1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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