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Tennis players from Nassau and Suffolk advance in state tourney

Hewlett senior Veronika Paikin returns a volley during

Photo credit: James Escher | Hewlett senior Veronika Paikin returns a volley during the Nassau County girls' tennis doubles final at Eisenhower Park. She and teammate Gabby Leon defeated Garden City's Morgan Herrmann and Brittany Burke 4-6, 6-1, 7-5 to win the county championship. (Oct. 21, 2012)

In the wake of superstorm Sandy, a small sense of normalcy was restored Saturday when 27 high school girls tennis players from the Nassau, Suffolk and CHSAA competed in the opening two rounds of the individual state championships in Latham, as scheduled.

All nine competitors from Nassau, three singles players and three doubles pairs, advanced to the quarterfinals, while one singles player...

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