Under a banner of the Matthew C. Perry High School mascot, Sasha Malone returns a forehand against E.J. King's Miu Best, last year's runner-up, to reach the girls Division II finals in the Far East tennis tournament. (Dave Ornauer/Stars and Stripes)
MARINE CORPS AIR STATION IWAKUNI, Japan – For two athletes who call soccer their main sport, Ren Spinosi and Sasha Malone are proving pretty fair at wielding tennis rackets.
Spinosi, a junior, and Malone, a senior, on Wednesday locked up berths in the Far East Tennis Tournament Division II singles finals, each winning three matches, with Malone surprising last year’s Far East runner-up Miu Best of E.J. King in the semifinals.
“They are soccer players who let their rackets do the talking today,” longtime Samurai coach Mark Lange said. He recruited Malone and Spinosi from off the soccer pitch, where each has starred for the Samurai, to play for Perry’s tennis team.
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