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TENNIS: Ujkic, Paskiewicz roll into semis The defending men’s singles champion, Chris Ujkic, and Steve Paskiewicz both won quarterfinal matches in the Bob Wall Memorial Tennis Tournament. Ujkic, who has won the tournament’s past four men’s singles crowns, took down Richard Anderson in two sets, 6-2, 6-1. Paskiewicz also sailed in a two-setter, 6-0, 6-0 over Joshua Robinson.

In women’s singles, Mary Beth Corazzini and Jenny Werts earned quarterfinal berths with outbracket wins. Corazzini was taken to three sets before prevailing over Siobhan Nolan, 6-2, 3-6, 6-2. Werts was a 6-2, 6-2 winner against Mallaugh Nolan.

The mixed doubles team of Steve Paskiewicz and Jaimie Schmidt scored a 6-2, 6-3 quarterfinal defeat of David Ferrer and Sharon McCormack.

The four semifinal slots in men’s 50-plus singles have been filled by Richard Chizever, Andrzej Kopala, Ed Yakabowski and Tom Cahill. Chizever beat Mike Greenstein, 6-2, 6-0; Kapala eliminated Charles Spitiele, 6-1, 6-0; Yakabowski took a 6-4, 6-3 result over John May; and Cahill needed three sets to oust David Ferrera in their quarterfinal, 6-2, 4-6, 6-2.

In the semifinals, Chizever will play Kapala, and Yakabowski will face Cahill.

The men’s 50-plus doubles team of Troy Gustavson and Joe Townsend won their quarterfinal against Phil Davison and Bob Merkle, 6-4, 6-2. That sets them up in a semifinal with the pairing of Chizever and Bob Lum, who had a bye.

WOMEN’S SOFTBALL: 4 RBI each for Daniels, Tarleton Cathy Daniels and Libby Tarleton both went 4 for 5 and drove in four runs apiece for Aerial Fitness in its 21-6 win over Grange in the North Fork Women’s Softball League last Thursday at the Polo Grounds in Greenport. The six-inning game also saw Kerry Tooker (3 for 5) and Olga Turner (3 for 4) account for three runs batted in each.

Also that night, Erik’s Lawn Care pitcher Cheryl Noding-Drumm had 10 strikeouts in her team’s 14-13 victory in 10 innings against Grange.

BASKETBALL: Three-on-three tourney The Timothy J. Casey Memorial three-on-three basketball tournament is scheduled for Saturday at 11 a.m. at the Aldrich Lane courts in Laurel. The tournament has brackets for male players 14 and older, including A and B divisions for adults, a college division and a high school division. The registration fee is $60 per team. For more information, call (631) 298-5043 or email [email protected].