WINSLOW — On neighboring courts Wednesday afternoon, Kira Gregor and Lilah Goldey were going to work for the Cony girls tennis team.

Each player hustled hard and fast in quick victories — Gregor an 8-1 victory over Briana Veilleux, Goldey an 8-0 win over Amara Rioux — leading the Rams to a quick 5-0 road victory over Winslow.

The Rams are 10-2 entering the Class B South playoffs this season a year after finishing 9-4 and falling to Yarmouth in the quarterfinals.

Cony has high hopes to potentially do something it hasn’t done in 33 years: Capture a team state championship. The last time the program won a title was in 1991, in Class A.

“Our whole team has worked really hard and it’s paid off,” Goldey, a sophomore, said. “We started the season pretty slow, but I think as the season went on, we got a little more excited and started pushing a little more.”

“It really means a lot (to be the No. 1 seed),” added Gregor, a freshman. “Especially at the end of the (regular) season, we’ve worked, we’ve practiced. To see it pay off is really cool.”

Cony didn’t have immediate success to start the season. The Rams dropped two of its first three matches, a 3-2 loss in the season opener to Medomak Valley on April 22, and a 4-1 loss to Waterville on April 25. Since that loss, the Rams have won nine matches in a row. Cony picked up a 3-2 win over defending Class C champion Maranacook on May 1 and a 3-2 victory over Class C South contender Maine Central Institute on Tuesday.

Goldey was Cony’s No. 1 singles player last season. But Gregor acclimated to the high school game quickly, and moved into the No. 1 spot this spring, as Goldey moved down to No. 2. The move has paid off for both players, with each reaching the state singles tournament. Goldey fell 6-3, 7-5 to Tessa Castrucci of Hampden Academy in the first round.

“It was pretty cool,” Goldey said. “Most teams go in with just one player. We kind of got to go in together. It felt like we were going in as a team more instead of by ourselves, and somebody to rely on.”

Gregor defeated Alice Korzekwa of Presque Isle (6-0,6-0) and Olivia Guinard of Sanford (6-3, 6-1) before falling to No. 1 seed — and two-time singles champion — Sofia Mavor of Yarmouth (6-0, 6-1).

“From the first match of the season, I knew what I could do,” Gregor said. “But (the high school game) was all new to me. As the season has progressed, I’ve learned how to play in the different conditions, and different dynamics that occur while we’re playing.”

Cony head coach Kirk Cooper credited the work that both do outside of practice in playing a role with their success.

“(Gregor and Goldey) have put in a ton of time at A-Copi and tournaments around the state, and it shows,” Cooper said. “It doesn’t just come natural to them. They had to work hard at it, and they have worked hard at it. Now they’re getting the fruits of their labor… They don’t just show up in spring time and say, ‘Here we are.’ They’re year-round tennis players, and it shows. Hopefully, other players see that and it builds a little more success.

“We’re really lucky to have a couple young (No. 1 and No. 2 singles) and have my captain (Ayla Noftall) come back and be my third singles for four years,” Cooper added.

Though Gregor and Goldey have enjoyed individual success, Cony has moved to the No. 1 seed on well-rounded team play. Senior Ayla Noftall has provided leadership and solid play at the No. 3 singles position. And the Rams have also been paced in doubles play by the teams of Jessyca Nadeau and Rekha Goonesekere, along with Zara Hemond and Kady Mills.

“Our team dynamic (has been key),” Noftall said. “Us coming closer together as a team and winning as a team. Just being good teammates to each other.

“If one of us has a bad match, we always have a teammate that will pull through for us, and I think that (also) helps makes us a team,” Noftall added. “If one teammate has a bad match, there’s teammates that can pull through for you. We’re all pretty well rounded.”

Cony will have a target on its back entering the playoffs as the No. 1 seed, but Goldey is hopeful the team can keep its consistency going throughout the tournament.

“I think we just need to play like we know how to play and just keep pushing,” Goldey said. “I think we’re at a good (place) now, winning our last match going into playoffs. I think that will help us with the energy going in, just doing what we know how to do.”