Tennis - Boys' Varsity
Worcester, MA 01605
From the North on I-190: Take Exit 2, Ararat Street. After going straight through the first set of lights, follow sign for Shore Drive. At second set of lights, turn right. Bancroft School is the second building on the right (after the YMCA). Park in front driveway or in parking lot beyond buildings.
1st singles: Akash Cotten (B) def Shun-Yi "Brian" Chang (MPrep), 8-5
2nd singles: Hamilton Huang (B) def Gongcheng "Eason" Fu (MPrep), 8-3
3rd singles: Brady Mena (B) def Slava Beliaev (MPrep), 8-2
4th singles: Zilun "Oliver" Qiu (MPrep) def Aryan Chandhaury (B), 8-6
1st doubles: Jonah Whitney and Brian Davenport (B) def Tian "Crea" Feng and Tianhao "Lance" Lu (MPrep), 8-2
2nd doubles: Milo Chase and Ken Wu (B) def Mingyou "Samuel" Xu and Christian Terwilliger (MPrep), 8-1
3rd doubles: Rodrigo Torre and Yaozhong "Evan" Hu (MPrep) def Will Zhou and Thomas Hollinger (B), 9-7
Rodrigo Torre '21 and Yaozhong "Evan" Hu '19 won a thrilling match at third doubles for Marianapolis, but it wasn't enough to overcome the strong and consistent play of Bancroft on a beautiful day for tennis in Worcester, MA. The Bulldogs were able to defeat the Golden Knights by a final of 5-2.
Torre and Hu worked well together in practice this week and were able to replicate that positive teamwork on the courts today. A back-and-forth match saw the Golden Knights' duo trailing 7-6, before Torre held serve to even things at 7-7. After an impressive break of serve for 8-7, Hu served it out for a hard-fought 9-7 triumph.
At fourth singles, Zilun "Oliver" Qiu '19 continued an impressive season with an 8-6 win over a gritty opponent from Bancroft. Qiu could not find his strokes early in the match and, as a result, found himself down 4-1. But he rallied in the late stages and completed the comeback with a strong service break.
The Golden Knights (1-8 overall) look to finish the season on a positive note with a couple of matches remaining on the schedule.