By Amanda Sload
Monday
(5/21), the Boys Varsity Tennis Team took on Ridgefield on indoor clay courts
at the Ridgefield Racket Club due to rain. The unexpected surface adjustment
added to the fierce competition of the Ridgefield team led to a loss for the Darien
boys in FCIACs.
The
score of the match was 0-4. However, FCIAC rules suspend play after a team wins
four matches. Because of this, the score does not accurately represent the
team’s performance and how close the match really was, as it could have ended
3-4. In the first four matches to finish, in singles, junior captain Ryo Usami
lost a tough match as the first seed, as did senior captain Briton Dailey
playing number four singles and freshman Sammy Alptekin at number five. The
first doubles team of juniors DJ Brown and Dom Hansford lost 2-6, 1-6.
Despite
these losses, the rest of the matches were in fact ahead when the match was
suspended. Junior Alex Swords led after winning a set in a tie break at the
number two singles spot, and in number three singles, senior captain Cal
Kevorkian was up after winning the first set 6-3. The second doubles team of
junior Nick Howe and senior Charlie Khachian was also up.
Although
the team lost, Usami is positive about the season overall. “As far as the
season goes, we did much better than last year because we ended with a regular
season record of 10-6, and made the FCIAC tournament.” This was an improvement
from last year when they ended the regular season 8-8 and failed to qualify for
FCIACs.
The
tennis team hopes to finish its season strong in States, which is an individual
tournament. The team is sending four singles players, Kevorkian, Dailey, junior
Jeff Sload, and Khachian. Three doubles pairs will also compete: Usami and
Swords, Hansford and Brown, and Howe and junior Will McCoy.
Wish
the team luck as it heads to Yale for the first round of States on Thursday May
31st!
Pictured: Swords in action
Above: Howe, Usami, and Sload in the team’s away uniforms
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