The Deerfield boys JV tennis team (2-3) hosted Suffield Academy on April 30th, looking to extend their winning streak to two matches. On a beautiful, sunny Saturday afternoon, the team played well overall and won the match 7-2. Deerfield were one player short of being able to play all 9 matches at once, so the doubles matches and #4-6 singles matches were played first and all matches were 8-game pro sets, with ads.
#1 doubles Eddy Rena ’24/Alex Ayres ’24 – 8-2
#2 doubles Ashish Sharma ‘24/Nikhil Lebaka ’24 – 8-1
#3 doubles Theo Lewis ’24/Finn Knight ’25 – 8-0
#4 singles Andy Chen ’25 – 2-8
#5 singles Preyas Sinha ’24 – 8-2
#6 singles Gabe Zaccheo ’22 – 8-8 (7-4)
The dramatic win by Zaccheo, playing in his first singles match of the year, clinched the overall match for Deerfield with three singles matches to be played. Deerfield won two of the three final singles matches, for the final 7-2 margin.
#1 singles Jack Willett ’23 – 5-8
#2 singles Matias Cushman ’25 – 8-6
#3 singles Ashish Sharma ’24 – 8-4
The boys JV tennis team will look to continue their winning ways on the road, with a 3 pm match at the Westminster School on May 4th.