Tennis (Boys): Junior Varsity vs. Cardigan Mountain School (4/8/2023 2:00 PM)

Event Details

The Deerfield boys JV tennis team (1-0) opened their season on a high note, defeating Cardigan Mountain School 8-1 at home. The team features numerous returners from last season, but also several talented newcomers near the top of the ladder. Against Cardigan, the singles matches were played first and Deerfield won the first five to clinch the overall match, losing only the final singles match in a third-set tiebreaker to prevent the sweep.

#1 singles Gus Mallory ’26                6-1, 4-6 (7-1)

#2 singles Luka Kokosadze ’25          6-0, 6-3

#3 singles Francis Andersons ’23       6-4, 6-4

#4 singles Ashish Sharma ’24             3-6, 6-4 (7-5)

#5 singles Luke Post ’25                     6-2, 6-4

#6 singles Preyas Sinha ’24                2-6, 6-4 (4-7)

The doubles matches, played in an 8-set pro set format, were all close, with the final match going into a tiebreaker after the pairs tied 8-8.

#1 doubles Eddy Rena ‘24/Finn Knight ’25               8-4

#2 doubles Gabe Yu ‘23/Thomas Unkles ’25             8-6

#3 doubles Nikhil Lebaka ‘24/Alex Ayres ’24           8-8 (7-5)

The boys JV tennis team have their first road match of the season on April 15th, traveling to the Taft School for a 4 pm start.