2016
BOY’S HIGH SCHOOL RECAP Beacon Beats Brooklyn Tech for Ninth Straight PSAL Title
There is a culture of winning that reverberates inside the Beacon Blue Demons Boys Tennis program. So even after losing a number of seniors from last year’s city championship team, this year’s team didn’t miss a beat. The Blue Demons captured its ninth consecutive PSAL New York City “A” Division title, defeating top-seed and unbeaten Brooklyn Tech 4-1 on a hot day at Cunningham Park. “This one is really special,” said Beacon Head Coach Bayard Faithfull. “This is the youngest team I’ve ever coached. Our starting lineup consists of three freshman,
three sophomores and a junior. We graduated our top nine players from last year, so to get young kids to be consistent is something really special.” The first match off the court was the first doubles flight, as Beacon’s Julian Szuper & Marcos Lee rolled to a 6-0, 6-0 win over Daniel Maseyev & Denis Korol of Brooklyn Tech. Felix Levine then chipped in a 6-3, 6-2 win over Bojidar Todorov at third singles to give Beacon the 2-0 lead. The second doubles pairing of Lucas Larese De Santo & Tyler Kats came back from a set down to beat Brooklyn Tech’s Alex Huynh & Lawrence Shoykhet 6-7, 6-
1, 6-0, and Ethan Leon knocked off Philip Raytburg 7-6, 6-1 at second singles to round out the Beacon victory. In the final contest, with the overall match decided, Brooklyn Tech’s Samuel Vagner edged Ameer Hosain 6-7, 6-4, 105 in a competitive match. “They are aware of the legacy, and they very much want to uphold that,” Coach Faithfull said of his players understanding the Beacon history. “I talk to them all about the fact that we stand on the shoulders of lots of kids who have played before them, and these kids came in and did some outstanding stuff. We are really proud of that.”
Newcomers Beats Bard for NYC B Division Title
The Newcomers Lions captured the PSAL New York City “B” Division Championship, defeating Bard 4-1 at Cunningham Park. The win completes an undefeated 14-0 season for the Lions.
Singles play led the way for Newcomers, winning all three flights in straight sets. Evangelos Vasos defeated Caleb Miller 6-4, 6-1 at first singles, Dipen Rana beat Nathan Silverstein 6-4, 6-2, and Ioannis Vasos knocked off Alexander Komanoff 6-1, 6-3 at third singles. Bard’s lone win would come in the first doubles flight, as Finn Clarke & Zachary Miodownik beat Hongtao Liu &
Sonam Sherpa 6-4, 6-0, while the Newcomers pair of Nasir Khan & Syed Jamal defeated Alejandro Schmieder & Gabriel Neuman 6-1, 5-7, 11-6 at second doubles to round out the Newcomers victory. Brian Coleman is senior editor for New York Tennis Magazine. He may be reached by phone at (516) 409-4444, ext. 326 or email BrianC@USPTennis.com.
NYTennisMag.com • July/August 2016 • New York Tennis Magazine
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