A Close Sectional Match For the Varsity A Tennis Team

                                                            Sam Saeed hits a backhand slice.The Scarsdale High School Boys Varsity A tennis team battled Horace Greeley on Tuesday May 20 in the final round of the Section 1 Division 1 Boys Team Tennis Championships at Harrison High School. The outcome was a nailbiter. The Greeley Quakers led the Raiders 3 matches to 2 with 2 matches remaining. Scarsdale’s top player Sam Saeed was leading in his match at #1 singles, so everything came down to 4th doubles. Greeley pulled that match out and took the overall crown away from Scarsdale, the defending champions.

Sam Saeed plays in the finals of the Section 1 individual singles championship on Friday May 23.

Summing it up, Coach Jennifer Roane said, "We had an amazing season. Our record in the league was 7-1. Our overall record was 15-2. At the Half Hollow Hills tournament (top tennis teams from public and private schools attended) we were the champions."

"There are 9 seniors on the team, they brought a tremendous amount of skill and leadership to the team. They will be missed. Our captains, Sam Saeed and Will Mishra did an outstanding job of uniting the team before every match. Scarsdale had the most (5) tennis players named all section than any other high school in section one. Sam Saeed has qualified for the NYS tennis tournament on June 6-8 for singles.

Great season!!"

                                                Finn Miller concentrates on his two-handed backhand.

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Jerry Jin gets ready to hit a crosscourt forehand.

                                                              Sam Saeed, blasts a topspin forehand.

                                                           Leo Umansky lines up his return of serve.

                                                      Will Mishra gets ready to hit a topspin backhand.

                                                                Lucas Yao punches his volley.

                                                                Dylan Pai celebrates winning a point.

                                            Kaito Tsukamoto pumps his first after winning a point.

                                              Kaito Tsukamoto follows through on his first serve.

                         Kyle Gandhi (left) and Milo Sheth (right) get fired up after a decisive point.

                                                                Milo Sheth hits his first serve.