Tall Taft Tennis Team Tops Hopeful Hopkins Hilltoppers, 6--1
In the season finale for both teams, the highly regarded Taft boys junior varsity tennis team came to Hopkins to play on a dry but windy afternoon on Wednesday, May 20. Taft began by sweeping all 5 doubles matches, 2 of which were exhibition contests. Taft also dominated in the top several singles spots, but in the lower part of the singles ladder, the matches became closer as both teams fought hard from start to finish. The loss to Taft gives our Hopkins team a most respectable 7--3 overall dual meet season record.
Doubles:
1. Justin Pang--Isaac Lennon (T) def. Michael Satanovsky--Skyler Sugar, 8--6. 2. Chris McDermott--Tom MacMullen (T) def. Amar Kalaria--Kyle Burton, 8--2. 3. Johnny Margart--Jack White (T) def. Clay Wackerman--Khelan Parikh, 8--4. 4. Aidan Andrews--Luke Sommer (T) def. Bryan Gu--Justin Ye, 8--1. 5. Joe Han--Ian Chiang (T) def. Andrew Baxter--Hunter Fossati, 8--3.
Singles:
1. Chris McDermott (T) def. Gabe Goodspeed, 6--0, 6--0. 2. Justin Pang (T) def. Clay Wackerman, 6--2, 6--0. 3. Aidan Andrews (T) def. Amar Kalaria, 6--2, 6--4. 4. Johnny Morgart (T) def. Micah Wolfsohn, 7--5, 6--7 (5--7), 8--6 tiebreaker. 5. Skyler Sugar (H) def. Tom MacMullen, 2--6, 7--6, 10--2 tiebreaker. 6. Luke Sommer (T) def. Graham Dowd, 7--5, 6--3.
Hopkins is a private middle school and high school for grades 7-12. Located on a campus overlooking New Haven, CT, the School takes pride in its intellectually curious students as well as its dedicated faculty and staff.