Staples Wreckers Boys Tennis

Levin, Moskovitz, Foreman, Chaskin/Stein, Eisenberg/Price, Mitnick/Reardon advance to round 3 in State LL Tourney.

Details on twitter and to come.

Class LL State Tournament delayed until Tuesday, May 28 at Hall High, West Hartford beginning at 8:30 am.

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Draws for Staples are listed below.  All four Staples singles players as well and Mitnick/Reardon in doubles received first round byes.  If they win their first match, they will gain two points towards the team score.

Singles
#6 Jake Hirschberg, Staples vs winner of Juan Elizathe, Westhill vs. Peter Galante, Newington
#7 Joshua Moscovitz, Staples vs winner of James Rasborough, Xavier vs. Mark Dalton, Glastonbury
#9 Zach Levin, Staples vs winner of Chris Hayes, Xavier vs. Edward Huang, Hall
#12 Luke Foreman, Staples vs winner of Zachary Peter, NFA vs. Thomas Gruberman, New Britain

Doubles
#3 Connor Mitnick/Jack Reardon, Staples vs winner of Noah Roulat/Adam Svinte, New Milford v Brian Donovan/David Godwin, Manchester
#9 Jason Chaskin/Baxter Stein, Staples vs Jonathon Schwartz/Mackenzie Wollert, Simsbury
Unseeded Jared Eisenberg/Sterling Price, Staples vs Ryan Corcoran/Tyler Schmidt, South Windsor

Here’s the latest message from CIAC:

Update Sunday 10:00 am. On Tuesday morning we will have use of 6 tennis courts at nearby St. Joseph’s College (about 1.5 miles from Hall). In order to get through the draw and, possibly, an additional singles round, we will need some teams to go to that site. Supervision by coaches will be necessary and we may have a site director available. If both coaches cannot be on site, we will disallow coaching so that one player/team does not gain an advantage. We must vacate the site by 2:00 to allow for a Girls State tournament home match for NWC.
Welcome to the CIAC Boys Tennis Class LL Tournament Championships. Thank you for your patience with our postponements, and please continue to be patient with a very long day of matches. Play will begin at 8:30 Tuesday with a coaches meeting scheduled for 8:00. We will attempt to play all of the following matches in this order:
1. 8:30: Singles, Opening round (19 matches)
2. Doubles, First Round (25)
3. Singles, Round of 64 (32)
4. Doubles, Round of 32 (16)
With a total of 92 matches scheduled, plan on a long but exciting day of tennis.
Please make sure that you do not go into the building except for the use of bathrooms. No one is to roam the school building. Also, please keep the site clean by picking up and disposing all trash.
Check this site for announcements, changes and updates. Let’s have a great tournament!
Coach Jim Solomon, Tournament Director

Greenwich 4 Staples 0
5/23/2013 at Shippan Racquet Club, Stamford – Indoors

Greenwich (19-0) defeated Staples (18-2) in the FCIAC Finals for the third straight year. Greenwich won in straight sets at No. 5 Singles, No. 3 Singles and then No. 2 Singles.  Greenwich clinched the match at No. 1 Doubles with a service break in the last game of set three in a very tight battle.  Staples had won the first set in the other three matches which were all suspended when Greenwich clinched the match.

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Click HERE for recap from Westport News.
News 12 Video Highlights under May 23 Connecticut Sportscast

Singles
1. Jake Hirschberg (S) vs. Zack Nicklaus (G) 6-4, 3-6, 2-3 suspended
2. Blake Niehaus (G) def. Josh Moskovitz (S) 6-1, 6-2
3. Tatsuya Tasaki (G) def. Zack Levin (S) 6-4, 6-3
4. Luke Foreman (S) vs. Ari Cepelewicz (G) 6-3, 3-6, 1-2 suspended
5. Chris Salisbury (G) def. Jason Chaskin (S) 6-1, 6-1

Doubles
1. Shaw Speer / Louis McKenzie (G) def. Connor Mitnick / Jack Reardon (S) 6-2, 3-6, 6-4
2. Baxter Stein / Jared Eisenberg (S) vs Mark Chein / Axel Hebrand (G) 6-4, 1-1 suspended
Match order of finish: 5S,3S,2S,1D(clinching match)
Remaining matches were suspended once Greenwich won

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Class LL State Tournament begins Saturday at Hall High, West Hartford

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FCIAC Finals vs Greenwich have been moved indoors today, Thursday May 23rd at 3:30pm at the Shippan Racquet Club in Stamford.

Shippan Racquet Club
45 Harbor Drive
Stamford, CT 06902
Phone: (203) 323-3129

Staples (18-1) will take on  undefeated Greenwich (18-0) for the third straight year in the FCIAC Finals.  Staples advanced over Ridgefield in the Semis while Greenwich defeated Fairfield Ludlowe.  Greenwich won the title in 2011 and 2012 and has won 10 of the last 11 years.  Staples last FCIAC crown was 2001 and has been runner-up 8 times since then.  Staples edged out Greenwich in 2011 for the Class LL State title and was runner-up to Greenwich last season.  Greenwich beat Staples during the regular season 5-2. Staples is 56-4 over the last three seasons with all four losses coming against Greenwich.

Staples 4 Ridgefield 1
5/21/2013, 80s & Humid

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Singles
1. Jake Hirschberg (S) vs Bryson Mosley (R) 6-4, 4-6, suspended
2. Josh Moskovitz (S) def. Doug Butturini (R) 6-1, 7-6(2)
3. Zack Levin (S) def. Patrick Sheehan-Delany (R) 6-4, 6-3
4. Luke Foreman (S) def. Hans Rueter (R) 6-2, 6-0
5. Jack Reardon (S) def. Tal Nizan (R) 7-6, 7-5

Doubles
1. Arnaud Valentin/Matt DePrima (R) def. Connor Mitnick/Baxter Stein (S) 6-2, 6-3
2. Tommy Knortz/Keillor Mose (R) vs. Jason Chaskin/Jared Eisenberg (S) 6-0, 4-1 suspended
Match order of finish: 4S,1D,3S,2S.5S(clinching match)
Remaining matches were suspended once Staples won

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Next Match:
FCIAC Finals vs Greenwich at Wilton High on Thursday 5/23/13
If it rains, match will be played indoors at site TBD.

Staples 4 Wilton 0
5/17/2013 at Staples, Mid-60s & Sunny
FCIAC Quarterfinals

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Singles
1. Noah Farrell vs Josh Moskovitz (S) 6-3, 1-1 unfinished
2. Zack Levin (S) def. Conner King 6-1, 6-0
3. Luke Foreman (S) def. Alex Lord 6-1, 6-0
4. Conner Mitnick (S) vs Ned Cullane 6-4, 2-3 unfinished
5. Jack Reardon (S) def. Ian Erickson 6-2, 6-0
Doubles
1. Baxter Stein / Jason Chaskin (S) def. Bryan Crampton / John Williams 6-2, 7-5
2. Isatam Palacpal / Eric Li vs. Jared Eisenberg / Sterling Price (S) 1-0 unfinished
Match order of finish: 3S,2S,5S,1D(clinching match)
Remaining matches were suspended once Staples won

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Next Match: FCIAC Semis on Tuesday, 4/21 at Staples
against #3 seed Ridgefield

Staples 7 Westhill 0
5/14/2013 at Stamford, 60s & Sunny

Singles
1. Jake Hirschberg (S) def. Miles Singer 6-0, 6-1
2. Josh Moskovitz (S) def. Prashant Toteja 6-1, 6-1
3. Zack Levin (S) def. Alex Romaine 6-4, 1-6, 10-6
4. Baxter Stein (S) def. Richie Greenbaum 6-3, 6-1
5. Staples wins by forefit
Doubles
1. Jared Eisenberg / Max Berger (S) def. Matt Yang / Adhi Patni 6-3, 6-4
2. Sterling Price / Charles Sonenclar (S) def. Juan Elizathe / Paul Blum 6-0, 6-0

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Next Match: FCIAC Quaterfinals – Wilton at Staples Friday

Top eight seeds qualify for single elimination playoffs beginning Friday.

Staples 6 Darien 1
5/13/2013 at Darien, 50s & Partly Sunny

Singles
1.  Jake Hirschberg (S) def. Ryo Usami(D)  6-1, 6-3
2.  Josh Moskovitz (S) def. Alex Swords (D)  6-1, 6-1
3.  Zack Levin (S) def. Thorne Gregory(D)  6-3, 6-2
4.  Luke Foreman (S) def. Sammy Alptekin (D)  6-4, 6-0
5.  Jason Chaskin (S) def. Tyler Hatfield (D)  6-1, 6-0

Doubles
1.  Connor Mitnick / Jack Reardon (S) def. Dom Hansford / Nick Howe (D)  6-3, 7-5
2.  Jeff Sload / Harrison Walter (D) def. Baxter Stein / Sterling Price (S)  4-6, 6-2, 10-6

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Regular Season Finale: Tuesday at Westhill (Stamford)

Quarterfinals – Friday May 17 (rain date Monday May 20)
Semifinals – Tuesday May 21 (rain date May 22)
Finals – Thursday May 23 (rain or shine).

Top 8 teams regardless of Division qualify. Better seed hosts until Finals.