CHOATE TENNIS 2000
Boys' Varsity Team Match Summaries
CHOATE TENNIS 2000
Boys' Varsity Team Match Summaries
| 4/2/00 | Kingswood-Oxford Invitational Tennis Tournament | 5/8/00 | Westminster School * | |
| 4/5/00 | Hopkins School (scrimmage) # | 5/10/00 | Kent School * | |
| 4/7/00 | Horace Mann School # | 5/12/00 | Kingswood-Oxford School * | |
| 4/12/00 | Loomis Chaffee School * | 5/13/00 | Phillips Academy | |
| 4/15/00 | Phillips Exeter Academy | 5/17/00 | Hotchkiss School * | |
| 4/19/00 | Northfield Mt. Hermon School | 5/20/00 | New England Class "A" Team Championship | |
| 4/26/00 | Trinity-Pawling School * | 5/21/00 | Alumni # | |
| 4/27/00 | Cheshire Academy | 5/24/00 | Avon Old Farms School * | |
| 5/1/00 | Taft School * | 5/27/00 | New England Prep School Invitational | |
| 5/3/00 | Brunswick School | 5/31/00 | Moorhead Cup All-School Championship | |
| 5/6/00 | Deerfield Academy |
*
indicates Founders League opponent
# indicates match not counted in NEITA season standings
Date: Saturday & Sunday, 1 & 2 April 2000
Venue: indoor and outdoor courts, Kingswood-Oxford campus, West Hartford, CT
Conditions: mild, breezy
Match Format: main draw matches are best-of-three-sets; consolation matches are eight-game pro-sets; all use no-ad scoring
Team Scoring: two points for each main draw in and one point for each consolation draw or third place playoff win
Individual match results:
Flight Round Players Team Scores #1 singles First Round Andrew Jacobi '01 CRH 6 6 Matt Watson '01 Westminster 2 3 #1 singles Main Draw Semifinal Andrew Jacobi '01 CRH 1 4 Peter Oman '01 Lawrenceville 6 6 #1 singles Third Place Playoff Andrew Jacobi '01 CRH 8 Andrew Mullens '00 Hotchkiss 6 #2 singles First Round Jeremy Zuidema '02 CRH 6 2 Evan Jensen '00 Taft 7 6 #2 singles Consolation Semifinal Jeremy Zuidema '02 CRH 8 Allie Levy Lawrenceville 3 #2 singles Consolation Final Jeremy Zuidema '02 CRH 9 Jordan Korris '00 West Hartford 8 #3 singles First Round James Elsworth '01 CRH 4 6 6 Ben Bradford '02 Taft 6 1 0 #3 singles Main Draw Semifinal James Elsworth '01 CRH 6 7 Brad Hathaway '00 Hotchkiss 4 5 #3 singles Main Draw Final James Elsworth '01 CRH 7 6 David Drady '00 Kingswood-Oxford 6 4 #4 singles First Round Stefan Patrikis '02 CRH 5 6 6 Quat Vu '01 West Hartford 7 2 1 #4 singles Main Draw Semifinal Stefan Patrikis '02 CRH 1 6 3 Mischa Truong Lawrenceville 6 2 6 #4 singles Third Place Playoff Stefan Patrikis '02 CRH 9 Michael Idy '02 Taft 8 #1 doubles First Round Stephen Fair '00 (C) CRH 6 6 Andrew Jacobi '01 Allie Levy Lawrenceville 1 4 Peter Oman '01 #1 doubles Main Draw Semifinal Stephen Fair '00 (C) CRH 3 6 3 Andrew Jacobi '01 Jonathan Loveless '01 Hotchkiss 6 3 6 Andrew Mullens '00 #1 doubles Third Place Playoff Stephen Fair '00 (C) CRH 6 Andrew Jacobi '01 David Drady '00 Kingswood-Oxford 8 Jack Granato '00 #2 doubles First Round James Elsworth '01 CRH 6 6 Jeremy Zuidema '02 Dan Briggs '01 Westminster 4 0 Matt Watson '01 #2 doubles Main Draw Semifinal James Elsworth '01 CRH 7 6 Jeremy Zuidema '02 Charles Benedict '02 Hotchkiss 5 3 Brad Hathaway '00 #2 doubles Main Draw Final James Elsworth '01 CRH 0 0 Jeremy Zuidema '02 David Marshall '03 Kingswood-Oxford 6 6 Ian McMurtry '01
| Final Team Results | ||
| Place | School | Points |
| 1. | Kingswood-Oxford School | 23 |
| 2. | Deerfield Academy | 22 |
| 3. | Choate Rosemary Hall | 20 |
| 4. | Hotchkiss School | 17 |
| 5. | Lawrenceville School | 14 |
| 6. | Taft School | 8 |
| 7. | West Hartford players | 3 |
| 8. | Westminster School | 1 |
Coach's comments: "We see this early season tournament just as a chance to get some good match play under our belts and scope out our traditional rivals. I don't get too concerned with wins and losses at this point. When we end up as one of the top teams, though, that's a nice bonus. What's most important is that we now have a better sense of what we're doing well and what we need to work on, so as we head into the heart of the dual match season, hopefully this experience will be advantageous."
Date: Wednesday, 5 April 2000
Venue: Hunt Tennis Center, CRH
Conditions: cool, breezy
Match Format: NEITA (best of seven points: 3 doubles pro-sets followed by 6 singles matches; advantage scoring)
Individual match results:
Position Players Team Scores #1 doubles Stephen Fair '00 (C) CRH 8 Andrew Jacobi '01 Conor Duffy '03 H 1 Brendan Royston '02 #2 doubles James Elsworth '01 CRH 8 Jeremy Zuidema '02 Terence Chiu '00 H 1 Matt Fasano '01 #3 doubles Sam Epstein '02 CRH 8 Stefan Patrikis '02 Brett Herter '03 H 4 Jon Hall '02 #1 singles Andrew Jacobi '01 CRH 6 7 Terence Chiu '00 H 0 5 #2 singles Jeremy Zuidema '02 CRH 6 6 Conor Duffy '03 H 2 1 #3 singles James Elsworth '01 CRH 7 6 Brendan Royston '02 H 6 3 #4 singles Stefan Patrikis '02 CRH 6 6 Matt Fasano '01 H 1 2 #5 singles Stephen Fair '00 (C) CRH 6 6 David Altamirano '00 H 0 1 #6 singles Sam Epstein '02 CRH 6 6 Brett Herter '03 H 0 2 #7 singles Manu Nathan '00 CRH 3 6 6 Jon Hall '02 H 6 1 3
Coach's comments: "Although the Hopkins team is not as strong as it has been--the school graduated most of its varsity last June, in fact--the Wild Boars competed well today to sweep all the doubles and singles matches."
Date: Friday, 7 April 2000
Venue: Hunt Tennis Center, CRH
Conditions: overcast, mild
Match Format: NEITA (best of seven points: 3 doubles pro-sets followed by 6 singles matches; advantage scoring)
Individual match results:
Position Players Team Scores #1 doubles Stephen Fair '00 (C) CRH 4 Andrew Jacobi '01 Alexi Nazem '00 HM 8 Brandon Weiskopf '01 #2 doubles James Elsworth '01 CRH 7 Jeremy Zuidema '02 Matt Friedman '00 HM 9 Greg Kass '02 #3 doubles Sam Epstein '02 CRH 2 Stefan Patrikis '02 Dan Brand '02 HM 8 David Miller '03 #4 doubles Gregory Faust '01 CRH 8 John Vertefeuille '01 Dylan Grief '02 HM 5 Max Pitman '00 #5 doubles Henry Lau '02 CRH 3 Kris Paik '02 David Chesner '02 HM 8 Dan Katz '00 #1 singles Andrew Jacobi '01 CRH 2 1 Brandon Weiskopf '01 HM 6 6 #2 singles Jeremy Zuidema '02 CRH 6 3 0 Greg Kass '02 HM 2 6 1 #3 singles James Elsworth '01 CRH 4 3 Alexi Nazem '00 HM 6 6 #4 singles Stefan Patrikis '02 CRH 2 2 Dan Katz '00 HM 6 6 #5 singles Stephen Fair '00 (C) CRH 4 1 Matt Friedman '00 HM 6 6 #6 singles Sam Epstein '02 CRH 0 1 David Miller '03 HM 6 6 #7 singles Julian Baccash '02 CRH 4 2 Dan Brand '02 HM 6 6 #8 singles Mark Goldberg '03 CRH 4 4 Max Pitman '00 HM 6 6 #9 singles Chad Carta '02 CRH 1 3 Dylan Greif '02 HM 6 6 #10 singles John Oster '03 CRH 4 6 6 David Chesner '03 HM 6 1 4
Coach's comments: "We never really got out of the starting blocks today. The Horace Mann team was solid, but we ought to have posted a better showing than we did. Today's results reflect the relative youth and inexperience of this year's Choate team, but hopefully this match will be good preparation for league competition, which begins next Wednesday."
Date: Wednesday, 12 April 2000
Venue: Hunt Tennis Center, CRH
Conditions: cool, sunny
Match Format: NEITA (best of seven points: 3 doubles pro-sets followed by 6 singles matches; advantage scoring)
Individual match results:
Position Players Team Scores #1 doubles Stephen Fair '00 (C) CRH 8 Andrew Jacobi '01 John Liu '00 LC 0 Tim Masters '01 #2 doubles James Elsworth '01 CRH 8 Jeremy Zuidema '02 Jeff Herzberger '00 LC 1 Tyler Su '00 #3 doubles Sam Epstein '02 CRH 8 Stefan Patrikis '02 Max Laverty '03 LC 3 Brad Ursprung '01 #1 singles Andrew Jacobi '01 CRH 6 6 John Liu '00 LC 2 3 #2 singles Jeremy Zuidema '02 CRH 6 6 Tim Masters '01 LC 1 0 #3 singles James Elsworth '01 CRH 6 6 Jon Kastoff '02 LC 1 4 #4 singles Stefan Patrikis '02 CRH 6 6 Tyler Su '00 LC 1 0 #5 singles Stephen Fair '00 (C) CRH 6 6 Jeff Herzberger '00 LC 0 3 #6 singles Sam Epstein '02 CRH 6 6 Alex Overstrom '02 LC 2 1 #7 singles Manu Nathan '00 CRH 4 2 Brad Ursprung '01 LC 6 6
Coach's comments: "After losing a 4-3 heartbreaker to the Pelicans in the first round of last year's New England tournament, this match was sweet revenge indeed. It was a weaker Loomis squad than we've seen in recent years, but the Choate boys played well and didn't let their opponents into the match. We look forward to a good challenge up at Exeter this Saturday; the Exonians defeated Loomis Chaffee by a similar 7-0 score last Saturday."
Date: Saturday, 15 April 2000
Venue: Exeter, NH
Conditions: sunny, warm
Match Format: NEITA (best of seven points: 3 doubles pro-sets followed by 6 singles matches; advantage scoring)
Individual match results:
Position Players Team Scores #1 doubles Stephen Fair '00 (C) CRH 8 Andrew Jacobi '01 Abel Osario '02 PEA 9 Todd Ostrow '02 #2 doubles James Elsworth '01 CRH 6 Jeremy Zuidema '02 Howard Chu '00 (C) PEA 8 John Pettit '03 #3 doubles Sam Epstein '02 CRH 7 Stefan Patrikis '02 Geoff Doyle '00 PEA 9 Derek Van Dijkum '00 #1 singles Andrew Jacobi '01 CRH 6 2 6 Howard Chu '00 (C) PEA 2 6 7 #2 singles Jeremy Zuidema '02 CRH 1 2 Abel Osario '02 PEA 6 6 #3 singles James Elsworth '01 CRH 0 1 Todd Ostrow '02 PEA 6 6 #4 singles Stefan Patrikis '02 CRH 2 3 John Pettit '03 PEA 6 6 #5 singles Stephen Fair '00 (C) CRH 1 1 Geoff Doyle '00 PEA 6 6 #6 singles Sam Epstein '02 CRH 6 6 Derek Van Dijkum '00 PEA 3 2 #7 singles Manu Nathan '00 CRH 2 3 ret. Derek McCord '01 PEA 6 2
Coach's comments: "This was a match where the doubles results clearly created some momentum for the home team. Choate had early leads in those pro-sets--we were up 4-0 at #1, for example--that we squandered and we never really recovered. That said, Exeter has some impressive depth in the middle of their line-up, but we only got one of the matches we were counting on toward the top and bottom of the singles ladder."
Date: Wednesday, 19 April 2000
Venue: Northfield, MA
Conditions: overcast, mild
Match Format: NEITA (best of seven points: 3 doubles pro-sets followed by 6 singles matches; advantage scoring)
Individual match results:
Position Players Team Scores #1 doubles Stephen Fair '00 (C) CRH 9 Andrew Jacobi '01 Trevor McAndrew '00 NMH 7 Kaz Yoshida '00 (C) #2 doubles James Elsworth '01 CRH 8 Jeremy Zuidema '02 Jay Hadden '00 NMH 5 Murat Terzioglu '00 #3 doubles Sam Epstein '02 CRH 8 Stefan Patrikis '02 Gabriel Beauchamp '01 NMH 2 Paul Hammond '01 #1 singles Andrew Jacobi '01 CRH 4 6 5 Trevor McAndrew '00 NMH 6 2 7 #2 singles Jeremy Zuidema '02 CRH 3 1 Kaz Yoshida '00 (C) NMH 6 6 #3 singles James Elsworth '01 CRH 0 2 Murat Terzioglu '00 NMH 6 6 #4 singles Stefan Patrikis '02 CRH 7 6 Jay Hadden '00 NMH 5 4 #5 singles Stephen Fair '00 (C) CRH 6 7 Paul Hammond '01 NMH 2 5 #6 singles Sam Epstein '02 CRH 6 6 Gabriel Beauchamp '01 NMH 0 0
Coach's comments: "We won today because of two D's: doubles and depth. Success in the opening doubles matches secured some momentum for us, as well as what turned out to be the decisive point in the team scoring. And the lower half of our singles ladder nailed down the Choate victory with some savvy play against overmatched opponents. Andrew Jacobi had his chances at #1, mounting a spirited comeback from 2-5 down in the third set, but it was not to be. This NMH match wasn't a pretty win for us, but we won't refuse it!"
Date: Wednesday, 26 April 2000
Venue: Pawling, NY
Conditions: overcast, cool, drizzling
Match Format: NEITA (best of seven points: 3 doubles pro-sets followed by 6 singles matches; advantage scoring) [note: 3rd set in #6 singles match abbreviated to a tiebreak]
Individual match results:
Position Players Team Scores #1 doubles Andrew Jacobi '01 CRH 8 Jeremy Zuidema '02 Tim Bosch '01 TPS 4 Josh Sweet '01 #2 doubles James Elsworth '01 CRH 8 Stephen Fair '00 (C) Jeremy Keyde '02 TPS 3 Nau Shiiya '00 #3 doubles Sam Epstein '02 CRH 8 Stefan Patrikis '02 Ed Forder '02 TPS 0 Jed Meighan '01 #1 singles Andrew Jacobi '01 CRH 6 6 Tim Bosch '01 TPS 2 3 #2 singles Jeremy Zuidema '02 CRH 6 6 Josh Sweet '01 TPS 2 1 #3 singles James Elsworth '01 CRH 6 6 Nau Shiiya '00 TPS 1 3 #4 singles Stephen Fair '00 (C) CRH 6 6 Jeremy Keyde '02 TPS 0 1 #5 singles Sam Epstein '02 CRH 6 6 Rock Chung '00 TPS 0 1 #6 singles Manu Nathan '00 CRH 5 6 0 Jed Meighan '01 TPS 7 4 1
Coach's comments: "The Wild Boars braved the cold and damp conditions and soundly defeated League rival Trinity-Pawling. The T-P squad was less experienced than their Choate counterparts and our depth was a clear advantage in this contest. It was a good transition from Long Weekend to our next showdown against Cheshire--a team we expect to be pretty solid."
Date: Thursday, 27 April 2000
Venue: Hunt Tennis Center, CRH
Conditions: mild, cool
Match Format: NEITA (best of seven points: 3 doubles pro-sets followed by 6 singles matches; advantage scoring) [note: 3rd set in #2 singles match abbreviated to a tiebreak]
Individual match results:
Position Players Team Scores #1 doubles Stephen Fair '00 (C) CRH 9 Andrew Jacobi '01 Tyler Deming '02 CA 8 Jon Peliker '00 #2 doubles James Elsworth '01 CRH 1 Jeremy Zuidema '02 Aaron Kusza '01 CA 8 Jon Marks '00 #3 doubles Sam Epstein '02 CRH 8 Stefan Patrikis '02 Binio Binev '00 CA 0 Christian Malerba '04 #4 doubles Manu Nathan '00 CRH 8 Jeremy Van Fleet '01 Rich Garner '02 CA 1 Alex Leon '01 #1 singles Andrew Jacobi '01 CRH 1 0 Jon Peliker '00 CA 6 6 #2 singles Jeremy Zuidema '02 CRH 4 7 1 Tyler Deming '02 CA 6 5 0 #3 singles James Elsworth '01 CRH 1 3 Aaron Kusza '01 CA 6 6 #4 singles Stefan Patrikis '02 CRH 6 6 Binio Binev '00 CA 1 1 #5 singles Stephen Fair '00 (C) CRH 6 6 Jon Marks '00 CA 2 1 #6 singles Sam Epstein '02 CRH 6 6 Christian Malerba '04 CA 3 2 #7 singles Julian Baccash '02 CRH 6 6 Alex Leon '01 CA 1 3 #8 singles John Oster '03 CRH 6 6 Rich Garner '02 CA 0 0 #9 singles Mark Goldberg '03 CRH 6 6 Doug Wayne '04 CA 0 0
Coach's comments: "I had predicted that the doubles would be critical in this match-up, and that indeed proved to be the case. Kudos to our #1 team for rebounding from a 4-7 deficit in the pro-set to utterly dominate the tiebreak (winning all but one of the points played--and even that one, many spectators would claim!) and establishing momentum for the Wild Boars heading into the singles play. In the end, our depth again carried the day. Of the thirteen matches played, the Cheshire boys prevailed in only three of them, although in those their wins were decisive. Jeremy Zuidema's tenacious battling broke the visitors' lock on the top three singles matches, as he finally found his attacking form late in the second set and preserved an unbeaten streak against a childhood opponent. This was a satisfying team win against a solid Class 'A' opponent--a victory that hopefully will help us earn a berth in the New England playoffs next month."
Date: Monday, 1 May 2000
Venue: Watertown, CT
Conditions: mild
Match Format: NEITA (best of seven points: 3 doubles pro-sets followed by 6 singles matches; advantage scoring)
Individual match results:
Position Players Team Scores #1 doubles Stephen Fair '00 (C) CRH 9 Andrew Jacobi '01 Charlie Baker '00 (C) T 8 Ed Perez '00 #2 doubles James Elsworth '01 CRH 8 Jeremy Zuidema '02 Evan Jensen '00 T 4 Nick Lacaillade '02 #3 doubles Sam Epstein '02 CRH 8 Stefan Patrikis '02 Ben Bradford '02 T 3 Thomas Smythe '00 #4 doubles Manu Nathan '00 CRH 8 Jeremy Van Fleet '01 Vincent Ng '01 T 6 Devon Yawney '02 #1 singles Andrew Jacobi '01 CRH 6 6 Keith Kosow '00 T 2 0 #2 singles Jeremy Zuidema '02 CRH 6 6 Evan Jensen '00 T 3 4 #3 singles James Elsworth '01 CRH 7 7 Ed Perez '00 T 6 6 #4 singles Stefan Patrikis '02 CRH 6 6 Charlie Baker '00 (C) T 2 2 #5 singles Stephen Fair '00 (C) CRH 6 6 Ben Bradford '02 T 3 2 #6 singles Sam Epstein '02 CRH 0 0 Nick Lacaillade '02 T 6 6 #7 singles Manu Nathan '00 CRH 4 3 Mike Idy '00 T 6 6
Coach's comments: "This win was satisfying, even though it wasn't entirely pretty; we got very sloppy in places. At #1 doubles, for example, the Wild Boars squandered a 7-4 lead and seven match points before taking the pro-set in a tiebreaker. And James Elsworth had chances to close it out a bit earlier in the #3 singles match, too, before he nailed it down. And inexplicably, Sam Epstein--who hasn't lost in weeks--never even showed up for his singles match! That said, though, we performed well as a team against a solid Taft squad."
Date: Wednesday, 3 May 2000
Venue: Greenwich Academy campus, Greenwich, CT
Conditions: sunny, warm
Format: NEITA 7-point (3 doubles pro-sets followed by 6 best-of-three-sets singles matches; advantage scoring throughout; doubles collectively worth one point)
Individual match results:
Position Players Team Scores #1 doubles Stephen Fair '00 (C) CRH 4 Andrew Jacobi '01 George Turner '00 B 8 Gavin Watson '01 #2 doubles James Elsworth '01 CRH 8 Jeremy Zuidema '02 Greg DiIorio '00 B 4 Scott Richman '00 #3 doubles Sam Epstein '02 CRH 8 Stefan Patrikis '02 Breck Bailey '02 B 2 William Broadbent '02 #4 doubles Manu Nathan '00 CRH 8 Jeremy Van Fleet '01 Aaron Duffy '02 B 2 John Weir '00 #1 singles Andrew Jacobi '01 CRH 3 1 George Turner '00 B 6 6 #2 singles Jeremy Zuidema '02 CRH 4 7 3 Gavin Watson '01 B 6 5 6 #3 singles James Elsworth '01 CRH 6 6 John Weir '00 B 2 4 #4 singles Stefan Patrikis '02 CRH 6 6 William Broadbent '02 B 4 2 #5 singles Stephen Fair '00 (C) CRH 6 6 Breck Bailey '02 B 0 0 #6 singles Sam Epstein '02 CRH 6 6 Aaron Duffy '02 B 0 3 #7 singles Manu Nathan '00 CRH 8 J.J. Oceans '01 B 0
Coach's comments: "The Choate boys seem to be getting grooved in both singles and doubles at this point in the season. Even in the matches we lost today, we competed very well--fighting tenaciously throughout. Kudos to our two sixth formers--Messrs. Fair and Nathan--for not dropping a game in their singles. We are heading into a handful of tough contests ahead: Deerfield, Kent, Kingswood-Oxford, Andover, and Hotchkiss all loom in the next two weeks, and we'll need to be sharp to take our share of these matches, for each one is winnable, but each one should be challenging, too."
Date: 6 May 2000
Venue: Deerfield Academy campus, Deerfield, MA
Conditions: partly sunny, humid, warm
Format:
NEITA 7-point (3 doubles
pro-sets followed by 6 best-of-three-sets singles matches; advantage
scoring throughout; doubles collectively worth one point)
[note: third set in #6
singles abbreviated to a tiebreak]
Individual match results:
Position Players Team Scores #1 doubles Stephen Fair '00 (C) CRH 8 Andrew Jacobi '01 Stuart Brown '00 DA 6 Andrew Hubbell '01 #2 doubles James Elsworth '01 CRH 4 Jeremy Zuidema '02 Peter Carter '00 DA 8 Jason Lam '00 #3 doubles Sam Epstein '02 CRH 0 Stefan Patrikis '02 Malcolm Sheffers '00 DA 8 Doug Weeden '02 #4 doubles Manu Nathan '00 CRH 1 Jeremy Van Fleet '01 Alex LaPorte '03 DA 8 Brook Lyons '02 #1 singles Andrew Jacobi '01 CRH 2 6 Stuart Brown '00 DA 6 7 #2 singles Jeremy Zuidema '02 CRH 6 3 6 Andrew Hubbell '01 DA 1 6 2 #3 singles James Elsworth '01 CRH 2 5 Peter Carter '00 DA 6 7 #4 singles Stefan Patrikis '02 CRH 6 4 4 Jason Lam '00 DA 4 6 6 #5 singles Stephen Fair '00 (C) CRH 5 4 Malcolm Sheffers '00 DA 7 6 #6 singles Sam Epstein '02 CRH 2 6 1 Doug Weeden '02 DA 6 4 0
Coach's comments:
"This was both an exciting and frustrating
day, as each of the seven points in play was hotly contested. We knew
heading into the showdown that the singles matches all would be
competitive and that the doubles would again be a crucial swing point.
That turned out to be the case, though it worked in the Big Green's favor.
Deerfield cruised at #3 and Choate bested the #1 pair in a tighter
pro-set. The #2 doubles match progressed on serve and appeared to turn on
a long point early in the 4-5 game, when there was an egregious breach of
sportsmanship, as one of the Deerfield pair made significant and repeated
contact with the net during the point when running down a drop shot, but
the D.A. team was either unaware of the rule or blatantly disregarded its
violation and apparently had no interest in being educated on the matter.
After this point, the Wild Boars #2 players had trouble with just about
every part of their game, especially finding the service box with their
serves, and dropped the pro-set. The singles competition was very close, as predicted, and momentum swung back and forth between the two
schools repeatedly. At one point it was conceivable Choate might even be
able to sweep the singles. But after some very close sets in each match,
the odd-numbered contests started to fall the home team's way and Stefan
Patrikis saw his one-set lead slip away at #4. At #2 Jeremy Zuidema wore
down his opponent with a skillful barrage of penetrating groundstrokes and
savvy net play (though his foot movement did take a walkabout in the
second set). And in the final match of the day at #6, Sam Epstein found
his range on the forehand after spotting his counterpart the first set and
took it in a tiebreak that was played in lieu of a complete third set.
"This would have been a nice win for us today, but we'll have to hope
for a rematch opportunity in the playoffs, should both teams find
themselves meeting there. We'd certainly like another shot at this
squad!"
Date: 8 May 2000
Venue: Westminster School campus, Simsbury, CT
Conditions: partly sunny, humid, warm
Format: NEITA 7-point (3 doubles pro-sets followed by 6 best-of-three-sets singles matches; advantage scoring throughout; doubles collectively worth one point)
Individual match results:
Position Players Team Scores #1 doubles Andrew Jacobi '01 CRH 8 Jeremy Zuidema '02 Dan Briggs '01 W 4 Matt Watson '01 #2 doubles James Elsworth '01 CRH 8 Stephen Fair '00 (C) Ben Srour '00 W 4 Scott Willis '02 #3 doubles Sam Epstein '02 CRH 8 Stefan Patrikis '02 Ben Hickey '00 W 5 Tripp Wellde '02 #1 singles Andrew Jacobi '01 CRH 6 6 Matt Watson '01 W 2 2 #2 singles Jeremy Zuidema '02 CRH 6 6 Dan Briggs '01 W 2 2 #3 singles James Elsworth '01 CRH 1 7 6 Ben Srour '00 W 6 6 2 #4 singles Stephen Fair '00 (C) CRH 3 5 Scott Willis '02 W 6 7 #5 singles Sam Epstein '02 CRH 3 7 6 Tripp Wellde '02 W 6 5 1 #6 singles Manu Nathan '00 CRH 6 4 1 Ben Hickey '00 W 1 6 6
Coach's comments: "This Westminster squad--much improved since we saw them last at the Kingswood tournament--fought gamely in both the doubles and the singles, especially in the bottom part of the ladder. We had our hands full in this match in a way we hadn't expected to, but by establishing a strong presence in the doubles and posting easy wins at #1 and #2 singles, the pressure was on the Martlets to come up with some big wins. They did just that at #4 and #6 singles, but Choate prevailed in three sets at #3 and #5 after a couple of very slow starts. We've now bested half of the Founders League and will head to Kent for an important League match on Wednesday."
Date: 10 May 2000
Venue: Kent School campus, Kent, CT
doubles played on red clay "varsity" courts
#1-4 singles started on outdoor clays and moved into indoor hard courts due to
thunderstorm
#5-8 singles played entirely on indoor hard courts
Conditions: overcast, cool, light drizzle followed by heavy rain and lightning
Format: NEITA 7-point (3 doubles
pro-sets followed by 6 best-of-three-sets singles matches; advantage scoring
throughout; doubles collectively worth one point)
[note: #8 singles exhibition played as a
pro-set]
Individual match results:
Position Players Team Scores #1 doubles Stephen Fair '00 (C) CRH 6 Andrew Jacobi '01 Andreas Grupp '02 K 8 Tim Hadsel-Mares '01 #2 doubles James Elsworth '01 CRH 8 Jeremy Zuidema '02 Bill Evans '00 (C) K 6 Jamie Harrison '00 (C) #3 doubles Sam Epstein '02 CRH 8 Stefan Patrikis '02 Cooper Clark '01 K 4 Jeremy Kimball '00 #4 doubles Manu Nathan '00 CRH 8 Jeremy Van Fleet '01 Samir Chargela '00 K 5 Eduardo Sundaram-Resto '00 #1 singles Andrew Jacobi '01 CRH 2 4 Tim Hadsel-Mares '01 K 6 6 #2 singles Jeremy Zuidema '02 CRH 5 4 Bill Evans '00 (C) K 7 6 #3 singles James Elsworth '01 CRH 2 6 6 Jamie Harrison '00 (C) K 6 2 2 #4 singles Stefan Patrikis '02 CRH 6 7 Andreas Grupp '02 K 2 5 #5 singles Stephen Fair '00 (C) CRH 7 3 6 Jeremy Kimball '00 K 6 6 1 #6 singles Sam Epstein '02 CRH 4 6 6 Cooper Clark '01 K 6 0 3 #7 singles Manu Nathan '00 CRH 6 6 Phillip Vonlinsingen '00 K 3 0 #8 singles Jeremy Van Fleet '01 CRH 4 Jamie Ledbetter '00 K 8
Coach's comments:
"The Choate squad has been on the road a lot this spring, and the Kent
match was the last of four consecutive away contests for us. Happily, the Wild
Boars were 'hard-traveling heroes' today in pulling out an important team
victory. We headed into the match knowing that only Choate and Kent were
undefeated in Founders League competition this season and that by day's end,
just one team would have its unblemished record intact. Once again, success in
the doubles set the tone for the singles to follow. The top two pairs split the
pro-sets, as the Kent #1s and Choate #2s each posted tight 8-6 wins, but Choate
won the lower two doubles matches more easily and hence the doubles point.
Adjusting
to Kent's red clay was a tricky proposition, especially since the courts played
very slowly due to the light drizzle throughout the doubles and the early part
of the singles play. Our top two, Messrs. Jacobi and Zuidema, competed well but
fell to their opponents once the matches were moved indoors due to lightning.
Steve Fair and Sam Epstein both took down their counterparts in three sets at #5 and #6,
respectively, to give Choate a 3-2 lead in the team scoring. Then
to finish things off, James Elsworth and Stefan Patrikis prevailed in the heart
of the singles line-up within thirty seconds of each other, clinching the win
for the visitors. Each was probably helped by the move indoors to a faster
court: James rebounded from a set down and Stefan recovered from a 1-4 deficit
in the second set.
In our
busiest week of the season, we've acquitted ourselves very well thus far,
toughing out spirited challenges from two talented teams. We're not out of the
wood yet, as Kingswood-Oxford and Andover are just around the corner, but we
ought to be able to approach those rivals with a good bit of confidence in
hand."
Date: 12 May 2000
Venue: Hunt Tennis Center, CRH
Conditions: overcast, mild
Format: NEITA 7-point (3 doubles
pro-sets followed by 6 best-of-three-sets singles matches; advantage scoring
throughout; doubles collectively worth one point)
[note: #1 doubles and #1 and #3 singles matches were abandoned
once team result was determined]
[note: #7 singles exhibition played as a pro-set]
Individual match results:
Position Players Team Scores #1 doubles Stephen Fair '00 (C) CRH 6 Andrew Jacobi '01 David Drady '00 (C) KO 5 Jack Granato '00 (C) #2 doubles James Elsworth '01 CRH 8 Jeremy Zuidema '02 Chris Grace '01 KO 3 David Marshall '03 #3 doubles Sam Epstein '02 CRH 8 Stefan Patrikis '02 Christian Hyde '02 KO 1 Ian McMurtry '01 #1 singles Andrew Jacobi '01 CRH 5 6 Jack Granato '00 (C) KO 7 3 #2 singles Jeremy Zuidema '02 CRH 6 6 David Marshall '03 KO 2 1 #3 singles James Elsworth '01 CRH 6 5 1 David Drady '00 (C) KO 4 7 0 #4 singles Stefan Patrikis '02 CRH 6 6 Ian McMurtry '01 KO 3 3 #5 singles Stephen Fair '00 (C) CRH 6 6 Chris Grace '01 KO 4 2 #6 singles Sam Epstein '02 CRH 4 4 J.J. Kazakoff '00 KO 6 6 #7 singles Manu Nathan '00 CRH 8 Christian Hyde '02 KO 5
Coach's comments:
"The guys worked hard to make this a smoother victory than we had
anticipated. To repeat a now-common refrain, doubles set the tone for the day.
The Choate #3 pair won easily and the #2 tandem avenged its lopsided loss in the
KITT final by winning the final eight games with some stellar volleying and
returns of serve. Choate also led the #1 doubles match, up a break, when it was
called to start the singles. Comfortable wins for the Wild Boars at #2, #4, and
#5 singles enabled the coaches to stop the #1 and #3 contests as they were
heading into third sets so that both teams could keep themselves fresh for
matches tomorrow.
This
win over the Wyverns puts us in the driver's seat to win the first Founders
League title of the new millennium. League rivals Hotchkiss and Avon Old Farms
are still ahead of us the next two Wednesdays, as is non-league opponent Andover
tomorrow. Our squad seems to be firing on all cylinders now, though, and looks
finely tuned heading into a couple of matches in the next five days that--should
we prevail--could secure us one of the top seeds in the New England tournament
in a week's time."
Date: 13 May 2000
Venue: Hunt Tennis Center, CRH
Conditions: overcast, cool
Format: NEITA 7-point (3 doubles pro-sets followed by 6 best-of-three-sets singles matches; advantage scoring throughout; doubles collectively worth one point)
Individual match results:
Position Players Team Scores #1 doubles Stephen Fair '00 (C) CRH 3 Andrew Jacobi '01 Matt Dougherty '01 PA 8 Andrew Merle '00 (C) #2 doubles James Elsworth '01 CRH 4 Jeremy Zuidema '02 Ramesh Donthamsetty '01 PA 8 John Pearson '01 #3 doubles Sam Epstein '02 CRH 8 Stefan Patrikis '02 Charles Gardner '00 PA 2 Adam Sklar '01 #4 doubles Manu Nathan '00 CRH 8 Jeremy Van Fleet '01 Tyler Mixter '01 PA 4 Sam Takvorian '01 #1 singles Andrew Jacobi '01 CRH 1 Andrew Merle '00 (C) PA 0 ret. #2 singles Jeremy Zuidema '02 CRH 6 7 Matt Dougherty '01 PA 3 5 #3 singles James Elsworth '01 CRH 6 6 1 John Pearson '01 PA 4 7 6 #4 singles Stefan Patrikis '02 CRH 4 1 Ramesh Donthamsetty '01 PA 6 6 #5 singles Stephen Fair '00 (C) CRH 6 3 6 Charles Gardner '00 PA 1 6 3 #6 singles Sam Epstein '02 CRH 2 6 2 Adam Sklar '01 PA 6 2 6 #7 singles Manu Nathan '00 CRH 3 7 6 Sam Takvorian '01 PA 6 5 3 #8 singles John Oster '03 CRH 6 6 Tyler Mixter '01 PA 1 0
Coach's comments:
"This match is the proverbial 'one that got away.'
We surely had our chances to win today, but Andover escaped with the victory by
the narrowest of margins. I was most disappointed with our exceptionally poor
showings at #1 and #2 doubles, especially after such terrific play in
yesterday's doubles action. Our failure to win the doubles point added a bit of
pressure we did not need heading into singles matches that we expected to be
close.
At #1
singles, Andover's Andrew Merle turned an ankle in only the second game of the
match and was unable to continue; Choate got the point, but Andrew Jacobi was
very much looking forward to the opportunity to play out this match. At #2
Jeremy Zuidema put together some forceful tennis at just the right times to
prevail in two taut sets. And Stephen Fair, though frustrated by his dropping
the second set, won handily in the third after hitting what seemed like several
hundred overheads in the course of play. The Wild Boars dropped the remaining
three matches--all of them tension-filled contests, and two of which went the
distance in three sets.
This loss was
painful, but there are clearly some lessons to be gleaned from the experience; I
hope we can use the memory of this match as motivation heading into the final
two weeks of the season."
Date: Wednesday, 17 May 2000
Venue: Hotchkiss campus, Lakeville, CT
Conditions: mild, partly sunny
Format: NEITA 7-point (3 doubles pro-sets followed by 6 best-of-three-sets singles matches; advantage scoring throughout; doubles collectively worth one point)
Individual match results:
Position Players Team Scores #1 doubles Stephen Fair '00 (C) CRH 2 Andrew Jacobi '01 Jonathan Loveless '01 H 8 Andrew Mullens '00 (C) #2 doubles James Elsworth '01 CRH 5 Jeremy Zuidema '02 Charles Benedict '02 H 8 John Posey '00 #3 doubles Sam Epstein '02 CRH 8 Stefan Patrikis '02 Martin Brisbois '00 H 4 Brad Hathaway '00 #1 singles Andrew Jacobi '01 CRH 4 7 6 Andrew Mullens '00 (C) H 6 5 2 #2 singles Jeremy Zuidema '02 CRH 7 4 2 Jonathan Loveless '01 H 6 6 6 #3 singles James Elsworth '01 CRH 4 5 John Posey '00 H 6 7 #4 singles Stefan Patrikis '02 CRH 6 6 Charles Benedict '02 H 3 1 #5 singles Stephen Fair '00 (C) CRH 6 6 Brad Hathaway '00 H 3 0 #6 singles Sam Epstein '02 CRH 2 5 Martin Brisbois '00 H 6 5 ret.
Coach's comments:
"Brad Gilbert, former tour player and current
coach of Andre Agassi, wrote a book on tennis called 'Winning Ugly' and that
could have been the story of today's match. Even though we were favored to win
this one, we also knew the Bearcats would be pumped up to take the match from
us on their home courts if we gave them the opening. And give them an opening
we did, with some rather undistinguished doubles play at the #1 and #2
positions. Thus far this season, losing the doubles point has proved too heavy
a burden for us to overcome, but today we rallied effectively in the singles to
claim victory.
Stefan
Patrikis and captain Steve Fair posted easy wins to put us back ahead in the
team scoring tally and Choate pulled ahead 3-1 as a hard-fought #6 singles
match ended prematurely when the Hotchkiss player turned an ankle late in the
second set--a most unfortunate way for us to get that point. Things tightened a
bit when James Elsworth dropped his #3 contest in two very close sets and the
last two showdowns at #1 and #2 headed for third sets. We were far too sloppy
in these matches: in the #2 slot, Jeremy Zuidema was ahead by a set and a
break, only to fall short in the third, while teammate Andrew Jacobi squandered
a two-break lead in the first set to lose it 4-6, and gave back another break
in the second before nailing that one down and then coasting through the third
with some aggressive backcourt play to seal the win for the Wild Boars.
With only a
much-depleted Avon team ahead of us on the dual match calendar, Choate now
seems fairly likely to take sole possession of the Founders League boys' tennis
crown for the 2000 season."
Date: Sunday, 21 May 2000
Venue: Hunt Tennis Center, CRH
Conditions: overcast, damp
Format: NEITA 7-point (3 doubles pro-sets followed by 6 best-of-three-sets singles matches; advantage scoring throughout; doubles collectively worth one point)
Individual match results:
Position Players Team Scores #1 doubles Stephen Fair '00 (C) CRH 8 Andrew Jacobi '01 Mike Delaney '01 (C) M 2 Teddy Mabrey '03 #2 doubles James Elsworth '01 CRH 8 Jeremy Zuidema '02 Eric Pascavage '01 M 4 Ned Samuelson '04 #3 doubles Sam Epstein '02 CRH 4 Stefan Patrikis '02 Will McLellan '00 M 4 Todd Wood '03 #1 singles Andrew Jacobi '01 CRH 1 0 Mike Delaney '01 (C) M 6 6 #2 singles Jeremy Zuidema '02 CRH 2 0 Ned Samuelson '04 M 6 6 #3 singles James Elsworth '01 CRH 3 3 Dan Weisman '00 M 6 6 #4 singles Stefan Patrikis '02 CRH 3 6 1 Teddy Mabrey '03 M 6 2 6 #5 singles Stephen Fair '00 (C) CRH 6 6 Will McLellan '00 M 3 2 #6 singles Sam Epstein '02 CRH 6 6 Eric Pascavage '01 M 2 2
Coach's comments:
"After a day's delay due to inclement weather, we
couldn't have started this match any better: our top two pairs played some
absolutely devastating doubles to take the opening point in convincing fashion.
Once the singles was underway, it was clear that Milton would take the top two
positions and Choate the bottom two, leaving #3 and #4 as the swing matches.
After a competitive first set, James Elsworth went up two breaks early in the
second for a 3-0 lead, but lost his confidence and the remaining games,
experiencing considerable serving difficulty. In the #4 tilt, Choate suffered a
bit of hard luck, it seems, as Stefan Patrikis had injured his right leg early
in the doubles and was severely limited in his mobility against an opponent he'd
ordinarily dismiss handily. Although Stefan fought valiantly to force a third
set, the Mustangs won the match and with it the go-ahead point.
The contest
had its share of highlights in the points we won: I doubt our doubles teams
could have played any better than they did. Steve Fair beat a very solid #5
opponent comfortably, fulfilling his mid-season vow to lose no more singles
matches. And at #6, Sam Epstein appeared to have regained his confidence--which
had gone missing the last couple of weeks--in thrashing his counterpart 6-2,
6-2.
It was
disappointing to lose a 4-3 heart-breaker in the quarterfinals of this
tournament for the second year in a row, but most of our team will be back in
2001 and hopefully we'll make a better showing then!"
Date: 24 May 2000
Venue: Hunt Tennis Center, CRH
Conditions: partly sunny, warm
Format:
NEITA 7-point (3 doubles
pro-sets followed by 6 best-of-three-sets singles matches; advantage scoring
throughout; doubles collectively worth one point)
[note: in #8 singles, 3rd set played as a
tiebreak]
Individual match results:
Position Players Team Scores #1 doubles Stephen Fair '00 (C) CRH 8 Andrew Jacobi '01 Seth Brohinsky '01 AOF 2 Chris Nettune '01 #2 doubles James Elsworth '01 CRH 8 Jeremy Zuidema '02 Brandon Morrocco '01 AOF 2 John Patterson '00 #3 doubles Sam Epstein '02 CRH 8 Stefan Patrikis '02 Ruper Ghatak '02 AOF 3 John Hamilton '03 #4 doubles Manu Nathan '00 CRH 8 Jeremy Van Fleet '01 Adam Fallon '02 AOF 5 Tim Hughes '01 #1 singles Andrew Jacobi '01 CRH 6 6 Chris Nettune '01 AOF 2 1 #2 singles Jeremy Zuidema '02 CRH 6 6 Seth Brohinsky '01 AOF 4 4 #3 singles James Elsworth '01 CRH 6 1 6 Brandon Morrocco '01 AOF 1 6 2 #4 singles Stefan Patrikis '02 CRH 6 6 John Patterson '00 AOF 0 1 #5 singles Stephen Fair '00 (C) CRH 6 2 Ruper Ghatak '02 AOF 3 0 def. #6 singles Sam Epstein '02 CRH 6 6 Adam Fallon '02 AOF 0 2 #7 singles Manu Nathan '00 CRH 6 6 John Hamilton '03 AOF 3 1 #8 singles Jeremy Van Fleet '01 CRH 3 7 1 Tim Hughes '01 AOF 6 5 0
Coach's comments:
"After an unpleasant day at Avon last year, it
was nice to end the season on such an upbeat note this spring: the matches were
played largely without incident (though one of the Avon coaches pulled his #5
man for tossing a racquet across two courts) and Choate won all twelve matches
played at the varsity level (as well as all but one of the JV).
Given his recent match history, James Elsworth had a
particularly satisfying win at #3 singles, with some decisive and aggressive
play in the third set, getting a monkey off his back. And Jeremy Zuidema
prevailed impressively in a hard-fought #2 contest.
We will
finish the season with all three doubles teams playing in the New England
Invitational here at Choate this Saturday."
Date: Saturday, 27 May 2000
Venue: Hunt Tennis Center, CRH
Conditions: partly cloudy, mild
Match Format: early main draw matches are ten-game pro-sets, semifnals and finals are best-of-three-sets; consolation and 3rd-place matches are eight-game pro-sets; advantage scoring
Individual match results:
Flight Round Players Team Scores doubles First Round Stephen Fair '00 (C) CRH 10 Andrew Jacobi '01 John Hadden '00 Northfield Mt. Hermon 2 Pail Hammond '01 doubles Main Draw Quarterfinal Stephen Fair '00 (C) CRH 6 Andrew Jacobi '01 Geoff Doyle '00 Exeter 10 John Pettit '00 doubles Consolation Quarterfinal Stephen Fair '00 (C) CRH 8 Andrew Jacobi '01 Matt Dougherty '01 Andover 4 Adam Sklar '01 doubles Consolation Semifinal Stephen Fair '00 (C) CRH 8 Andrew Jacobi '01 Ramesh Donsamthetty '01 Andover 6 John Pearson '01 doubles Consolation Final Stephen Fair '00 (C) CRH 5 Andrew Jacobi '01 Murat Terzioglu '00 Northfield Mt. Hermon 8 Kazuo Yoshida '00 doubles First Round James Elsworth '01 CRH 7 Jeremy Zuidema '02 Jack Granato '00 Kingswood-Oxford 10 David Marshall '03 doubles Consolation First Round James Elsworth '01 CRH 7 Jeremy Zuidema '02 Matt Dougherty '01 Andover 9 Adam Sklar '01 doubles First Round Sam Epstein '02 CRH 7 Stefan Patrikis '02 Kevin Child '02 St. Paul's 10 Kuba Kabala '00 doubles Consolation Quarterfinal Sam Epstein '02 CRH 5 Stefan Patrikis '02 Murat Terzioglu '00 Northfield Mt. Hermon 8 Kazuo Yoshida '00
To review the complete NEPSITT draws, click here.
Coach's comments: "After a generally damp and dour May, we finally had a spectacular day for tennis. Some late withdrawals from the doubles field enabled Choate to enter all three doubles pairs in the draw. Our play in the tournament was typical of our season: spectacular in places, but occasionally sloppy, too. This event is intended to be a fun day of tennis, however, and it proved to be just that for all involved. Once again, the Hunt Tennis Center proved to be a terrific venue in which to stage such a tournament."
Date: 25 May through 2 June 2000
Venue: Hunt Tennis Center, CRH
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