Tigers fall to Unionville in PIAA Quarterfinals
by: Boys Tennis Contributor
North Allegheny’s season came to an abrupt end on Friday afternoon at Hershey Racquet Club as they were tripped up by Unionville, 3-2 in the PIAA Quarterfinals.
The Longhorns got on the board first with a win at 1st doubles. After doubling their lead with a win at 3rd singles, it looked like the Longhorns were going to run away with the match. However, the Tigers had other plans.
After getting off to an unusually slow start at 1st singles by dropping set number one, 6-1, sophomore sensation Advaita Sircar came roaring back to take the second and third sets by identical scores of 6-3. The win trimmed the Unionville lead in half. Junior Evan Kaufman battled through an intense match at 2nd singles to even the match score, 2-2, with a 6-3, 4-6, 7-5 victory.
All eyes then turned to 2nd doubles where the match would be decided. Sophomores Shivum Telang and Ronit Ginde shook off some early nerves and a first set loss to claim the second set. This set up a winner-take-all third set. With hundreds of spectators cheering raucously from the stands, Unionville raced to a 5-3 lead, and it looked as if all hope was lost. But these Tigers don’t go away quietly. As day turned into night, the tandem rallied by winning three consecutive games to go up 6-5. Unfortunately, they ran out of luck in the decisive tiebreaker and fell, 7-4 to end the over three-hour marathon match. The pairs’ valiant effort earned them “Men of the Match” honors.
The team’s successful 2025 campaign concluded with a final record of 16-3. There is still some work left to be done for Sircar. The Tigers’ ace will travel back to Hershey next weekend to compete in the PIAA Singles Championships on May 23 and 24.
Boys Tennis Summary vs. Unionville, 5-16-25
| MATCH SUMMARY | UNIONVILLE 3 - NORTH ALLEGHENY 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| SINGLES | ||
| #1 | Advaita Sircar (NA) def. Matt Miller (U) | 1-6, 6-3, 6-3 |
| #2 | Evan Kaufman (NA) def. Andrew Ou (U) | 6-3, 4-6, 7-5 |
| #3 | Andy Ye (U) def. Sri Thirumala (NA) | 6-2, 6-4 |
| DOUBLES | ||
| #1 | Tucker Carroll/Luke Tierney (U) def. Adhav Ramadas/Nick Scheuring (NA) | 6-1, 6-0 |
| #2 | Max Ye/Brendon Yu (U) def. Ronit Ginde/Shivum Telang (NA) | 7-5, 4-6, 7-6 (4) |
