Boys' Tennis News

by: Boys Tennis Contributor

The NA Boys’ Tennis team opened up the PIAA playoffs with a 4-0 blanking of Dallastown at nearby Shaler. While the Wildcats had to travel halfway across the state, the Tigers had what was essentially a home match and quickly made the most of the advantage.

The all-junior team of Ronit Ginde and Siddarth Yerram jumped all over their second doubles adversaries to stake the Tigers to the lead, 6-1, 6-0. The complete domination earned the pair Men of the Match honors. Junior captain Advaita Sircar doubled the lead with an equally impressive performance at first singles, 6-0, 6-0. With victory nearly assured, everyone wondered who would get the clinching point. Senior captain Evan Kaufman, who narrowly missed a chance to clinch the WPIAL Championship, would not make the same mistake twice. He finished off his Wildcat foe at third singles 6-2, 6-1 to guarantee the victory.

Junior Ashwin Sudhakar finished moments later to balloon the lead to four with a 6-1, 6-3 trouncing at second singles. Dallastown then waved the white flag. With first doubles still competing, the Wildcats wanted no more of the talented Tigers and decided to start the bus. Senior captain Adhav Ramadas and senior Matthew Kampi were on their way to making a comeback before the match was called, 2-6, 4-4.

Next up, the Tigers travel to Hershey to take on Central Bucks East in the Elite Eight of the PIAA Championships. Match time is set for Friday at 12:30 PM.

 

Match Summary

05/12/26

North Allegheny 4  Dallastown 0

Singles
#1  Advaita Sircar (NA) def. James Anderson (DT) 6-0, 6-0
#2  Ashwin Sudhakar (NA) def. Nirvan Joshi (DT) 6-1, 6-3
#3  Evan Kaufman (NA) def. Ryan LoPiccolo (DT) 6-2, 6-1

 

Doubles
#1  Adhav Ramadas/Matthew Kampi (NA) vs. Nathaniel Erickson/Holden Depew (DT) 2-6, 4-4 DNF
#2  Ronit Ginde/Siddarth Yerram (NA) def. Blajian Miller/Steven Coulson (DT) 6-1, 6-0