Tigers thrash Panthers
by: Boys Tennis Contributor
The Boys’ Tennis Team traveled to the South Hills for a late season tune-up and a potential WPIAL semifinal preview as they took down the Upper St. Clair Panthers, 4-1 on Thursday afternoon.
The 1st doubles team of senior Nick Scheuring and junior Adhav Ramadas are making a habit of getting the Tigers on the board first as they trounced their Panther foes, 6-1, 6-2. The always reliable 1st singles player and sophomore sensation, Advaita Sircar quickly followed up by dominating USC’s Ari Plutko, 6-1, 6-1. Sircar, despite always going against the toughest competition from the other team, remained undefeated in dual-match play. The clinching point came at 2nddoubles as sophomores Shivum Telang and Ronit Ginde got off to a strong start, before eventually, and thankfully, silencing the USC tandem, 6-1, 6-4.
At 3rd singles, senior Sri Thirumala, playing in isolation in the bubble, made the lead 4-0. Thirumala rattled off his fifth straight singles win as he settles into his new position. Unfortunately, the potential sweep fell just short as junior Evan Kaufman fell at 2nd singles, 6-3, 6-3.
In today’s outing, there was no “Man of the Match”, but rather “Men of the Match” as the honors go to the entire varsity team as they worked together, as one, to attain a big victory against a potential playoff opponent.
North Allegheny improves to 12-1 overall. Upper St. Clair falls to 10-2. Up next, the Tigers returns south as they head to Peters Township on Friday for one final playoff primer before beginning the Team Championships on Monday as the #1 overall seed. Match time on Friday is 3:30 p.m.
The Tigers will host Baldwin in the first round of the playoffs on Monday at the NASH courts, also at 3:30 p.m.
Boys Tennis Summary at Upper St. Clair, 4-24-25
| MATCH SUMMARY | NORTH ALLEGHENY 4 - UPPER ST. CLAIR 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| SINGLES | ||
| #1 | Advaita Sircar (NA) def. Ari Plutko (USC) | 6-1, 6-1 |
| #2 | Shawn Khurana (USC) def. Evan Kaufman (NA) | 6-3, 6-3 |
| #3 | Sri Thirumala (NA) def. Sid Weissert (USC) | 6-1, 6-4 |
| DOUBLES | ||
| #1 | Adhav Ramadas/Nick Scheuring (NA) def. Saajin Laffin/Ben Seewald (USC) | 6-1, 6-2 |
| #2 | Ronit Ginde/Shivum Telang (NA) def. Anderson Ploeger/Michael Barrie (USC) | 6-1, 6-4 |
