Boy's Tennis

May 6th, 2022

Santa Rosa, CA - Junior Gideon Amanuel and Senior Kiki Bhansali competed in the North Coast Section Division 2 Individual Tennis Tournament on Friday.  The reigning TCAL Team Champions each won their first round matches: Gideon cruising 6-1, 6-1 and Kiki grinding out a 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 victory.  After that, both Panthers faced the eventual 1st and 2nd place finishers from Head Royce.  Both players made history by winning their 1st round matches. Congratulations to both Gideon and Kiki!

 

Next up for the Panthers is a North Coast Section Division 2 playoff match-up against Bishop O'Dowd on Tuesday, May 10th.  The Panthers enter the match as the #8 seed; O'Dowd is ranked 9th.  The match begins at 3:30 pm at Merritt College. 

 

April 12th, 2022

San Leandro, CA -  The Boys Tennis Team traveled to San Leandro on Monday and handed the host Pirates a 5-2 loss.  Both singles and doubles played extremely well,  according to head coach Elliott Nguyen.  With the win, the Panthers ran their season record to a respectable 6-5.  The Panthers play Berkeley High School on Thursday at Hearst Gym Courts in Berkeley.  First match begins at 3:30 pm. 

Oakland, CA -  The Boy's Tennis Team defeated the Bishop O'Dowd Dragons by a score of 4-3 yesterday at Merritt College. Seniors Simon Moss and Vitorio Mexas commanded at #1 doubles - 7-5, 6-2. Junior Gideon Amanuel played really well at # 2 singles, winning 6-2, 6-1... while freshman Nathan Joffe played a gritty match and pulled out a 3rd set, 10-8, victory.  Senior Kiki Bhansali, playing at #1 singles, clinched the match with his nail-biting 3rd set decider.  Playing a back and forth match, Kiki eventually eeked out a narrow 12-10 individual win... propelling the Panther team to victory.

Head Coach Elliott Nguyen had this to say after the match: "We had a tough day yesterday against El Cerrito so it was nice to play again right away. Then, to win against a team like O'Dowd was especially sweet.  Today was a good day for Panther tennis."

El Cerrito, CA - The Boy's Tennis Team lost to El Cerrito by a score of 1-6 yesterday. Congratulations to senior Riley Wong and freshman Colin Kiess for their victory at #2 doubles. Although the victory went to the Gauchos, "everyone continued to battle" according to coach Elliott Nguyen.   Playing at #4 singles, junior Theo Schreiber-Cohn - as well as #1 singles senior Kiki Bhansali, didn't win their matches but "fought hard to force a deciding third set" to make the overall match highly competitive.

 

Next up for the Panthers is a non-league match against Bishop O'Dowd on Wednesday, March 23rd at Merritt College in Oakland at 3:30 pm.

Vallejo, CA - The Boy's Tennis team, coming off a heart-breaking 4-3 defeat at the hands of Albany on Monday afternoon, rebounded with a dominant 7-0 win against St. Patrick-St. Vincent (SPSV) on Tuesday. SPSV had only had 7 players and had to forfeit #4 singles and #3 doubles, giving the Panthers an early 2-0 advantage. From there, dominate play at both singles and doubles propelled the team to an easy 7-0 win.  Freshman Nathan Joffe played a particularly close match at #3 singles, starting the match strong, hitting with heavy topspin and pushing his opponent back. After winning the first set 7-5, "Nathan's confidence seemed to grow", according to coach Nguyen, as he closed out the second set 6-2.