Hamilton's Jericho Gueverra has a qualifying match with Trenton's Archie Askie in the Mercer County Tournament first singles flight (Photo by John Blaine/purchase photos from bgsportshots.com).
Apr. 23 Tennis
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First singles player Chris White won 6-0 6-0 and set the pace for the rest of his team as Nottingham rolled to its first victory since opening day on Wednesday (Photo by John Blaine/purchase photos at bgsportshots.com).
Singles and doubles dominant as Nottingham gains win
            Apr. 21: Granted, beating Trenton in tennis isn’t as exciting as say, beating the Tornadoes on the basketball court.
            But when a team has lost seven straight and hasn’t won since opening day, any win is a welcome one.
            Nottingham’s tennis team got one today, taking a 4-0 win over Trenton at Veterans Park to improve to 2-7. It was the Northstars first win since defeating Hamilton opening day.
            The singles players dominated the day, as Chris White, Naseer Khan and Jaber Chaudry all won by 6-0, 6-0 scores.
            Actually, first doubles Kyle Breckenridge and Shane Johnston were just as dominating as they won by the same scores. There was no match at second doubles.
Holsman wins at first singles but Steinert falls to ND
            Apr. 19: Steinert’s Nick Holsman continued his strong senior season, taking a win at first singles 6-0, 6-1 today over Notre Dame’s Dylan White.
            Unfortunately for the Spartans, Holsman was the lone winner as Irish took a 4-1 victory. The second doubles team of Tyler Schwartz played a hard-fought match before falling, 6-4, 5-7, 6-4.  


Derek Shearer was one of two Spartans to win 6-0, 6-0 matches Wednesday as Steinert took a 5-0 win over Ewing (John Blaine/purchase photos from bgsportshots.com).
Apr. 14 Tennis Round-Up
Holsman, Shearer help spark Steinert to win over Ewing

Gutsy three-set wins spark Spartans win over Redbirds
            Apr. 9: Coming off a close loss to Robbinsville Thursday, Steinert rebounded for its second win of the season, a 4-1 decision over Allentown today.
            Steinert had to battle for the win, as two of its victories went to three sets. At second singles, Derek Shearer beat Anthony Graci, 6-4, 4-6, 7-5 in a tense battle. At first doubles, Joseph Watson and Kishan Shah topped Matt Morini and Justin Shaffer, 2-6, 6-4, 6-1.
            At first singles, Nick Holsman won in straight sets, while John Zim-Tyler Schwartz did likewise at second doubles. Steinert moved to 2-3 with the win.

Doubles succes can't lift Steinert past Robbinsville 
            Apr. 8: Four players were on the winning side but Steinert still fell, 3-2, to Robbinsville today.
            The Spartans doubles teams of Joseph-Watson-Kishan Shah and John Zim-Tyler Schwartz each won their matches. But Steinert was swept by Robbinsville’s upgraded singles team as the Spartans fell to 1-3.
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           Nottingham fell victim to the West Windsor-Plainsboro South buzzsaw, losing 5-0.  

Apr. 7 Tennis Round-Up

Steinert's Kishan Shah was part of a first doubles team, along with Joseph Watson, that won easily in the Spartans victory over Trenton on Apr. 7 (Photo by Ken Weingartner).
Steinert sweeps past Trenton to earn first victory 
             Apr. 7: The Steinert tennis team earned its first victory of the year with a 5-0 win over Trenton today, raising the Spartans record to 1-2.
             Nick Holsman won at first singles, as did Derek Shearer at second and Jeff Moore at third. Shearer did not lose a set, while Holsman and Moore lost just one apiece.
            In doubles, Kishan Shah-Joseph Watson and Tyler Schwartz-Dan Kanoc were both victories.
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       First singles Chris White took a 7-5, 6-2 win over Chadha Balkirat, but it was Nottingham's only win in a 4-1 setback to Lawrence.
        Jaber Chaudry played a storng match at third singles for the Northstars (1-2), losing 6-7, 6-3, 6-2 to Adam Cohen. 
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         Hamilton also had one winner in a 4-1 loss to Allentown, as Fahad Ali won a three-set decision at third singles. Ali topped Anthony Graci, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4. The Hornets fell to 1-2.

Hornets roll to 5-0 win over Tornadoes
         Apr. 5: The Hamilton West tennis team went from 5-0 losers to 5-0 winners as it swept past Trenton today.
        Jerico Guevarra won at first singles, 6-3, 6-0, while Kiril Lebedev and Fahad Ali did not drop a game in winning at second and third singles.=
         In doubles, Nick D’Giovachhino-Mila Nandy won at first while Evan Morris-Noah-Rusnak won at second.
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            In other action, Nottingham fell to West Windsor-Plainsboro North, 5-0, while Steinert fell to Hightstown by the same count. The Northstars fell to 1-1 while Steinert dropped to 0-2.


Hamilton's Evan Morris returns a shot while teammate Noah Rusnack looks on during the duo's doubles match with Nottingham at Veterans Park Apr. 1 (Photo by Ken Weingartner). 
Northstars come out smoking in season opener
                Apr. 1: The Nottingham tennis team opened its season in impressive fashion, rolling to a 5-0 victory over Hamilton at Veterans Park today.
            Chris White, Naseer Khan and Jaber Chaudry won in straight sets at first, second and third singles. At doubles, Basharat Chaudry-Pawel Klos won at first doubles, while Kyle Breckenridge-Shane Johnston prevailed at second doubles.
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            Steinert faced a formidable foe in the season opener, and dropped a 5-0 decision to Hopewell at Veterans Park.

BOYS PREVIEW
STEINERT
            Coach:  Todd Jacobs, 8^th season
            Last year: 10-8, qualified for states for 8^th straight season.
            Home matches: Veterans Park
            Captains: Nick Holsman, Steve Shaw.
            Returning lettermen: Derek Shearer (So., singles), Nick Holsman (Sr., 1^st singles), Steve Shaw (Sr., singles).  
            Top Newcomers: Joseph Watson (So., doubles), Kishan Shah (Jr., doubles), Tyler Schwartz (Jr., doubles); John Zim (Fr., doubles), Jeff Moore (Sr., doubles), Christian Yi (Fr., doubles), Ajon Brodie (Sr., doubles); Dan Kanoc (Jr., doubles), Jakob Lenhardt (Jr., doubles), Scott Gandy (Jr., doubles), Nicholas Mastalesz (So., doubles), Brent Tuccillo (Fr., doubles), Chris Stull (So., doubles).
            Jacobs says: I’m looking forward to our season. Four of the top seven players graduated so there are plenty of positions for players to challenge for. We are a little inexperienced (Holsman is the exception), however, the players have been working hard at our practices and hopefully that will enable us to be competitive against other teams in the county.
(Previews for Nottingham and Hamilton will be posted when information is received)

Nottingham tennis beats Hornets 
        Oct. 20:  Nottingham beat Hamilton West, 5-0, the second meeting of the year between the two township rivals.
        Stephanie Hicks, Cathryn Andreanidis and Melanie Hunter were singles winners, while Alyssa Lopez-Laurissa Guillaume and Valerie Gapco-Crystal Garnett were doubles winners. HIcks, and Gapco-Garnett each won in straight sets.
Second doubles hangs tough for 'Stars
          Oct. 2: Nottingham dropped a tough one to Hightstown today, falling to 2-7 while the Rams moved to 5-4.
            "Our second doubles team of Valerie Gapco and Stephanie Tosado again played well, going three sets (6-4, 4-6, 4-6)," coach Joe Schwartz said. 
 Northstars play Princeton tough
       Oct. 1:  Playing one of the top teams in the Colonial Valley Conference, Nottingham fell to Princeton 5-0 today. But coach Jon Schwartz was inspired by two of his young players.
       "Valerie Gapco is a freshman and Stephanie Tosado is a sophomore and they each got three games on them," Schwartz noted.
Nottingham tops Redbirds
     Sept. 30: Nottingham earned its second win of the season with a 5-0 win over Allentown today. Captains Stephanie Hicks and Melanie Hunter, the team's lone seniors, led with way with wins at first and third singles.  Also winning were second singles player Cathryn Andreanidis, along with the doubles tandems of Alyssa Lopez-Laurisa Guillaume and Valerie Gapco-Stephanie Tosado.

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