Tess Heagy
Staff Writer
Mira Costa boys tennis beat Chadwick, in a non-league match on Tuesday Mar. 12, during a home match, by defeating Chadwick in all of the nine doubles sets and three singles sets. According to senior, Ethan Han the team was able to stay motivated throughout the match because of team manager, Laszlo Solnicki’s motivational speech.
“I feel like ou motivational speech from Laszlo Solnicki really got everyone hyped and ready to play and I think he should be recognized for it.” says Han.
During the singles matches Tim Dzhurinskiy led the Mustangs, winning two sets, both ending with a final score of 6-2. Kelly Gies also helped contribute to Costa’s victory, winning one singles set, with an ending score of 7-5.
“Tim Dzhurinskiy was the best player and is a very elite player and probably the best high school tennis player I have ever seen.” Says senior, Nick Darrow.
Costa continued to dominate Chadwick throughout the sets of doubles. The duo of Nick Darrow and Matthew Poh won three sets, keeping a steady lead through each set. The final scores of each of the sets were 6-2, 6-1, and 6-0.
“Costa breezed through the match.” says senior, Matthew Poh.
As the team progressed through doubles, they continued to dominate with Tanner Chen and Kyle Chen defeating Chadwick in an additional three sets. They defeated the Dolphins 6-0 in tow of the sets and 6-3 in the third. Laszlo Solnicki and Noah Gonalons also won three sets in doubles, the final scores being 6-2, 6-0 and 6-0.
“We made sure we didn’t play down to their level and played our game.” Says Darrow.
Mira Costa, with a record of 9-0, will be playing Beverly Hills High School in a home game on Wednesday, Mar. 13 and plans to come out with another victory.
“We plan on keeping up the good work to stay undefeated.” says Poh.
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