Reagan Tennis Downs Vista Ridge in 1st Round of Playoffs

October 18, 2017

October 17, 2017 – Reagan varsity tennis downed Vista Ridge High School at Bi-Districts 10-1.  It was a great start to playoffs for coach David Daniel.  After securing his 5th straight District Championship, he has his players focused on working their way through playoffs.

The match started with doubles and mixed doubles with Reagan winning 6 out of the 7 matches.  First off the court was JP Gonzalez and Felipe Morales who won their match at #2 boys doubles 6-0, 6-0.  Bailey Godwin and Kyndall Quiroz came off the courts first for the girls at #1 doubles with a 6-2, 6-0 win.  The tightest match of the day was at mixed doubles with Jeffrey Xia and Apeksha Peeris who lost a nail-biter to Amrit Fonseka and Emily Shay 6-2, 2-6, 12-10.  With a 6-1 lead heading into singles, Reagan only needed 4 wins out of 12 singles matches to advance to Area.  At #1 boys singles, Eber Rodriguez was in a battle with Jacob Tolbert and lost the first set 4-6 before the playoff match was ended.  Senior Diego Hayen, Sophomore Jeffrey Xia, Junior Orren Shachaf and Junior Ruchi Sehgal all won their singles matches in under an hour to secure the win for Reagan High School.

 

NEXT UP

Reagan will play O’Connor High School in the 2nd round of playoffs at Area.  The match will be played at Northside Tennis Center in Helotes, TX Thursday, October 19 at 1pm.  Please come and cheer on your Reagan Rattlers!!!

 

FINAL RESULTS

Doubles Competition

GIRLS

  1. Bailey Godwin/Kyndall Quiroz (R) def. K. Janak/M. Stout (V) – 6-2, 6-0
  2. Ruchi Sehgal/Orren Shachaf (R) def. T. Nguyen/D. Bodden (V) – 6-2, 6-1
  3. Jessica Hamdan/Nishika Peeris (R) def. J. Taleki/J. Mitschke (V) – 6-3, 6-2

BOYS

  1. Eber Rodriguez/Diego Hayen (R) def. J. Tolbert/E. Nall (V) – 6-3, 6-1
  2. JP Gonzalez/Felipe Morales (R) def. B. Lilly/C. Reid (V) – 6-0, 6-0
  3. Matthew Fein/Andre Hamdan (R) def. P. Han/I. Smit (V) – 6-3, 6-4

MIXED

  1. A. Fonseka/E. Shay (V) def. Jeffrey Xia/Apeksha Peeris (R) – 6-2, 2-6, 12-10

Singles Competition

GIRLS

  1. Kyndall Quiroz (R) lead Kristin Janak (V) 6-1, 5-1 unfinished
  2. Bailey Godwin (R) lead Madison Stout (V) 6-1, 5-2 unfinished
  3. Orren Shachaf (R) def. Emily Shay (V) – 6-1, 6-1
  4. Ruchi Sehgal (R) def. Drew Bodden (V) – 6-1, 6-1
  5. Jessica Hamdan (R) vs Trina Nguyen (V) – did not start
  6. Apeksha Peeris (R) vs Ashley Mack (V) – did not start

BOYS

  1. Jacob Tolbert (V) lead Eber Rodriguez (R) – 6-4 unfinished
  2. Diego Hayen (R) def. Benjamin Lilly (V) – 6-0, 6-3
  3. JP Gonzalez (R) lead Ethan Nall (V) – 7-5 unfinished
  4. Jeffrey Xia (R) def. Cole Reid (V) – 6-1, 6-3
  5. Felipe Morales (R) vs Amrit Fonseka (V) – did not start
  6. Matthew Fein (R) vs Paul Han (V) – did not start

FINAL SCORE – Reagan – 10           Vista Ridge – 1