East Greenwich – The East Greenwich Boys tennis team has not lost time by making its adversaries of division I know means business.
Hunting the trophies is something that the Avengers have used and after being hit from D-II to Di, it seems that they will be after another this spring. The accommodation of perennial power The room, for example, used its experience to build an advance and the double n ° 3 team of Arya Gaind and Kevin Hayes made sure that the attempt to return from the Rams did not succeed in victory 4-3 on Wednesday.
The Avengers were finalists in the D-II in 2023 and won the title Last spring before the realignment did not push them to Di this season. Teams of other sports who have made a similar jump can find ways to face, but rarely spawning in the foreground of the title Talk the way East Greenwich has two games in the season.
For example, opened the season against two contenders for the titleBut had little trouble sending Hendricken, 6-1, during his opening match of the season on Tuesday. A great victory, but the room was another test that the Avengers had to pass.
Wednesday’s star match was the battle at No. 1 between Andrew Smith in the Salle-twice semi-finalist All-Stater and Simple-and for example the first year Tate Coker-Dodman.
But while two of the best in Rhode Island exchanged a huge shot after a huge shot, the Avengers quietly showed their greatest strength.
The Rams won the first point with the 6-1, 6-1 victory by Joe Cavanagh against Henry Seeley in Simple No. 2, but quickly transformed things.
N ° 3 Aristo Liu equalized the match with its 7-5 victory, 6-3 against Max Wallace, which was quickly followed by the Double 1 team from Duncan Kling and Ravi Vishnu beating Callum Bixby and Gavin Brit, 6-4, 6-3.
David Levy-The hero of the title D-II match last year-went with the third point, closing Yash Choudhary in a marathon of a 6-1 match, 6-2 to give EG an advance of 3-1.
The victory seemed inevitable, in particular with the double n ° 2 team of Aanand Arora and Aaron Garrian on a set on Ryan Gallogly and Noah Gauthier, and Coker-Dodman in the evening with Smith to force a third set.
The room had other ideas, while Gauthier and Gallogly returned to withdraw a victory of 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 and Smith equalized the scoring with a 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 victory against the first year in what could be a glimpse of the semi-final (or finals) of the state later this season.
Gaind and Hayes made sure that the drama stopped there. The duo played the solid from start to finish, released a 6-2, 6-2 victory, and gave East Greenwich what would be his first victory in the room in more than 40 years.
The rams fell to 0-2 this season, after his opening defeat of the season against the reigning champion of state Barrington on Monday. The room will look for his first victory of the season Friday when he goes to play Hendricken.
After two games in two days – as well as a bump at the top of the list of state title favorites – East Greenwich will have a week to train before playing again. The next Avengers match is scheduled for April 9 when they welcome Lincoln.
