Townsend Harris Shuts Out Francis Lewis To Begin Season
Townsend Harris won its season opening match on Wednesday afternoon, sweeping all give flights to notch a 5-0 win over its Queens foe Francis Lewis.
The Hawks were led by Maxim Prohorov, who began his senior campaign with a 10-5 win over Jeremy Breland in the first singles spot. Aleksa Pljakic edged Waley Chen 10-8 in second singles while Justin Chen defeated Ervin Wong 10-4 in the third singles match.
"It was encouraging that our players struggled through a bit of adversity but still pulled out a sweep in our first match," said Townsend Harris head coach Jeff Menaker. "We hadn't been on the courts in two weeks due to the melting snow. I think everybody had had enough of conditioning drills indoors. A couple of our singles guys found themselves down a break or struggling early. They know to always change a losing game, so they made the strategic adjustments needed to win. I thought Justin Chen in particular made a nice early adjustment at third singles and really controlled his from that that point."
Nine-time defending champions Beacon opened up its season with a 5-0 triumph over Eleanor Roosevelt.
Below are the rest of the scores from New York City on Wednesday afternoon via PSAL:
â–ºBronx Science 5, Stuyvesant 0
â–ºHS Environmental Studies 5, Frederick Douglass Academy 0
â–ºHS American Studies 5, Hunter 0
â–ºFDR 5, Lincoln 0
â–ºLeon Goldstein 3, Midwood 2
â–ºJames Madison 4, New Utrecht 1
â–ºAviation Career & Technical 4, Maspeth 0
â–ºRichmond Hill 4, Newcomers 1
â–ºCurtis 4, Petrides 1
â–ºPort Richmond 4, CSIHS/McCown 1
