For the first time in three years, New York City has a new girls’ team tennis champion. The Wolverines of Bronx Science denied Beacon a fourth-straight PSAL championship on Thursday afternoon, defeating the three-time defending champions 3-2 at Cunningham Park. In a matchup between the top two teams in the city all season long, it…
The Engineers of Brooklyn Tech upset Cardozo in the PSAL quarterfinals on Monday afternoon, downing the Lady Judges 3-2 to move into the “A” Division final four in New York City. As she has done all year, sophomore Nicole Semenov helped lead the way for Brooklyn Tech. She defeated Katherine Kachkarov of Cardozo 10-3 at…
The Brooklyn Tech Engineers moved into the quarterfinals of the “A” Division of the PSAL playoffs on Thursday afternoon, defeating 14th-seeded James Madison 4-1 at Fort Greene Park in Brooklyn, N.Y. Sophomore Nicole Semenov continued her outstanding play this season, remaining undefeated in singles action with a 10-0 win over Madison’s Rosa Aksanov. Chelsea Williams…
The first round of the PSAL team playoffs got underway in New York City on Wednesday, and ninth-seeded McKee/Staten Island Tech led the way in the “A” Division, downing the 16 seed, Eleanor Roosevelt, 5-0 to reach the second round. Top singles player Anastasiya Malinouskaya led the way for the Seagulls, moving past Kathryn Choodnovskiy…
With poor weather conditions, there was a small slate of matches in New York City on Wednesday afternoon, but two of the city’s top girls highs school teams brought their undefeated records to the courts, as Beacon and Bronx Science met at Roosevelt Island Racquet Club. And for the third straight year, Bronx Science got…
The Tottenville Pirates moved to 6-0 on the season, edging McKee/Staten Island Tech 3-2 on Tuesday afternoon to remain atop the League A4 standings. The Seagulls of McKee/Staten Island Tech won both the first and second singles flights to make this one a very interesting contest. At first singles, Anastasiya Malinouskaya defeated Karina Karazhbey 10-0,…
The New York City girls high school tennis season got underway on Saturday afternoon, as the Bronx Science Wolverines played two matches at Lehman College to kick off the 2015 season. The Wolverines did not disappoint, coming through with two victories, beating both the High School for American Studies and Eleanor Roosevelt 5-0. The Wolverines…
Last spring, the Beacon Lady Demons once again reigned supreme as the best team in New York City. The Demons topped McKee Staten Island Tech 3-2 in an excellent city championship. Not only did Beacon win the team championship, a pair of Beacon players, Alexus Gill & Michelle Khaimov, won the Doubles Championship at the…
When she was eight-years-old, Sabrina Xiong decided to go with her older sister to the Arthur Ashe Kids Day at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. Xiong, like any little sister, just went because her older sibling was going. But while there, a young Xiong developed a love for tennis that has taken…
Webster Schroeder Junior Matt Gamble won his second consecutive singles title at the 2015 NYSPHSAA/NYSFSSAA Boys Tennis Championships on Saturday at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center defeating Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK's Yuval Solomon 6-3, 6-1. "I think I played my best match of the tournament today," said Gamble. "I felt like this one…