He stepped his game up.”Ĭherry Creek, which secured its 35th team title Friday, won five championship matches Saturday and finished with 72 points. 2 singles title as a freshman and was second last year at No. I think he was a little nervous,” said MacMaster, who won the state No. He also had 12 consecutive aces to finish his season 26-0. MacMaster won the first four games - breaking serve twice. The junior from Rocky Mountain combined his serves with a solid net game for a 6-2, 6-4 victory over Loveland’s Alex Clinkenbeard. 1 singles title at the Class 5A state tournament. Hu cruised to a 6-1, 6-4 win, and Yeung and Haughey each won in three sets.Digital Replica Edition Home Page Close MenuĬonsidering Casey MacMaster’s serve has been clocked at 130 mph, it’s no wonder he used it for 31 first-serve points Saturday en route to the No. Beltrame, Steinroeder, and Ball each won in straight sets. At the top, Chaudhuri outlasted the Tribe’s Aaron Chaffee, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4. In singles, the Crimson had players win in all seven flights. “Casey MacMaster played the role of doubles tutor this weekend, pairing with Steinroeder, Beltrame, and Haughey.” “I was glad to see Christo Schultz back in action coming off a shoulder injury most of the fall,” Harvard coach Dave Fish ’72 said. The only blemish on Harvard’s record was Schultz and Haughey’s 8-5 loss. Chaudhuri and Ball also won, 8-6, in third doubles. On court 2, MacMaster and Beltrame took an 8-6 win, and MacMaster and Steinroeder cruised, 8-1. In first flight doubles, Hu and Yeung easily took down two different William and Mary duos. The team started off the tournament right on Friday by going 5-1 in doubles and 7-0 in singles. But Steinroeder and Ball lost in third and fourth singles, respectively, and Beltrame lost his only match of the weekend, 1-6, 6-2, 6-3. Chaudhuri beat Penn State’s Mike Reilly in Flight 2 singles, 6-4, 6-4. Harvard picked up three wins in lower-flight action, with Yeung, Hu, and Haughey all prevailing. In singles, the Crimson notched a 4-3 record. In second-flight action, Ball and Schultz lost, 8-6, to a Tribe team, but Schultz and Beltrame pulled out an 8-5 win over a Nittany Lion duo. In another first-flight match, MacMaster, playing with Steinroeder, lost in a tiebreak. In the first flight, MacMaster and Beltrame won, 8-6, and Yeung and Hu notched their second win of the weekend by the same score. On Saturday, Harvard had some success in both singles and doubles. Freshman Andrew Ball and Schultz won in straight sets, and Steinroeder and Haughey both took three-set wins to cap the Crimson’s unbeaten day. Classmate Yeung blanked William and Mary’s Damon Niquet, 6-0, 6-0. In singles, Beltrame finished up his strong weekend with a 6-4, 6-5 win over Hoogland. Junior Christo Schultz and Beltrame won, 8-3, in flight 2, and co-captain Casey MacMaster and sophomore Conor Haughey came out on top in the third flight, 8-5. In flight 1, Hu and Yeung took down the hosts, John Banks and Ben Hoogland, 8-6, to close out their undefeated weekend. On Sunday, the Crimson closed the tournament strong by going undefeated in both singles and doubles. The invitational was divided into seven singles flights and three doubles flights. The tournament featured players from the Tribe, Penn State, and Monarchs. This weekend, Harvard showed that it has high hopes for matching, and surpassing last season’s heights. So far this fall, the Crimson has had to deal with the loss of graduated Andy Nguyen ’13 while incorporating three new freshmen into the lineup as it gears up for a run at a third straight Ancient Eight crown. The tournament marked the team’s last action until January, when it will host a spring season warm-up event. Nicky and Brian did a great job in doubles going undefeated against some good doubles teams.” “We did very well against William and Mary and Old Dominion, not losing any singles matches…. “Overall, it was a great tournament to wrap up the fall season,” junior Alex Steinroeder said. Junior Shaun Chaudhuri and freshman Sebastian Beltrame earned singles honors, while the duo of sophomore Nicky Hu and freshman Brian Yeung earned accolades for doubles. The Harvard men’s tennis team closed its fall season on a high note this weekend, placing two singles players and a doubles team on the all-tournament team at the Tribe Invitational, which was hosted by William and Mary in Virginia.
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