Clarkstown North Sweeps Pearl River, 7-0

Clarkstown North swept Pearl River in their tennis match Tuesday afternoon.

While they only needed four wins in this out-of-league match, they succeeded in a decisive victory, winning the day 7-0.  Though surely a feat to be proud of, such an outcome was not entirely unanticipated. 

Clarkstown North participates in a league with a much higher level of competition than that of Pearl River.  Since the two schools are in two different leagues, this match did not have a bearing on their standings.  Rather it provided the athletes  the opportunity to practice and enjoy themselves while competing in a more formal setting.  Despite this mismatch, both teams played hard and skillful matches.

In singles, Bart Czarnik beat Jared Schlosser, 6-0, in the first and second sets.  Grant Germano accomplished the same is his match against Rajat Rao, as did Jon Patarkatsi over his opponent, Kevin Malley.  For doubles, Matt Danziger and Jared Kash beat Neil Francis and Brendan Mcintyre of Pearl River, 6-1 in the first and 6-0 in the second set, thus winning the match.  John Zucker and Neil Ramaswamy swept Pearl Rivers James Fabio and Matt Greco in a 6-1, 6-0 match.  Griffin Gold and Jake Bickel of Clarkstown North defeated Brendan Rogers and Evan O'brien in a slightly closer 6-1, 6-1 match.

Finally, the only true battle of the day was fought between Josh Raines and Apurva Parikh of Clarkstown North and Jeremy Rosen and Sam Berry of Pearl River.  The first set was won by Raines and Parikh, 6-1.  However, on the second set Pearl River was able to give them some trouble, winning 6-1.  By the third set, they were the stars of the show, as both side's teammates, who had already finished their matches, stood cheering them on.  Raines and Parikh came back strong this set, winning the match with a final 6-1 set.

Clarkstown North goes on to play at home today.  They are looking to extend a stellar 8 -0 winning streak this season.