Knights bounce Townies from boys' tennis playoffs

PCD ends East Providence's season

Eastbayri.com staff
Posted 5/27/16

EAST PROVIDENCE — A sweep of doubles, including the match-winning point from the third spot, propelled the Providence Country Day School squad past East Providence High School, 4-1, in the opening …

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Knights bounce Townies from boys' tennis playoffs

PCD ends East Providence's season

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EAST PROVIDENCE — A sweep of doubles, including the match-winning point from the third spot, propelled the Providence Country Day School squad past East Providence High School, 4-1, in the opening round of the Division III boys' tennis playoffs Friday afternoon, May 27, at the KendBrin Swim & Tennis Club in city.

The third-seeded Knights improved to 11-3 on the season and advanced to the semifinals the following morning opposite the winner of the St. Raphael-West Warwick quarterfinal. For the sixth-seeded Townies, their spring came to an end with a 9-5 record in league matches.

PCD's No. 3 pairing of Oliver Craig and Levi Potter finished off a whitewash of doubles for the Knights and the Townies as well with their 6-1, 6-0 victory E.P.'s Nate Correia and Jacob Melo.

Previously, the PCD tandems of Matt Boghossian-Gabriel Zelaya-Rincon and Briggs Craig-Barry McCoy beat the EPHS teams of Thor Silva-Kyle Desmaris and Dylan Tashdijian-James Conti by the scores of 6-4, 6-4 and ,6-2, 6-0, respectively.

Likewise, Max Press recorded a 1-and-1 win for the Knights at the No. 4 singles position over the Townies' Slade Sharma. East Providence's lone point in the match came from Aaron Amaral, who defeated PCD's Max Liebhauser 2-and-1 at second singles. Ongoing matches at the first and third singles spots ended as soon as the Knights earned the fourth point to secure the overall victory.

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