Yesterday was a big day Nassau County Conference I Boys High School Tennis action as in Conference I-B, Roslyn cruised to a 6-1 victory over Friends Academy. Roslyn was led by Michael Liebman, who defeated Friends’ Bhavin Vaid in first singles in three tough sets 5-7, 6-2, 6-3. Roslyn’s Jack Lindenman defeated David Binler in second singles 7-6 (7-2) 7-5 to lead the charge as Roslyn moves to 3-1 on the season. Friends Academy drops to .500 with the loss and now sit at 2-2 on the year. Roslyn gets a bit of a break now and is off until Wednesday, April 23 when they host the Jericho Jayhawks at 4:30 p.m. Friends Academy gets right back into the swing of things Friday when they visit those same Jayhawks of Jericho at 4:30 p.m.
Also in Conference I-B, the Syosset Braves remained perfect on the year, moving to 5-0 in a 7-0 win over host Locust Valley. In first singles, Syosset’s Daniel Shleimovich defeated Dylan Appel 6-4, 6-2 to lead the Braves. The Braves look to maintain their perfect record tomorrow when they host the 2-2 Manhasset team at Syosset High School at 4:30 p.m., while Locust Valley looks for their first win of the year at home when they host a 2-1 Great Neck North squad at 4:30 p.m.
In Conference I-A, Plainview JFK earned their second win of the year when they defeated Valley Stream Central 5-2. Evan Lander of Plainview defeated Jordan Benett in straight sets 6-3, 6-3, as Plainview took all of the doubles matches to secure the win. Plainview is now on a break and will resume play Wednesday, April 23 at 4:15 p.m. when they visit Great Neck South. With the loss, Valley Stream Central dropped to 0-3 on the year and look for their first win Friday as they host Hewlett at 4:30 p.m.
Speaking of Hewlett, on Wednesday, they took their first loss of the season in Conference I-A, standing at 3-1 in their 5-2 loss to 5-0 Port Washington. Ben Rosen defeated Brando Reimer at first singles to help propel Port Washington their still perfect record, as Port hosts Cold Spring Harbor Friday at 4:30 p.m.
In Nassau Conference III-A action, Carle Place rolled to its third consecutive win and a 4-1 record on the season, defeating East Meadow 7-0 without dropping a set Wednesday. In a tough third-singles match, East Meadow's Jason Alterman took the second set to a tie-breaker, but Carle Place's Andy Li prevailed in the end. Up next for Carle Place is a Friday, April 11 trip to Oyster Bay for a 4:30 p.m. match, while 1-3 East Meadow looks to rebound as they host MacArthur at 4:30 p.m.
Also in Conference III-A, undefeated Mepham (3-0) defeated Glen Cove (3-3) 5-2, and the Hicksville Comets (3-2) defended its home court in defeating MacArthur (2-2) 5-2.
In other action, Bellmore JFK defeated Long Beach 6-1 in Conference III-B, and in Conference IV-A, Plainedge knocked off New Hyde Park as first singles player Zach Chang beat Zack Imperial in the deciding match, 6-1, 6-2.
