The last three high school seasons on Long Island have been dominated by one team … Cold Spring Harbor, winners of three straight Long Island High School Boys Tennis Championships. With nearly their entire team intact again this season and seven ranked USTA junior players, Cold Spring Harbor is the favorite to take home the title again in 2011. The question…
On Nov. 18, the Suffolk County Girls Tennis Coaches Association held its Third Annual Awards Banquet at Villa Lombardi in Holbrook, N.Y., recognizing the accomplishments of teams, coaches and individual girls tennis players from the 2010 girls high school tennis season. All-League, All-County and All-Division Awards were handed out in addition to the League Coach…
2010 Long Island Championship Long Island Champion–Syosset Long Island Championship Match Syosset 6—Half Hollow Hills West 1 2010 Nassau County Girls High School Standings Conference I Conference I Champion: Syosset Playoffs Semifinals Syosset 5–Jericho 2 Garden City 4–Roslyn 3 Finals Syosset…
Most high school-aged kids who are thinking about playing college tennis have heard about the hyped college video. Who needs it? What should be on it? When should they be sent? These are always amongst the first questions people ask me when I meet with them. Hopefully, this article can clarify some of the information….
On Sept. 2, 2010, The City Parks Foundation hosted a clinic in Central Park for 40 of the best eight-12-year-old girls, in the east. Steffi Graf and Billie Jean King were the stars in attendance and they were wonderful, helping the players for over three hours. I had the opportunity to address the girls on…
The 2010 New York State High School Girls Tennis Championships took place this past weekend, Nov. 6-8 at the Eastside Racquet Club in Manlius, N.Y. Girls from both Nassau and Suffolk Counties were on hand, joining forces at the event proudly representing Long Island and leaving a strong impact in the process. In singles play,…
It was a repeat of last year’s Long Island Girls High School Tennis final, as the Syosset Girls Varsity Tennis team defeated Half Hollow Hills West by a count of 6-1 on Nov. 2. It was a dominating performance by the Lady Braves, as all four singles, and first and third doubles, won their matches…
On Oct. 12, the Massapequa High School Girls Varsity tennis team dedicated its home match against Carey/Sewanhaka to breast cancer awareness. The team wore pink and played the match with specially produced pink tennis balls, with proceeds going to breast cancer research. This was one of a series of home matches that Massapequa teams (Boys and…
The finals of the Girls Suffolk County Tennis Championships pitted Half Hollow Hills West against Half Hollow Hills East. These were the top two seeds, as both teams finished 9-1 in league play (Conference I). They had split their two regular season meetings. With the Championship on the line and the rivalry that already exists…
Nadia Smergut (Ross School) defeated Samantha Elgort (Hills East) 6-4, 7-6(7-2) to win the Singles Championship of the Suffolk County Individual Championships played at Smithtown East High School. Smergut, who was beaten by Elgort in last year’s County Semis, avenged that defeat in winning the title. Both Smergut and Elgort will now advance to the…