Men's Tennis Takes State Championship
Chapel Hill, N.C. - The Men's Tennis team captured their second state championship, first 2A, with a 5-4 win Saturday over Brevard. The teams split singles to run the match score to 3-3 headed into doubles. NCSSM took a victory at #3 doubles while Brevard won at #2 forcing the #1 doubles team to decide the State Championship. All eyes were then on Depei Yu and Daniel Lee at #1 doubles, who were down 7-6 and stormed back to win four straight games and secure the championship for the Unicorns.
NC School of Science & Math def. Brevard 5-4
Singles
#1 - Joseph Schrader (Brevard) def Depei Yu (NCSSM) 6-2, 6-3
#2 - Liam Baer (Brevard) def Daniel Lee (NCSSM) 6-7 (5-7), 6-1, 10-6
#3 - Cameron Wilson (Brevard) def. Nick Kuzma (NCSSM) 6-2, 6-3
#4 - Tejas Dalvi (NCSSM) def. Charles Kang (Brevard) 6-1, 6-4
#5 - Ashvin Warrier (NCSSM) def. Cullen Duval (Brevard) 6-3, 6-3
#6 - Vishal Naik (NCSSM) def. Aiden Spradlin (Brevard) 6-2, 6-2
Doubles
#1 - Depei Yu & Daniel Lee (NCSSM) def. Joseph Schrader & Charles Kang (Brevard) 10-7
#2 - Liam Baer & Cameron Wilson (Brevard) def. Nick Kuzma & Tejas Dalvi (NCSSM) 10-2
#3 - Ashvin Warrier & Vishal Naik (NCSSM) def. Cullen Duval & Aiden Spradlin (Brevard) 10-2