Martlets Defeat Pelicans

Playing our final match of the season, the seniors went out and knew that this was the last time they would be playing at home. Playing a full ladder (1-16) with varsity, we started with the even numbers from the overall ladder, which were the odd numbers for our JV match. Mark Yang ‘26 was particularly efficient in a quick 6,2,5 victory at #3. At #1, David Suit ‘24 dropped his first game 9-11, but rebounded and quickly won his next 3 games 4,4,2. At #5, Robert Yalda ‘24 had a very long match. After taking the first game 11-5, he dropped the next two games. He was not feeling his best, but fought hard to ultimately pull out a 5 game win. At #7, Daniel Edwards ‘24 played a long first two games which were split 11-8 decisions. The third game seemed to go on forever, and Edwards ultimately dropped that game 11-13. The Loomis player took that momentum and went on to a 11-4 win in the fourth game. Henry Naylor ‘25 took his first two games at the #2 spot. After breaking a string on his racket and taking some time to adjust to the new racket, he dropped the next two and found himself in the deciding fifth game. He was able to make some crucial adjustments and show that he was the better player all match, and took the final game in a competitive 11-8 decision. Ryan Sohn ‘27, who was last to get on court due to the length of Daniel’s match, won quickly and efficiently 5,6 and 3. He played great squash in that match. Phil Zhang ‘24, playing at #4, dropped the first game 9-11 before taking the next two 11-7. The fourth was another competitive one, with Zhang making a couple of costly unforced errors to drop another 9-11 contest. He rebounded and played steady and smart in the final game, taking it 11-4. Steven Xie ‘26, Charlie Raymond ‘24, and Connor Scollans ‘26 all played well in routine 3 game victories at the exhibition slots. All the boys enjoyed cookies, brownies and gatorade after the match, and the seniors took home some bags of candy to thank them for their dedication to the sport. We travel to Taft next Wednesday for our final match of the season.