Livingston’s boys’ varsity tennis team defeated Caldwell, 5-0, in a regular season match on Tuesday, April 11. This was the varsity debut of Dylan Tovitz, Nick Alvais, Alan Hu, and Eshan Shah, who won the doubles in straight sets.
Montclair Kimberley defeated Livingston, 3-2, on Friday, April 14, by sweeping the singles versus Lancers Dhruv Anantaraman, Arjun Bansal, and Jared Melamed. Jake Hershkin and Atiksh Kotikalapudi won first doubles, 5-7,6-2,7-6 (108). HoldenBaris andJacob Goldstein also won third set tiebreak matches at second doubles, 4-6, 7-5, 10-7.
Livingston lost to Ridge 3-2, but won both doubles during the Bryan Bennett Memorial Tournament on Saturday, April 15. They also defeated Holmdel, 4-1, in the consolation match. At the Essex County Tournament on Tuesday, April 18, the Lancers defeated Verona, 5-0, during the first round before losing to fourth-seed Montclair, 4-1.
The Lancers lost to Millburn in a Super Essex Conference match, 5-0, on Saturday, April 22. Jake Hershkin and Atiksh Kotikalapudi played first doubles and Jake Goldstein and freshman Julian Turovitz were at second doubles. This was Julian Turovitz’s varsity debut.
Livingston defeated West Orange, 3-2, on Monday, April 24. In the singles, Livingston’s Dhruv Anantaraman defeated Brandon Chen, 6-1, 6-0; West Orange’s Jayden Davie defeated Jake Einzig, 7-5, 1-6, 7-6 (10-8); and West Orange’s Abdel Hamouda defeated Jared Melamed, 7-6(11-9), 6-0.
In two doubles, Livingston won. Jake Hershkin and Atikshk Kotikalapudi defeated Nikhil Prasad and Oliver Tisdale 6-0, 6-1. Nick Alvais and Dylan Tovitz defeated Brady Mailman and Logan Marcus, 6-0, 6-1.
