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2016 OHSAA Boys
Tennis State Tournament
May 27 & 28, 2016
Lindner Family Tennis Center
5460 Courseview Drive
Mason, Ohio 45040
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State Tournament Brackets:
Friday
Coaches Meeting - 8:00
a.m., Friday, May 27, 2016 in
the Interview Room, 3rd Floor of the Lindner Family Tennis
Stadium located at 5460 Courseview Drive, Mason, OH 45040.
Thursday Practice Availability
- The Lindner
Family Tennis Center
courts will be available for practice all day Thursday.
First come, first served until 7pm.
Times and Format:
On Friday, all singles
matches start at 9 a.m. followed by Dll Doubles followed by Dl doubles.
Indoor Facilities in Case of Inclement Weather on
Friday:
Five Seasons Family Sports Club, 11790
Snider Rd., Cincinnati 45249
Click here for directions
Queen City Racquet Club, 11275
Chester Rd., Cincinnati 45246
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Camargo Racquet Club, 8215
Camargo Rd., Cincinnati 45243
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The Club at Harper's Point, 8675
E. Kemper Rd., Cincinnati 45249
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Indoor Facility in Case of Inclement Weather on
Saturday:
Five Seasons Family Sports Club, 11790
Snider Rd., Cincinnati 45249
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Lindner Family Tennis Center Facility Map
2016 Boys Tennis State Tournament Recap
Division I
Massillon Jackson senior Joey Thomas became the 31st two-time state
singles champion after defeating Chagrin Fall Kenston senior Nico Mostardi
in straight sets (6-3, 6-4) in the Division I singles state championship at
the Lindner Family Tennis Center Saturday. Upon reaching the semifinals,
Thomas defeated Cincinnati St. Xavier senior Andrew Niehaus in three sets
(6-2, 3-6, 6-2) to advance to the championship match. Thomas� victory marks
Massillon Jackson�s third overall boys tennis state singles title. Massillon
Jackson senior Jake Zalenski nearly made it an all-Jackson final, but
dropped his semifinal match against Mostardi 3-6, 2-6 to earn a spot in the
consolation match. Zalenski went on to defeat Niehaus in three sets (3-6,
6-3, 6-2) and claim third place.
In Doubles, Copley�s senior duo of Gavin Aten and Gustavo Garcia won their
school�s first boys state tennis championship after defeating Cincinnati
Sycamore junior Noah Stern and senior Alex Taylor 7-6 (7-4), 3-6, 6-3. 2016
marked a rematch between the two schools as Sycamore�s Taylor and Nakul
Narendran defeated Copley�s Aten and Carlos Martinez in the 2015 Division I
state doubles final. Copley�s Aten and Garcia defeated Niraj Komatineni and
Sean Reid of Mason 4-6, 6-1, 6-2 to advance to finals, while Stern and
Taylor defeated New Albany freshman pair Robert Cash and Joel Jose 6-3, 6-1
in the other semifinal. Cash and Jose went on to defeat Mason�s Komatineni
and Reid 6-1, 6-4 in the consolation match.
Division II
Cincinnati Country Day junior Kevin Yu defeated Columbus Wellington
School sophomore Connor Biernat in straight sets (6-2, 6-3) en route to
another OHSAA boys tennis state title for Yu. As a freshman in 2014, Yu and
partner Patrick Wildman won the Division II doubles title. Yu�s singles
title marks Country Day�s seventh boys tennis state singles title. In the
semifinals, Yu defeated 2015 singles runner-up and 2013 Division II doubles
champion Jacob Wareti of Gahanna Columbus Academy in three sets (5-7, 6-2,
6-2) to earn a berth into the championship match. In the other semifinal
match, Biernat defeated Hamilton Badin junior Noah Connaughton 6-2, 4-6, 6-1
to advance to the final. Wareti went on to defeat Biernat in straight sets
(6-1, 6-3) to earn a third OHSAA boys tennis state tournament medal.
Cincinnati Country Day made it a first-place sweep in Division II tennis as
Country Day�s Vishaal Nalagatla (junior) and Shashank Reddy (freshman)
defeated Gahanna Columbus Academy senior Hirsh Hede and junior Austin
Lawrence 7-6 (8-6), 7-6 (7-0) to earn Country Day�s third-straight state
doubles title and sixth overall. Country Day�s victories in both singles and
doubles marks the 20th time a school has won both singles and doubles titles
in the same year. Nalagatla and Reddy defeated Toledo Ottawa Hills junior
Tyler Gargas and senior Ryan Simon in the semifinals to advance to the
finals for the third consecutive year. Hede and Lawrence defeated Cincinnati
Summit Country Day�s senior pair of Jared Hochwalt and Calvin Spanbauer 6-2,
6-3 in the other semifinal. The victory marked Columbus Academy third
appearance in the semifinals in the last four years. Gargas and Simon went
on to claim third place after defeating Hochwalt and Spanbauer 6-4, 6-0,
marking the second-straight third place doubles finish for Gargas.
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