March 8, 2016
RECORD: 2-1-0 WACC, 4-2-1 OVERALL
TOURNAMENT MVP: Graham WIlliams/Camron Castro – Our Senior doubles team went 3-0 including a pair of 3 set wins. They showed nerves of steel as TWO team matches came down to their court. In the second match v Milpitas, Williams/Castro were down 0-6 and 5-9 in the tiebreaker before roaring back to win the final 6 points and the match. Amazing tennis from our two team captains.
TOURNAMENT SUMMARY: O’Dowd won the first match 6-0 vs Immanuel from the Central Valley. Last year we had a tougher time with this school and O’Dowd’s preparation and attitude had a lot to do with this shutout. Our second match was with Milpitas – a team we had tied two years ago. Working around their amazing #1 player Dillon Lam, the Dragons put emphasis on doubles – sweeping all three contests. Nick Riani capped the victory with a victory at #3 singles for a 4-2 win. The final match pitted O’Dowd vs San Luis Obispo for the division title. It was an extremely even battle with four tiebreakers and average match time lasting two hours. Noah Linde pulled out #2 singles in a TB, as did Williams/Castro (#2 dubs) and Jayasuriya/Forth (#3 dubs) . SLO captured #3 singles in a TB, but also won #1 singles and doubles in straight sets. This gave the Tigers a 9-7 set edge to break the 3-3 match deadlock for the title.
All-in-all a great tournament for the Dragons – match experience for our young squad. Lots of fun was had by all even though Saturday was rained out.
BOD MEN’S TENNIS MATCH SCORECARD Opponent: IMMANUEL HIGH SCHOOL FRESNO TOURNAMENT Date: 3/4/16 Time: 8:30 am VARSITY # BISHOP O’DOWD W IMMANUEL TIME MATCH SCORE 1 Ian Thomas vs. Joel Reimer 6-1, 6-2
2 Noah Linde vs. Christian Gomez 6-1, 6-1
3 Nick Riani vs. Daniel McCracken 6-2, 6-3
1D Aaron Hicks vs. Travis Bakker 6-0, 4-6, 10-7 1D Grant Craney Cody King
2D Graham Williams vs. Colby Panison 6-4, 6-3 2D Camron Castro Wyatt King
3D Aidan Forth vs. Keoki Kalempono 6-0, 6-2 3D Michael Jayasuriya Kealona Kalempono
6 TOTAL VARSITY WINS 0 TOTAL VARSITY WINS
Opponent: MILPITAS FRESNO TOURNAMENT Date: 3/4/16 Time: 11:30 am VARSITY # BISHOP O’DOWD MILPITAS TIME MATCH SCORE 1 Noah Linde vs. Dillon Lam 44 0-6, 1-6
2 Grant Craney vs. Paul Le 57 3-6, 2-6
3 Nick Riani vs. Timmy Plean 62 6-3, 6-4
1D Aaron Hicks vs. Kenneth Cheau 54 6-1, 6-4 1D Ian Thomas Ryan Nguyen
2D Graham Williams vs. Cyrus Chen 87 6-7 (4), 6-3, 11-9 2D Camron Castro Jarrett Romasu
3D TJ Hicks vs. Jackie Tran 64 7-6 (0), 6-2 3D Michael Jayasuriya Jhasper Santino
4 TOTAL VARSITY WINS 2 TOTAL VARSITY WINS
Opponent: SAN LUIS OBISPO FRESNO TOURNAMENT Date: 3/4/16 Time: 2:30 pm VARSITY # BISHOP O’DOWD SAN LUIS OBISPO TIME MATCH SCORE 1 Ian Thomas vs. Zach Hilty 135 2-6, 4-6
2 Noah Linde vs. James Raj 129 6-2, 1-6, 10-4
3 Nick Riani vs. Jake Alltucker 131 3-6, 6-4, 3-10
1D Aaron Hicks vs. Kavi Frexaldenhauer 121 4-6, 4-6 1D Ian Thomas Alex Hasley
2D Graham Williams vs. Cole Westwood 116 6-0, 3-6, 10-6 2D Camron Castro Sam Johnson
3D Aidan Forth vs. Kannan Frexaldenhauer 108 6-1, 2-6, 10-5 3D Michael Jayasuriya Gus Billings
3 TOTAL VARSITY WINS 3 TOTAL VARSITY WINS SLO WINS SETS 9-7
JUNIOR VARSITY RECORD: 1-3-1 OVERALL
TOURNAMENT MVP: Nick Vollintine – Senior JV player went 3-0 for the tournament. His experience paid off as he won with three different partners at #2 doubles.
TOURNAMENT SUMMARY: O’Dowd JV players got some valuable match experience in Fresno. Having won D8 last year, the JV moved up to D7 even though there were only a few returning players. D7 proved to be tough, as many schools fielded only one squad and we faced essentially their Varsity players. El Capitan (Merced) and Valley High (Elk Grove) both had amazing singles players and defeated our JV 4-2 and 5-1 respectively. The Dragons were able to eek out victories in doubles, and enough wins to overcome Delano 3-3 (54-53 games). For our first-year players this tournament is very informative to let them know the sort of commitment and focus they will need to become good players!
Lots of fun was had by all even though Saturday was rained out.
BOD MEN’S TENNIS MATCH SCORECARD Opponent: EL CAPITAN HIGH SCHOOL FRESNO TOURNAMENT Date: 3/4/16 Time: 8:30 am JUNIOR VARSITY # BISHOP O’DOWD EL CAPITAN HIGH TIME MATCH SCORE 1 Amit Nagdev vs. Lee Yang 1-6, 1-6
2 Bryce Suzuki vs. Gen Chang 0-6, 1-6
3 Nic Chan vs. Olive Calos 0-6, 1-6
1D Brandon Pang vs. Brennan Garcia 2-6, 4-6 1D Brandon Choy Joseph Vance
2D Nick Vollintine vs. Calvin Hu 6-1, 6-4 2D Tristan Mortarotti Ethan Silvera
3D Salvatore Beeby vs. Jesse Alvarez 6-4, 6-3 3D Orion Aljarrah Jesus Rodriguez
2 TOTAL JV WINS 4 TOTAL JV WINS
Opponent: DELANO HIGH FRESNO TOURNAMENT Date: 3/4/16 Time: 1:00 pm JUNIOR VARSITY # BISHOP O’DOWD DELANO HIGH TIME MATCH SCORE 1 Amit Nagdev vs. Nayib Rivera 52 1-6, 1-6
2 Bryce Suzuki vs. Oliver Ignacio 117 4-6, 6-4, 11-9
3 Salvatore Beeby vs. Andrew Vasquez 114 4-6, 6-2, 7-10
1D Brandon Pang vs. Mendoza 61 6-2, 6-2 1D Brandon Choy Alejo
2D Nick Vollintine vs. Cacal 63 6-4, 6-1 2D Nic Chan Marin
3D Irvin James vs. Flores 73 2-6, 5-7 3D Shawn Schulz Miranda
3 TOTAL JV WINS 3 TOTAL JV WINS O’DOWD WINS 54-53 GAMES
Opponent: VALLEY HIGH FRESNO TOURNAMENT Date: 3/4/16 Time: 4:00 pm JUNIOR VARSITY # BISHOP O’DOWD VALLEY HIGH TIME MATCH SCORE 1 Bryce Suzuki vs. Thu Vu 54 0-6, 1-6
2 Tristan Mortarotti vs. Chia Vang 51 0-6, 0-6
3 Orion Aljarrah vs. Sam Mora 58 1-6, 2-6
1D Brandon Pang vs. Jeramiah Holt 62 1-6, 3-6 1D Brandon Choy Toni Xi
2D Nick Vollintine vs. Su Long Lee 67 6-3, 3-4 ret 2D Amit Nagdev Gordon Thao
3D Ivan Fong vs. Steven Vang 67 4-6, 1-5 ret 3D Josh Yost David Cruz
1 TOTAL JV WINS 5 TOTAL JV WINS