On Wednesday, May 1, the boys tennis team defeated Sacred Heart Cathedral Prep 11-7 to advance to the second round of CCS. Junior Isaac Wang won two sets, senior Rahul Joshi won one set, and freshman Jonathon Liu won two sets to bring Aragon five points in singles matches. The rest of the points came from the doubles teams. Leading the way was number one doubles sophomore Matthew Fowler and freshman Landers Ngirchemat, who won all three of their sets.
During PALs, four singles players and three doubles teams would play a best of three set match against the other team, and each win would count as a point. The first team to four would win.
However, in CCS, in order to prevent stacking, there were only three singles players instead of four and three doubles teams. Also, it was changed to a round robin-based scoring system. The top three singles played one set against each of the opponent’s singles players, with the doubles teams doing the same. Each set counted as a point towards the winning team, and the first team to 10 won the match.
Aragon’s CCS run came to a halt on May 3. After beating Sacred Heart Cathedral Prep 11-7 in the first round, the Dons were faced with the tough challenge of playing the number one seed and heavy favorite to win CCS, Menlo School. Although the Dons battled hard, they ended up losing 16-2 to a very prestigious school.
This loss marked the end of a very successful season. The Dons placed third in the Bay Division with a record of 11-3. The Dons then defeated Burlingame and Carlmont during the PAL Playoffs and were crowned PAL tournament champions. Aragon’s number one singles player junior Devon Hughes was named a member of the All-League first team, while number two singles Wang, number three singles Joshi, and number one doubles senior Quentin Bellon were named to PAL’s All-League second team.
