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BOYS TENNIS TEAM ENDS SOUTH KINGSTOWN'S REIGN
The La Salle Boys Tennis team did something Thursday that no team had done in 14 years; they defeated South Kingstown in the playoffs. The Rams defeated the Rebels 4-2 at Slater Park to advance to the RIIL State Championship match. South Kingstown had won the last 14 RIIL State Championships. Led by singles wins by Marco Amendola, Andrew Dunn, and Jonathan Boyarsky, and the doubles win by Curtis Dyer and William Norton-Bliss, the Rams are back in the championship finals.
The La Salle Boys Tennis team did something Thursday that no team had done in 14 years; they defeated South Kingstown in the playoffs. The Rams defeated the Rebels 4-2 at Slater Park to advance to the RIIL State Championship match. South Kingstown had won the last 14 RIIL State Championships. Led by singles wins by Marco Amendola, Andrew Dunn, and Jonathan Boyarsky, and the doubles win by Curtis Dyer and William Norton-Bliss, the Rams are back in the championship finals.
Boyarsky scored La Salle's first point with a 6-2, 6-3 victory. Dyer and Norton-Bliss won a hard fought three-set match 3-6, 6-2, 6-3. Dunn also won a tight three-set match 7-5, 2-6, 6-4.
In any sport, scoring the final point, or getting the final out, to win is a difficult thing to do. Amendola was in a third set, as was the doubles team of Nimindu Ambalangodage and Christopher Stabile. Amendola sealed the deal first with a 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 win to send the Rams into a frenzy, and into the finals.
Coach Joe Testa's team will go for the first RIIL State Championship for La Salle in Boys Tennis since 1977, on Monday at 2:00 pm, at Slater Park.
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Boyarsky scored La Salle's first point with a 6-2, 6-3 victory. Dyer and Norton-Bliss won a hard fought three-set match 3-6, 6-2, 6-3. Dunn also won a tight three-set match 7-5, 2-6, 6-4.
In any sport, scoring the final point, or getting the final out, to win is a difficult thing to do. Amendola was in a third set, as was the doubles team of Nimindu Ambalangodage and Christopher Stabile. Amendola sealed the deal first with a 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 win to send the Rams into a frenzy, and into the finals.
Coach Joe Testa's team will go for the first RIIL State Championship for La Salle in Boys Tennis since 1977, on Monday at 2:00 pm, at Slater Park.
La Salle Academy is a high school rich in history and grounded in the person and teachings of Jesus and the Catholic faith, which are core to the school's life and culture. The De La Salle Middle School provides a strong holistic foundation for students to transition into high school. The high school and middle school provide students of diverse ethnic, economic, and religious backgrounds, a community to foster growth in the tradition of St. John Baptist de La Salle’s ideals of faith, service, and community.
