Sports Wrap: LHS Tennis Plays for Crown Thursday

TENNIS

Kevin Sun and Spencer Luster won at second doubles and Matt Wolff and Jesse Bloom took the point at first doubles to spur top-seeded Livingston to a 5-0 victory over fourth-seeded Millburn yesterday at the NJSIAA Tournament of Champions at Inman Sports Club in Edison.

Livingston (35-0) will take on third-seeded Delbarton (28-2) in the final Thursday at 3 p.m. at Mercer County Park. It could win its first overall title since 1977.

In Livingston’s four previous victories against Millburn (23-8), it lost at the doubles positions twice each. Yesterday, Wolff and Bloom clinched the team victory with a 6-1, 6-2 win and Luster and Sun put the Lancers up 4-0 with a 6-1, 6-4 triumph.

Second-singles player Brandon Goldstein won 6-0, 6-1 to give Livingston a 1-0 lead. Thomas Caputo followed with a 6-1, 6-1 victory at first singles for a 1-0 advantage.

Varun Dyapa gutted out a 6-3, 2-6, 6-1 victory to take the point at third singles.

 VOLLEYBALL

Sophomore Kyle Rulka had 14 kills and Steven Birnbaum chipped in 33 assists to lead Livingston, the third seed, to a 2-1 victory over second-seeded Bayonne in the semifinals of the North Jersey, Section 2 playoffs on Wednesday.

The Lancers will meet top-seeded St. Peter’s Prep, the four-time and defending North Jersey champion, in the final on Friday at 4:30 p.m. in Jersey City. Livingston, which seeks its first sectional crown, has yet to meet St. Peter’s this spring.

Against Bayonne, Livingston dropped the first game, 25-21, before winning the second, 25-23, and the third, 25-9.

 BASEBALL

The Lancer baseball team dropped a 4-1 decision to Union City in the semifinal of the North Jersey, Section 1, Group 4 tournament at Roosevelt Stadium in Union City on Tuesday.

Livingston (19-8) led 1-0 after the first round but surrendered a run in the second, two in the fourth and one run in the sixth.