Rams Extend Tennis Streak to 10-0

The Clarkstown North Rams extended their winning streak to 10-0 on Wednesday, winning all but one of their matches over North Rockland. 

The number one, undefeated Rams were favored over North Rockland, whose record they brought to 4-5.  The two teams competed under highly windy conditions, which added difficulty to controlling the ball.  Despite this added challenge, the boys played matches of tough, competitive tennis.

In singles, Jonathan Paterkatsi swept North Rockland's captain Ryan Mulqueen.  Grant Germano had a dominant 6-0, 6-1 performance over North Rockland's Sean Zerroulias.  Clarkstown's North Bart Czarnik played a tough match against his opponent Patrick Diederich.  Czarnik barely lost the first set in a 7-5 victory for Diederich, who won the second set 6-2.  This was North Rockland's only victory for the day and a tough loss for Czarnik, who was coming off an excellent performance the previous day.

For doubles, Clarkstown North's Jon Zucker and Jeremy Charitin displayed a dominant performance against Ahsan Hussain and Jeff Saunders in a 6-0, 6-1 victory.  Spencer Pilavin and Theo Nastase beat Chris Margiotta and Zach Senter in a closer 6-4, 6-1 victory.  Matt Danziger and Jared Kash played a tough match against James Howard and Danny Sanchez.  Their first set they succeeded in a hard fought 6-4 win over North Rockland.  The second set however, Howard and Sanchez fought back for a 6-4 victory over them.  Danziger and Kash rallied on the next round, coming up with a 6-3 victory to win the match.  Finally, Josh Raines and Neil Ramaswamy played an exciting match against North Rockland's Ryan Brondolo and Danny Gillies.  They won it in two with a hard fought 6-1, 6-4 victory.

Overall, Clarkstown North came out with a strong and talented effort to extend their winning season.  According to Coach Schwartz, "We didn't play the best tennis, we got the job done but are capable of playing a lot better than we did today."