This was a busy week for the Hornets. After taking on St. Francis on Monday, the Hornets beat a tough Leyden squad 7-0 on Tuesday. On senior night, the Hornets took on IMSA, who has seen a resurgence in the past few years. With prom falling over the weekend, the Hornets were a bit short staffed at the LWE Invite, but saw some really great play at the first doubles position behind Eamon Bargher and Connor Doydora.
Week of April 21st
On Monday of this week the Hornets traveled up to U High Lab, where they went to work against the top 1A school in the state. Despite some tight matches, the Hornets were a bit outmatched. This experience against some top competition paid dividends later in the week as the Hornets resumed conference match play, defeating both Addison Trail and Morton 7-0.
Week of April 14th This week the Hornets took on conference rival DGS. Without two-time state qualifier Rohan Bansal in the lineup, the Hornets fought hard, but dropped a close one, falling 3-4. Stepping up into the varsity lineup and earning a win at the 4th doubles position alongside partner Yacine Ouchen, was JV player Crue Robards. The next day the Hornets traveled up to Prairie Ridge where Zeke Bisharat took down one of the top singles players in the state at the 1st singles position.
Week of April 7th
After several weeks of practice to open up the season, the Hornets finally started match play against local power LT. Despite some strong play, particularly at the singles positions behind Zeke Bisharat and Ansh Desai, the Hornets fell 0-7. This weekend the Hornets were a bit short staffed against Glenbard South, Timothy Christian, and Lemont in a home quad, but managed to steal a win away from Timothy Christian, going 1-2 on the day. Zeke Bishrat went 3-0 at the first singles position, and Ivan Atanassov and Crue Robards captured their first varsity win of the season. Up next, conference rival DGS!