McCallie Middle School Netters Defeat Baylor, 8-1

Getz, Imorde, Holland And Edwards Lead Charge

  • Thursday, September 19, 2019
McCallie middle school tennis player Gabe Getz serves in a decisive 8-0 win over rival Baylor Thursday afternoon.
McCallie middle school tennis player Gabe Getz serves in a decisive 8-0 win over rival Baylor Thursday afternoon.
photo by Mercedes Bartow

McCallie middle school tennis swept the doubles to start the match and then won 5 out of 6 singles to defeat the Baylor Red Raiders 8-1, Thursday afternoon on the Blue Tornado home courts. 

Winning in both singles and doubles were Gabe Getz, Henry Imorde, Drew Holland and John Edwards. Barnes Thomas teamed up with Jacob Cornell to win in doubles, and Frierson Brown was victorious in singles.  Henry Imorde and John Edwards won 8-0 in both singles and doubles, and Gabe Getz won 8-0 in singles.

McCallie is now 7-0.

The McCallie B team shut out the Baylor B team 15-0.  Winning in singles and doubles were Frierson Brown, Adit Harish, Henry Clark, Jacob Cornell, George Robbins, William Negus, Zachary Murray, Gokul Palanati, Cy Shumate, Liam Ensign and Gaurav Rathi

Overall, McCallie won 23 matches and lost only 1.  The individual results of the match were as follows.

McCallie 8  Baylor 1

Singles:

1.       Gabe Getz (M) defeated Wade Donovan (B) 8-0

2.       Henry Imorde (M) defeated Andrew Kopet (B) 8-0

3.       Drew Holland (M) defeated Luke Bell (B) 8-2 

4.       John Edwards (M) defeated Will Oliver (B) 8-0

5.       Barnes Thomas (M) lost to Thomas Tipps (B) 9-7

6.       Frierson Brown (M) defeated Thomas Stickley (B) 8-4


Doubles:

1.     Gabe Getz-Drew Holland (M) defeated Donovan-Kopet (B) 8-1

2.     Henry Imorde-John Edwards (M) defeated Bell-Oliver (B) 8-0

3.     Barnes Thomas-Jacob Cornell (M) defeated Tipps-Stickley (B) 8-4

McCallie B Team 15 Baylor B Team 0

Singles:

1.      Adit Harish (M) defeated George Stowe (B) 8-4

2.      Henry Clark (M) defeated James McCorkle (B) 8-6

3.      Jacob Cornell (M) defeated Roman Frazer (B) 9-8 (2)

4.      George Robbins (M) defeated Pierce Grantham (B) 8-3

5.      William Negus (M) defeated Ash Brown (B) 8-2

6.      Zachary Murray (M) defeated Charlie Byrum (B) 8-1

                   7.      Gokul Palanati (M) defeated Joe Howalt (B) 8-2

                   8.      Cy Shumate (M) defeated Braswell Vachan (B) 8-1

                   9.       Liam Ensign (M) defeated Johnny Sutter (B) 8-0

                 10.       Gaurav Rathi (M) defeated Aly Sohani (B) 8-0

Doubles:

1.     Frierson Brown-Adit Harish (M) defeated Frazer-Grantham (B) 8-6

2.     Henry Clark-George Robbins (M) defeated Stowe-McCorkle (B) 8-5

3.     William Negus-Zachary Murray (M) defeated Brown-Byrum (B) 8-5

                   4.     Gokul Palanati-Cy Shumate (M) defeated Howalt-Vachon (B) 8-3

                   5.     Liam Ensign-Gaurav Rathi (M) defeated Sutter-Aly (B) 8-1

 

photo by Mercedes Bartow
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