McCallie Edges Baylor In Middle School Tennis

  • Tuesday, September 17, 2024
Members of the McCallie Middle School tennis team are, pictured from left to right: Tarek Ankar-Burdette, Porter O'shaughnessy, AJ Gupta, Rhys Coleman and Ayan Chakraborty.
Members of the McCallie Middle School tennis team are, pictured from left to right: Tarek Ankar-Burdette, Porter O'shaughnessy, AJ Gupta, Rhys Coleman and Ayan Chakraborty.
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Playing at McCallie, the Blue Tornado won 2 out of 3 doubles matches and 3 singles matches to defeat the Baylor Red Raiders 5-4 in middle school tennis.  Wylie Shumate, Brantley Lockhart, Ayan Chakraborty and Rhys Coleman won at numbers 2 and 3 doubles to give McCallie a 2-1 lead going into the singles.  Needing 3 wins to win the match, the first win came from #3 player Liam Tabibiazar followed by # 6 player Ayan Chakraborty.  With the match tied at 4-4, the clinching win came from number 4 player Calvin Caputo with an 8-4 victory.  McCallie is now 6-1.


The McCallie B team defeated the Baylor B team 14-0.  Winners were Rhys Coleman, Vikranth Basava, AJ Gupta, Mason Rudder, Zoan von Schultz, Porter O’shaughnessy, Tarek Ankar-Burdette, Findley Beasley, Asher Kean and Whit Higney.


The individual results of the match were as follows:

McCallie 5  Baylor 4

Singles:

  1. Sam Harris (M) lost to Harlan Soss (B) 8-3

  2. Wylie Shumate (M) lost to Tyce Veltenaar (B) 8-4

  3. Liam Tabibiazar (M) defeated Mason Richards (B) 8-2

  4.  Calvin Caputo (M) defeated Reed Finlay(B) 8-4

  5. Brantley Lockhart (M) lost to Thadeaus Smith (B) 8-6

  6. Ayan Chakraborty (M) defeated Miguel Arizti (B) 8-4

Doubles:

  1. Sam Harris-Liam Tabibiazar (M) lost to Soss-Veltenaar (B) 9-7

  2. Wylie Shumate-Brantley Lockhart (M) defeated Richards-Finlay (B) 8-2

  3. Rhys Coleman-Ayan Chakaraborty (M) defeated Smith-Clark (B) 8-3

McCallie B Team  14   Baylor B Team 0

Singles:

  1. Rhys Coleman (M) defeated Owen Clark (B) 8-2

  2. Vikranth Basava (M) defeated Maxwell Sawrie (B) 8-1

  3. AJ Gupta (M) defeated James Hickey (B) 8-1

  4.  Mason Rudder (M) defeated Walker Mckitrick (B) 8-1

  5.  Zoan von Schultz (M) defeated Maxon Moughrabi (B) 8-1

  6.  Porter O'shaughnessy (M) defeated Carlos Garcia (B) 8-3

  7.  Tarek Ankar-Burdette (M) defeated Cade Niel (B) 8-1

  8.  Findley Beasley (M) defeated Emila Bonnet (B) 8-1

  9.  Asher Kean (M) defeated Everett Paschall (B) 8-1

  10.  Whit Higney (M) defeated Everett Paschall (B)

Doubles:

  1. Calvin Caputo-AJ Gupta (M) defeated Arizti-Sawrie (B) 8-1

  2. Mason Rudder-Zoan von Schultz (M) defeated Hickey-Mckitrick (B) 8-1

  3. Vikranth Basava-Porter O’shaughnessy (M) defeated Moughrabi-Garcia (B) 8-5

  4. Tarek Ankar-Burdette-Findley Beasley (M) defeated Niel-Bonnet (B) 8-3

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