Coming off the Brunswick Academy experience, the Poly Prep Boys Team hosted Pingry on Monday, ranked # 31, in the country. Traditionally, Pingry has always defeated Poly Prep Squash comfortably. On Monday, the Blue Devils lost another heartbreaker, falling 4-3. Junior Captain Tim Lasusa, playing in the # 1 spot, battled back from an 0-2 defecit to take his opponent, Senior Michael Sankowich to the brink, before losing 3-2.
The Poly performance against Pingry, however, was their best performance as a team thus far in their season. The Poly team earned the respect of Pingry's players and coach and nearly pulled off the upset.
Results: Pingry 4, Poly Prep 3
Michael Sankovich (Pingry) def. Tim Lasusa (PP) 11-8, 13-11, 9-11, 9-11, 11-7
Avi Bhanavi (Pingry) def. Brendan Harney (PP) 11-6, 5, 8-11, 11-7
Derek Hsue (Pingry) def. Nate Johnson (PP) 11-6, 5, 3
Henry Gadsden (Pingry) def. Hans Bilger (PP) 11-9, 13-11, 11-8
Rafael Gamba (PP) def. James Elliott (Pingry) 11-8, 3, 6
Ben Rosenblum (PP) def. Justin Trousdale (Pingry) 11-8, 3, 2
Vincent Giovinnazo (PP) def. George Zachary (Pingry) 11-1, 3, 12-10
