2021 Long Island Boys’ High Syosset Edges Roslyn for Nassau County Title
n the latest installment of the Syosset-Roslyn rivalry, the two notoriously dominant programs met in the Nassau County Championship at Eisenhower Park. After seven intense flights of tennis, it was the Braves of Syosset who claimed the county championship by edging the Bulldogs 4-3. Syosset has now won five of the last six county titles. “Roslyn’s a great team. Awesome depth, top-heavy singles players and great doubles players. We knew it wasn’t going to be easy,” said Syosset head coach Shai Fisher. “I’m just proud of our boys. This is an extremely young team, and they just kept improving. Our singles lineup was pretty solid, but it was the depth and the improvement of our doubles that really carried us through the year.”
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It was the doubles teams that would push Syosset to the early lead. Chris Vallone & Devan Melandro won 6-1, 6-3 at first doubles, and Evan Lee & Nikhil Shah posted a 6-2, 6-4 victory at second doubles to give their team the advantage. Roslyn’s Eli Levitt & Matt Stone put the Bulldogs on the board with their 7-5, 6-3 victory at fourth doubles, but Jeremy Levine brought Syosset within one win of the county title after he won 6-1, 6-3 at third singles. Soon after, the third doubles duo of Spencer Keschner & Dylan Apfel completed their 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 comeback win to clinch the championship for the Braves. “We didn’t want to think about the score too much because we wanted to remain calm, but we had an idea of what was going on,” said Keschner. “After months of
Long Island Tennis Magazine • July/August 2021 • LITennisMag.com
