Published April 22. 2022 08:35AM
Bethlehem Catholic’s most recent tennis match was a 5-1 victory for the Golden Hawks over Whitehall last Thursday at Becahi.
In singles play, Armaan Makwana defeated Nathan Mak, 6-0, 6-0, and Anthony Barczynski defeated Josh Laky, 6-1,6-0.
“Today my serve was on point, I was able to move him well and make sure he didn’t know what I was going to do next,” Makwana said.
Barczynski, who played three singles last year, has moved up to two singles.
“People at two singles usually can stay in the points for longer and know how to find my weaknesses a bit better, so it’s been a little bit difficult to adjust, but I’m getting more consistent and more confident,” Barczynski said. “I really cleaned up my game today and played a bit more simply and was able to finish the points. My backhand was better, and I was able to move him from the center line and keep moving him back and forth and find ways to finish a point with a forehand or a backhand down the line.”
In the longest match of the day, Whitehall three singles player Dan Labram was the only player to win for the Zephyrs, 6-4, 7-6, over John Vallance.
In doubles play, Dan Smith and Callen Kok, an exchange student from Holland, defeated Vincent Tran and Antoni Szlagiewicz, 6-0, 6-0, Xavier Shive-Sanchez and Josh Maruscak defeated Lex Prebosnyak and Gabby Roustic, 6-0 6-0, and Ben Blum and Ethan DiLello defeated Henry Le and Jimmy Kaba, 6-0, 6-3.
This Thursday is the East Penn Conference Tennis Championships, scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. at Parkland High School.