Team Info
Tennis - Boys' JV
Overview
Overview
The boys' junior varsity tennis team at Taft is a competitive spring sport. The season focuses on all of the basic strokes, court positioning, competitive play, and conditioning. The team usually plays a format that includes both singles and doubles teams. The team is considered developmental, with many players working their way up to varsity level over the course of their Taft playing career.
Schedule
Schedule
| Opponent | Date | Time | Location | Advantage | Type | Details | Result | Score | Status |
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Salisbury School
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Salisbury School | Away | Details | Win | 5-2 | ||
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vs.
Deerfield Academy
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Home | Details | Loss | 3-4 | |||
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vs.
Berkshire School
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Berkshire School | Away | Details | Win | 6-1 | ||
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Kent School
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Home | Details | CANCELLED | ||||
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vs.
Westminster School
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Westminster School | Away | Details | Win | 6-1 | ||
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vs.
Loomis Chaffee School
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Home | Details | |||||
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vs.
Avon Old Farms School
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Home | Details | Win | 5-2 | |||
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vs.
Hotchkiss School
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Home | Details | Loss | 2-5 | |||
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vs.
Trinity-Pawling School
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Home | Details | Win | 6-1 | |||
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vs.
Suffield Academy
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Home | Details | |||||
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Choate Rosemary Hall
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Home | Details | |||||
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vs.
Hopkins School
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Hopkins School | Away | Details |
Roster
Roster
| # | Name | Position | Class | Hometown |
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| James Birge | 2019 | Litchfield, CT | ||
| Jonathan Cheng | 2020 | Whistler, BC | ||
| Brendan Holleck | 2021 | Southbury, CT | ||
| Jonathan Ip | 2020 | Hong Kong | ||
| Coleman Jennings | 2020 | Austin, TX | ||
| Sehjin Jo | 2020 | Fort Lee, NJ | ||
| Kevin Lian | 2022 | Southbury, CT | ||
| Tony Liu | 2020 | Qingdao | ||
| Alex Peng | 2022 | Short Hills, NJ | ||
| Tate Phillips | 2021 | Key West, FL | ||
| Pete Proscia | 2021 | Chatham, NJ | ||
| Charles Weld | 2021 | Great Barrington, MA | ||
| Andrew Yang | 2021 | Seoul |
Coaches
Coaches
About Coach Alex Merrill
Alex has been teaching English for the past 11 years, most recently at Kingswood-Oxford in West Hartford and Philips Andover Academy in Massachusetts. In addition to his teaching, he has coached basketball, soccer, tennis, rugby, and ultimate Frisbee, and has been a student advisor and dorm parent. Alex attended Philips Exeter Academy, received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Kenyon College, and a Master of Arts degree in Liberal Studies from Dartmouth College, concentrating in Creative Writing. While at Kenyon, Alex was the Rugby Club President, Chamber Singers President and Phi Kappa Sigma Vice-President. He had numerous published articles and won the Bronze award in Oral History while attending Dartmouth College. Alex will be teaching English at Taft and will reside on CPT 3. He will be an Assistant Coach for Varsity Girls’ Basketball and Tennis.
