Andover Senior Captains end high school career with epic matches against Exeter

The boys ended a tough season with a 2-5 loss against rival Exeter, yet the highlights of the day were the performances of its senior captains Ben Shin and Jeff Shen. Ben and Jeff dominated at #1 doubles against Art Chinsupakul and Josh Mullen of Exeter. Both Ben and Jeff then played some epic singles matches, each lasting three sets. At #1, Ben fought off several match points (including three consecutive ones down 6-9 in the super tie breaker), but ultimately fell short 14-16 in front an adoring crowd of fans whose great cheers were a big story of the day. On court two, #2 Jeff Shen started fighting back after being down in the first set. Although he ended up dropping the first set 4-6, he then stormed back in dominating fashion, taking the second set 6-2 and then finishing the job with a convincing 10-3 win in the super tie-breaker.

Andover

Exeter

Score

Singles



1. Ben Shin ‘26

  1. Art Chinsupakul

3-6, 6-2, 0-1 (14-16)

2. Jeff Shen ‘26

  1. Josh Mullen

4-6, 6-2, 1-0 (10-3)

3. George Richardson ‘27

  1. Luke Sanders

1-6, 2-6

4. Nick Nawracaj ‘28

  1. Hugo Shinn

1-6, 2-6

5. Tomas Tejapaibul ‘27

  1. viriya murdaya

4-6, 6-4, 1-0 (11-9)

6. Sean Liu ‘28

  1. Sam Medina

2-6, 2-6




Doubles



1. Shen/Shin

  1. 1/2

8-3

2. Nawracaj/Tejapaibul

  1. 3/4

1-8

3. Richardson/Chu

  1. Veeranna/Liu

2-8