By Tatum Outlaw
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For the past 17 years the men’s tennis team has headed into the season with high hopes of taking home the Sectional title. This year is no different. With the Greyhounds going into the competition on Oct. 2 not having lost a match, chances are high. This year’s greatest competition lies in the North Central and Center Grove Men’s Tennis teams according to senior Eric Murphy.

“(I) feel great we have a great team, we should be able to win no problem,” Murphy said.

Murphy has been with the team since his freshmen year and has always started at the varsity level as a singles player. Due to incoming singles and freshmen players this year, Murphy starts as a doubles player along with senior Michael Goldberg, both still starting at a varsity level.

“This year we’re really hoping for a repeat of last season. Ending with a State win would be huge,” Thomas Miller said.

Miller has also played since his freshmen year and was a key part in the State match last season. So far undefeated in all of his matches, Miller said this season’s Sectional push should be no problem for the team and its players.

“Our team is stronger than ever and now it’s our time to prove it, by taking Sectionals again this season,” Miller said.

Head Coach Mike Bostic said he feels strongly about his team’s ability to play quality tennis through out the season. “We have got to continue to mature throughout the season. We play a lot of difficult teams and we must take something from each match. I think we have the talent and the depth to win. It is just a question of who will rise to the occasion,” Bostic said.

Miller and freshman Elliot Yee said they both feel that there has been much improvement since the beginning of the year.

Yee, an undefeated singles player, said the team can definitely capture Sectional this year and knows the team has what it takes to take State as well.

“Since the beginning of the year we have become more serious,” Yee said. “There is also a better connection with all of us as a team.”

Yee said there has also been a strong improvement and more competitiveness in singles player and sophomore Michael Moe. Yee said that State is completely not out of the question.

“It’s going to take a lot of power and even more strength to take the State title, but as a team I think we can do it,” Miller said.