Last year’s men’s tennis team finished the regular season undefeated, won the Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference (MIC) championship, and won the State Championship. But now that Mihir Kumar ‘12, Number 1 singles player last year, has graduated and is attending Northwestern University, his brother Sameer has stepped in to take over his role on the court.

Head Coach Mike Bostic said, despite the loss of Mihir, he thinks the team has a shot to repeat its State Title. “There are so many things I look forward to in (this) season,” Bostic said via email. “It has been a great start. This year’s senior leaders are fantastic. They are hardworking, loyal and very unselfish.” With four starters returning from last year’s title team and three other highly ranked juniors filling the remaining spots, they have a good shot at turning their hope into a reality.

“A lot of it goes beyond the playing field. Teams come together in the moments between practices and games,” Bostic said.

Coaches teach that when a team works together, success follows. Expressing exactly that, varsity player and senior, Chris Quammen said, “I am looking forward to team bonding and being able to play for the team and to get a third State championship.”

As they play throughout this year Quammen, being Number 2 singles, will play a big role in determining this year’s path. He said, “It will be tougher than last year (to win State) but I think we can do it.”