Cape boys’ tennis smashes Seaford 5-0
The Cape boys’ tennis team shut out Seaford April 9, as it moved to 2-0 with a 5-0 win over the Blue Jays.
Oliver Townsend defeated Seaford’s Jaime Roblero-Puac 6-0, 6-2 at first singles. Cape second singles player Alejandro Justiniani downed the Jays’ Omar Diaz-Cabada 6-1, 6-2. Cape’s third singles player Nathaniel Hoang topped Seaford’s Djefley Joseph 6-0, 6-1.
Cape’s first doubles team of Trent Kauffman and Krish Prattipati earned a 6-0, 6-0 victory over Seaford’s Dens Nero Augustin and Jaden Tingle. Cape’s second doubles duo of Brody Trewartha and Sullivan Naden won a 6-0, 6-0 contest with Seaford’s Dylan Rodriguez-Lopez and Connor Spicer.
The Vikings returned to the courts the next day to earn a 5-0 win over Sussex Central.
Townsend defeated Dawson Roth 6-0, 6-2 at first singles. Justiniani won a hard-fought second singles match over Nicholas Ables 7-6 (7-5), 6-3. At third singles, Hoang topped Jonah Klimitchev 6-1, 6-4. In doubles action, Kauffman and Prattipati won 6-1, 6-0 over Landen Kulp and Giovanni Tiano in first doubles, and Trewartha and Naden shut out Ethan Lewis and Zachary Ortiz in second doubles.
Dan has worked for the Cape Gazette for more than 30 years as a photographer and reporter, covering high school sports and happenings around eastern Sussex County. He won a photography award from the National Newspaper Association, and numerous awards from the Maryland, Delaware, D.C. Press Association. A Delaware native, Dan graduated from Cape in 1972 and returned as a teacher and coach in the 1980s. He retired from the classroom in 2016. He was inducted into Cape High’s Legends Stadium in 2016. In his spare time, Dan enjoys spending time with his wife, two sons, grandchildren and dogs.
