Sussex Academy boys’ tennis claims 10th win in a row
A win over Seaford on Senior Night Tuesday, May 5, would clinch an undefeated regular season for the Sussex Academy boys’ tennis team after the Seahawks flew past Smyrna 5-0 May 1.
Not only are the lads rocking a goose egg in the loss column, but their only lost point came against the former king of the Henlopen boys’ tennis’ hill – Caesar Rodney. For Sussex Academy, it all starts with the top singles players. Freshman Jack Feinstein is the official first-singles player, but junior J.P. Eichten is the reigning Henlopen Conference first-singles champion. It has led to a breakout year for Feinstein, as he remains unbeaten, and a chance for the also-undefeated Eichten to claim another Henlopen title.
The freshman picked up his point against Smyrna with duplicate 6-0 sets. Eichten kept his record clear with a 6-3, 6-2 win for another point for the Seahawks. Feinstein’s younger brother, Max, made it a sweep in singles with a 6-2, 6-3 third-singles match.
On the doubles side, senior captain Keiran Probert and sophomore Leo Benz earned a point by winning 6-3, 6-2. Freshman Charlie Bowman and eighth-grader Arjun Verma cruised to a 6-1, 6-3 win.
Sussex Academy (10-0) will wrap up its season with Senior Day against Seaford (1-8) at 3:30 p.m., Tuesday, May 5.
Aaron Mushrush joined the sports team in Summer 2023 to help cover the emerging youth athletics scene in the Cape Region. After lettering in soccer and lacrosse at Sussex Tech, he played lacrosse at Division III Eastern University in St. David's, PA. Aaron coached lacrosse at Sussex Tech in 2009 and 2011. Post-collegiately, Mush played in the Eastern Shore Summer Lacrosse League for Blue Bird Tavern and Saltwater Lacrosse. He competed in several tournaments for the Shamrocks Lacrosse Club, which blossomed into the Maryland Lacrosse League (MDLL). Aaron interned at the Coastal Point before becoming assistant director at WMDT-TV 47 ABC in 2017 and eventually assignment editor in 2018.
