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It was all about the tennis streaks at the 2016 Central Coast Section Team Tournament finals on Friday at Bay Club Courtside in Los Gatos.
The St. Ignatius boys came with with a No. 2 seed — their highest ever — and 24 straight wins, the best in school history. Menlo came in with a No. 1 seed, three straight 7-0 wins in the tourney and a streak of seven straight CCS team crowns — with the Knights shooting for an unprecedented eighth.
Clearly, something had to give with history being made and lost. St. Ignatius made it, but Menlo (19-4) did not as the Wildcats (25-0) came away with a 6-1 victory that was a lot closer than the score indicated.
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Alex Neumann (right) walks over to console Dylan Pace after Menlo’s No. 2 doubles tandem lost in three sets as St. Ignatius clinched the CCS Championship. Photo by Keith Peters/Palo Alto Online Sports. -
St. Ignatius players celebrate the first CCS tennis title in program history following a 6-1 win over top seed Menlo School on Friday. Photo by Keith Peters/Palo Alto Online Sports. -
Menlo School senior Dylan Pace battled leg cramps in the third-set loss to SI, which gave the Wildcats their first CCS tennis title. Photo by Keith Peters/Palo Alto Online Sports. -
Menlo School senior Alex Neumann (right) walks away from SI’s celebration after shaking hands, following a No. 2 doubles loss that clinched the CCS crown for the Wildcats. Photo by Keith Peters/Palo Alto Online Sports. -
Menlo sophomore Siddharth Chari produced his team’s only victory, coming at No. 1 singles in straight sets. Photo by Keith Peters/Palo Alto Online Sports. -
Menlo’s Siddharth Chari celebrates his 6-3, 7-5 victory at No. 1 singles. Photo by Keith Peters/Palo Alto Online Sports. -
Menlo’s (L-R) Mark Ball, Siddharth Chari and Michael Quezada cheer on teammate Nathan Safran at No. 2 singles. Photo by Keith Peters/Palo Alto Online Sports. -
Menlo senior co-captain Nathan Safran battled back from a 4-1 deficit in the third set to grab a 6-5 lead before finally falling. Photo by Keith Peters/Palo Alto Online Sports. -
Menlo senior Lane Leschly helped stretch the No. 1 doubles match to three sets before the Knights fell. Photo by Keith Peters/Palo Alto Online Sports. -
Menlo senior Gabe Morgan helped the No. 1 doubles team overcome a first-set deficit by winning the second, only to fall in the third. Photo by Keith Peters/Palo Alto Online Sports. -
Menlo sophomore Clark Safran took the first set, but eventually fell in a three-setter at No. 3 singles. Photo by Keith Peters/Palo Alto Online Sports. -
Menlo freshman Andrei Volgin dropped a 6-4, 6-2 decision at No. 4 singles. Photo by Keith Peters/Palo Alto Online Sports. -
For the first time in eight year, Menlo accepted the second-place trophy at the CCS finals. Receiving the trophy Friday was (L-R) Nathan Safran and fellow senior co-captains Michael Quezada and Lane Leschly, with head coach Bill Shine. Photo by Keith Peters/Palo Alto Online Sports.
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