For the first time, the middle school varsity-A tennis team (grades 6-8) has swept both public and private league championships, winning 5-4 against Kennedy last night to clinch the second title. The team went 20-0 for the season.

This is the first time the team has gone undefeated in both the regular season and the playoffs, and the first time the team has won both the private and public middle school tennis titles. “This is about as big as it gets in middle school sports!” said Greg Lawson, assistant head of school for student affairs.

Lawson added that over the last two years, the team compiled a 36-2 record and won three of four divisional titles. “Coach John Fruttero has done amazing things with the team,” Lawson added.

“Today was not the 9-0 against Menlo last week in WBAL championship match,” Fruttero said, “but special in a very different way. The team battled from being down 4-1 for the second time this season to win 5-4. It was amazing to see these kids grow and transform themselves into a united championship team, from the inside out. It was an honor to lead them in entertaining a couple of hundred cheering fans today. What a blast!”