The boy’s tennis team tournaments begin this week, with some getting underway today, including the Pirates. First round matches must be completed by this Friday. Here is our South, Group 2 first round playoff preview as Delsea comes to town.
#12 Delsea: 4-9
#5 Cinnaminson: 12-2
When: Wednesday, May 11 at 3pm.
Where: Wood Park in Cinnaminson.
Cinnaminson earned a first round playoff home match by racking up a slew of wins in a row prior to the cutoff date and going undefeated in their division by the cutoff.
The Pirates have been red hot for more than a month now. Cinnaminson opened the season with two straight losses to Moorestown and Rancocas Valley.
After those two matches the Pirates exploded for 12 wins in a row, including a 3-2 victory in a rematch with Rancocas Valley on Tuesday.
Cinnaminson has opened division play with a 7-0 mark, putting them in excellent position to take home the Freedom crown before the season ends.
The Pirates 2015 season ended with a loss in the Central, Group 1 semifinals to Metuchen by a 3-2 score.
Delsea comes into today with a 4-9 record. The Crusaders lost their most recent match, 3-2 to Schalick on Tuesday. It was their fourth loss in five matches.
The Crusaders opened the 2016 season by winning a 5-0 match against Deptford before losing two in a row and five of six.
Coming off the best season in school history (14-3 record) the boy’s tennis team from Delsea has struggled in 2016. The Crusaders 2015 season ended in the semifinals of the State, Group 2 semifinals with a 5-0 loss to Summit.
Delsea got to the State, Group 2 semifinals by securing the program’s first-ever sectional title with a 5-0 win over Delran as the two-seed in South, Group 2.
Delsea came close to a sectional title in 2012, but fell to #1 Moorestown 5-0 in the finals of the South, Group 3 Tournament as the two-seed.
The only common opponent between Cinnaminson and Delsea this season is Moorestown. Both teams dropped 5-0 matches to the Quakers early in the year.
Cinnaminson and Delsea have not met since at least prior to the 2009 season.
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