Men’s Tennis reeled off victories in lines three, four and five, as well as line one doubles, to defeat host First Academy, 4-2. Line two doubles was not played due to time restrictions. Down two matches, Izza Almontaser put the Panthers (6-1) in the win column with a 6-0,6-1 victory in line three and Ajay Govindaraj evened the match at two games each with a 6-4, 6-1 victory in line four. In line five, Marcelo Goncalves gave DP a 3-2 match lead with a thrilling 6-4, 4-6, 7-5victory in line five, leaving it up to the line one doubles team of Peter San Pedro and Cooper Vissers to seal the deal. Despite falling in their singles matches earlier, San Pedro and Vissers came back and knocked out TFA’s line one team, 8-4, for DP’s sixth winof the season.
Senior Maria Contreras got the call in line one singles and set the tone for the remaining matches with an 8-0 victory as Women’s Tennis defeated host First Academy, 7-0. Zoe Monge was equally flawless in line two with an 8-0 win while Sara Veugeler (8-3),Tyler Brown(8-4) and Tatiana Fernandez (8-5) completed the singles sweep in lines three, four and five, respectively. Line one doubles saw the same domination with Contreras and Monge rolling to an 8-0 win and in line two, Veugeler and Brownhad no problems in their 8-1 victory as well. DP improved to 6-1 on the season and they’ll host Wekiva Tuesday at Lake Cane.
Men’s Lacrosse kept their record perfect with a 15-2 victory over host Freedom last night. Brett Forward led all scorers with five goals and assisted on two more. Ryan Totten had a solid game as well with four goals and a pair of assists.
Women’s Basketball finished their season as Florida State Champions for the second year in a row but their season may not be over just yet. The Panthers are awaiting the official announcement from ESPN to defend their ESPN Rise National Tournamentchampionship in Washington, DC over Spring Break. Last year, the Panthers came in unheralded and underestimated before they knocked out # 10 Riverdale Baptist(Maryland), top-seeded Archbishop Spalding (Maryland) and crushed New York City power Murry Bergtraum for the championship on national television. DP has climbed back into the USA Top 25 rankings (# 24) and also rose to # 30 in the ESPN Rise national poll.
Men’s Basketball senior guard Isaac Lane has made a verbal commitment to play for Miami-Dade College! Lane has been an integral part of DP’s success over the last two seasons and averaged 15.0 points, 3.3 assists and 3.0 rebounds per game this year, leading the Panthers to their fourth straight District Championship and their third straight Metro West title. Coach Anthony Long wrote “Isaac fits right in with the Panthers’ tradition of great guards who have gone through the program on their way to college basketball scholarships (over the last ten years) – Mario Sisinni (Coastal Carolina), Trey Hopkins (Western Carolina), Jason Rich (Florida State), Chris Warren (OleMiss), Chuck Ford (Santa Fe College), Pat Ryan (Newberry College) and Shane Larkin (University of Miami).”
Today’s Scheduled Games:
Tennis vs. Wekiva: 3:00
JV Baseball vs. Boone: 3:30
Softball at Boone: 4:30 / 6:30
Women’s Lacrosse vs. Freedom:6:00 / 7:30
Baseball at Boone: 7:00
