The Livingston High School boys’ tennis team opened its 2024 season with 5-0 loss in a Super Essex Conference match against Montclair High School. Montclair is a talented veteran team with five seniors in the singles and first doubles, while Livingston played without their top two players.The Lancer singles lineup of Julian Turovets,Arjun Bansal, andAdvaith Pillai lost straight sets match.First doubles Jake Hershkin and Jared Melamed, along with second doubles Jacob Goldstein and Dylan Tovitz won their first sets but dropped the second sets and third set tiebreakers.Montclair’s first doubles team rallied after trailing 3-6, 1-4 for the 3-6, 6-4, 10-5 win. Their second doubles team, consisting of two freshmen playing their first match, also rallied to defeat the Lancer duo of two seniors.Showdown TournamentThe 17th annual “Lancer Tennis Showdown” Tournament will be held this Saturday, April 6, at the Memorial Park tennis courts from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The courts will be closed to the public during this time.Warmups start at 9 a.m., and the semifinals will begin at 9:45 a.m. with Mendham vs. Christian Brothers Academy of Lincroft and Passaic Valley vs. host Livingston.The final and third place matches are scheduled to begin at approximately 2:15 p.m.
