At the end of each tennis season, coaches of all teams in the Diablo Athletic League (DAL) nominate players to compete in a singles and doubles tournament.  DAL consists of Acalanes, Campolindo, College Park, Las Lomas, Miramonte, and Northgate high schools.  The tournament allows a total of 32 singles players and 32 doubles teams to enter.  For 2022, we had a full 32 singles draw and 24 doubles teams.  DAL coaches meet to seed the tournament and then complete the draw.  This year’s tournament was held on April 28 and 29.  The winner of each event moves on to the NCS finals on May 6 and 7.  Below are the seeds, the scores of the later rounds, and then Acalanes player highlights.

DAL Boys Singles – Seeds
#1 Nishad Elias (Miramonte)
#2 Tyler Toni (Acalanes)
#3 Dibyam Dikhit (College Park)
#4 Marco Tse (Northgate)
#5 Trevor Fong (Las Lomas)
#6 Ioann Timokhin (Northgate)
#7 Daruish Azarkhish (College Park)
#8 Nick Owens (Acalanes)

DAL Boys Doubles – Seeds
#1 Liam Sullivan/Leo Cardozo (Miramonte)
#2 Kiumars Koopah/Jake Hammerman (Campolindo)
#3 Gavin Dille/Jonah Elias (Miramonte)
#4 Tyler Holder/Liam McGlynn (Acalanes)
#5 James Martin/Rex Pastore (Campolindo)
#6 Matthew Muren/Aaron Brown (Acalanes)
#7 Ben Torres/Ethan Haines (Miramonte)
#8 Woosup Kim/Colin Sheldon (Northgate)

DAL SINGLES SCORESFINALS – Championship Match
#1 Nishad Elias (M) defeated #3 Dibyam Dikhit (CP) 6-4, 6-2
SEMIFINALS
#1 Nishad Elias (M) defeated #4 Marco Tse (NG) 6-3, 6-4
#3 Dibyam Dikhit (CP) defeated #2 Tyler Toni (A) 6-1, 6-3
QUARTERFINALS
#1 Nishad Elias (M) defeated #8 Nick Owens (A) 6-2, 6-0#2 Tyler Toni (A) defeated #7 Daruish Azarkhish (CP) 6-0, 6-0#3 Dibyam Dikhit (CP) defeated #6 Ioann Timokhin (NG) 6-2, 6-1#4 Marco Tse (NG) defeated #5 Trevor Fong (LL) 6-3, 6-1

DAL DOUBLES SCORESFINALS – Championship Match
#1 Liam Sullivan & Leo Cardozo (M) defeated #2 Kiumars Koopah & Jake Hammerman (Ca) 6-7, 6-3, 10-6

SEMIFINALS
#1 Liam Sullivan & Leo Cardozo (M) defeated #5 James Martin & Rex Pastore (Ca) 6-4, 6-2
#2 Kiumars Koopah & Jake Hammerman (Ca) defeated #3 Gavin Dille & Jonah Elias (M) 7-6, 6-3

QUARTERFINALS
#1 Liam Sullivan & Leo Cardozo (M) defeated #8 Woosup Kim & Colin Sheldon (NG) 6-0, 6-0
#2 Kiumars Koopah & Jake Hammerman (Ca) defeated #7 Ben Torres & Ethan Haines (M) 6-3, 6-2
#3 Gavin Dille & Jonah Elias (M) defeated #6 Matthew Muren & Aaron Brown (A) 6-2, 5-7, 10-5
#5 James Martin & Rex Pastore (Ca) defeated #4 Tyler Holder & Liam McGlynn (A) 7-5, 5-7, 11-9

ACALANES HIGHLIGHTS
Acalanes sent seven singles players and five doubles teams to the event.  As shown above, Tyler Toni made it to the semifinals and Nick Owens to the quarterfinals in singles.  Both Kaya Hoeberechts and Riley Bonner won their first-round matches and were eliminated in round two.  Acalanes had two seeded doubles teams.  Seniors Tyler Holder, Liam McGlynn, and Matthew Muren along with his partner junior Aaron Brown made it to the quarterfinals.  Ace Reeder and Tucker Brewer made it to the second round in doubles and then ran into Matthew and Aaron who won that contest in an 8-4 pro-set.  Also participating in singles were James Cortez, Ben Reinsberg, and Spencer Tantameng. Luke Brightbill, Zach Snyder, Will Lofting, and Sammy Foster competed in doubles.  We have one more event for the boys which is the NCS team tournament on May 10, 12, and 14.