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Varsity Tennis: front- Alex Chacon, Nick Pe1rick , Chris Mill er; back- Andy Shannon. Man
Bru ensbac h, Adam Frederick. Chri s Chiou. Coach John Carroll photo br Jack Martin
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JV Tenni s: front- Michael Fineman, Jason Cave. Adam Felber; back -Coac h Jim Johnson. Eric
Peters, Steve Allen. Jacob Biel. Falk Koeppe. plww bv Jack Martin Photography

Taking third at state and Players prepared for matches opponent s in the bathroom talking
second at Metros, the varsity tenni s had by drinking water, stretching and about how bad we were , and how they
some ups and downs. conditioning. were goin g to beat us. That got me
It was a difficult task for the " To get ready for a match, I pumped up and made me want to win
team to replace two members who would stretch and hit balls for about 20 even more," Bruensbach said.
graduated. minutes before. I would hit shots that Some of the players on the
" We moved two junior I would enco unter during the match. team had superstitions that helped them
varsity players up to replace th e two l would also drink plenty of water," and gave them good lu ck.
whom we lost thi s season. They junior Matt Bruensbach said . "Nick Petrick always had to
improved with every practice," coach " Before each match I wear the same shoes. He would never
John Carroll said. would try to get real loose. The wear any different th an th e certain pa ir
The team was one match away looser I am the better I pl ay. I because they were not good lu ck,"
from winning Metros and the state title, would also drink a lot of water and coach Carroll said.
but the season went well. start to think about the match about " I don't wash my team shirt
" The season went very a half an hour before to get concen- all season. It was bad lu ck. It was also
well. The last game was very trated," Shannon said . bad lu ck for me to serve fi rst so Alex
disappointing though. If Nick Not only did players have to Chacon always did," Bruesnsbach said .
(Petrick) and I would have won, prepare for games, but they had to be Overall, preparation, motiva-
the team would have won state," moti vated to have a good season. ti on, and superstitions all added to th e
junior Andy Shannon said. " At Metros I overheard the determinati on to have a good season.