MS athletics recaps for September 12-18

The Middle School volleyball teams had a strong week, featuring several wins ahead of the Harpeth Valley Athletic Conference tournament. Meanwhile, the cross-country team battled weather delays before turning in a stellar performance at a recent meet. Read on to see how student-athletes did in this week's recap from MS Athletic Director Michael Scrutchin.
Volleyball
The 5th Grade Competition team remains undefeated in its Saturday Harpeth Hall/WNSL league. The girls pushed through a tough second set, coming back from being down by 10, and showed a great deal of resilience and perseverance to beat an all-6th-grade team that was also undefeated. USN is now 3 - 0 after a 2 - 0 win over Sparkle Spikers.

The 6th Grade A Team had two games against DCA on September 8 and September 11, and beat DCA both times 2 - 0. B Team played a doubleheader against Ensworth’s B and C teams on September 10. USN B Team won both matches 2 - 0. With some great games, amazing rallies, and awesome lessons, the 6th Grade went undefeated last week. This team has a lot of grit, and they are willing to do the tough things! Our A team will be competing in the HVAC Jr tournament on Friday, September 19.

7th/8th Varsity went 2 and 1 last week, playing against some tough teams. On September 8, the Varsity lost to a very disciplined Christ the King team, 2-0. On September 10, the team bounced back while on the road and defeated Harding Academy 2 - 0. We finished out the week on September 12th Grade Recognition Night with a 2 - 0 win against St. Matthew’s School. The 8th graders recognized were Jeannie Jansen ’30, Caroline Semler ’30, Layla Omary ’30, Mimi Blind ’30, Naomi Asfaw ’30, Savannah Ross ’30, Mahalia Moore ’30, Alyvia Thompson ’30, and Tate Dawkins ’30.


Varsity will be in the HVAC Play-In Game on Friday, September 19, and will go for a full sweep this week. On September 8, we won a challenging game against Christ the King, coming back from one set down and finishing the night 2-1. On September 10, on the road, defeated Harding Academy 2 - 0. We finished out the week with a 2 - 0 win against St. Matthew’s School.


Cross Country
After a lightning and rain delay, USN was able to complete our Cross Country meet on Thursday, September 11. 7th/8th-grade runners got official times, while 6th/5th-grade runners were able to run the course in a non-official capacity. We even got a chance to recognize our 8th-grade runners. The 8th Grade Runners recognized were: Ram Chitale ’30, Corinna Collier ’30, Emmett Dryden ’30, Lucy Garrison ’30, Julia Ginsberg ’30, Lena LeClere ’30, Nico Little ’30, Olive Lueken ’30, Nora O’Loughlin ’30, Wyatt Omary ’30, Tyler Schwartz ’30, Charlotte Shinohara ’30, and Ike Tift ’30.
  • Tula Nye ’31 had the biggest jump of the meet, dropping 2 minutes and 18 seconds (20:51)
  • Olive Lueken ’30 yet again had a massive 1:07 drop (20:52)
  • James Keiper ’31 improved by almost a minute, the biggest improvement from the boys' 2-mile race (13:45)
  • Everett Peetz ’32 had the biggest drop of the boys' 1.5-mile with a 55-second drop (11:48)
  • Spencer Katz ’32 dropped 40 seconds (11:53)
  • Eva Tanquilut ’31 had a big 35-second drop (15:36)
  • Hudson Unger ’32 and Julia Ginsberg ’30 got 32 seconds better (10:09 and 18:59)
  • Booker Ammons ’31 had his first PR of the season with a 30-second drop (13:46)
  • Lena LeClere ’30 also dropped 30 seconds (17:43)
  • Ike Tift ’30 improved by another 20 seconds (13:06)
  • Nora O'Loughlin ’30 dropped 18 seconds (23:16)
  • Edwin Nelson ’32 took off 17 seconds (12:48)
  • Tyler Schwartz ’30 and Mila Kennedy ’32 dropped another 16 seconds (14:14 and 12:22)
  • Collins Spangler ’31 also had his first PR of the season with a 16-second drop (14:46)
  • Ram Chitale ’30 and Elliott Karpinos ’31 both dropped 11 seconds (13:38 and 12:30)
  • Sulaiman Moskinzada ’31 and Corinna Collier ’30 each dropped 10 seconds (18:21 and 18:58)
  • Linus Russell ’32 got 9 seconds faster (13:18)
  • Hayes Shallenberger ’32 improved 8 seconds (11:47)
  • Elias Freifeld ’31, Dylan Hyatt ’31, and Noa Rodrigues ’31 all improved by 6 seconds (12:33, 10:19, and 15:30)
  • Lily Miller ’31 dropped 3 seconds (19:12)
  • Brody Terker ’32 shaved off a second (12:05)
  • Connor Mulron ’31 hit his PR exactly (15:15)
Some other things worthy of note: Hudson Unger is our first 6th grader of the year to hold a sub-7 pace in the 1.5 mile. Keshav Parikh, Ava Warren, and Sari Zagnoev all had season bests. After some pretty big gaps for the first three meets, Eva Tanquilut nailed a negative split. 

While we celebrate our individual improvements first, we are, of course, out there to race other teams, and there were some exciting finishes from our teams yesterday:

GIRLS TWO MILE: 7th place (beating Valor!!!) - 177 points (Margaux Soslow- 13th, Noa Rodrigues- 23rd, Eva Tanquilut- 27th, Lucy Garrison- 55th, Lena LeClere- 59th, Corinna Collier- 80th, Julia Ginsberg- 81st)

BOYS TWO MILE: 1st place!!!! - 47 points (Brody Terker- 3rd, Elliott Karpinos- 7th, Elias Freifeld- 8th, Ike Tift- 12th, Ram Chitale- 17th, James Keiper- 19th, Booker Ammons- 20th)

GIRLS 1.5 MILE: 3rd place - 97 points (Edith McLean- 8th, Ava Warren- 17th, Mila Kennedy- 18th, Lucy Drewry- 24th, Lilia Gross- 30th, Sammy Segall- 31st, Elaina Yu- 33rd)

BOYS 1.5 MILE: 1st place!!! - 45 points (Narayan Chitale- 5th, Hudson Unger- 6th, Dylan Hyatt- 8th, Ryker Neal- 12th, Solomon McKnight- 14th, Win Nelson- 16th, Aiden Park- 26th)


Girls Tennis
Our Tigers closed the books on the regular season high atop the Lipscomb Academy courts. The three mighty 8th-grade Singles players fought hard, but all tumbled into losses, along with our line 1 doubles. Our dynamic duo of Vivi and Sofia at line 2 doubles hung through a nail-biting match to be steadier in the end to pull out our only win with a score of 8-6! Syra and Olivia won their Exhibition match 6-3! Every girl on the team won a match this season! A very impressive achievement for our young team! Our season record is 3-2, with our HVAC Tournament on the Horizon.

Before the final regular season match, the team had a strong week, beating Grace Christian Academy 5 - 0 and St. Cecilia 8 - 1.

Boys Tennis
USN won both doubles matches and won 2 of 3 exhibition matches against Lipscomb before losing three singles matches and one singles exhibition in a tie-breaker. Earlier in the week, we had two strong victories over Ensworth and Harding Academy. 
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