Blue Jay Tennis "Rackets" Up Against Crusaders to Win, 6-1

Freshman Hobie Hotard prepares to return this Crusader serve during Tuesday’s match against Br. Martin High School at the UNO tennis facility. Jesuit went on to defeat Br. Martin, 6-1. Jesuit-Br. Martin Tennis Photo Gallery Varsity Jesuit 6  -  Bro. Martin 1 Hotard (J) def. Marx  8-0 D. Kennedy (J) def. Hoston 8-2 Crespo def Tebo (J)  8-6 Crumley (J) def. Berrigan  8-2 Mickan/Smith (J)  def Hoston/Marx  8-2 T. Kennedy/D.Kennedy (J) def. Crespo/Marx  8-2 Lew/Sampognaro (J) def. Berrigan/Menendez  8-2 Junior Varsity Jesuit 4  -  Country Day varsity 3 Lindsey (J) def Carpenter  8-4 Sampagnaro (J) def Arnoult  8-5 Carpenter def Lew (J) 8-1 Bates (J) def. Brinson 8-2 Sammons/Lindsey (J) def Arnoult/Ch.Crpenter  8-6 Brinson/Carpenter def Braud/Simonson (J) 8-0 Ciolino/Wolf  def. Lynch/Wyckoff (J) 8-6

Jordan Ezell & Gerard Suhor All-Metro Doubles Team Congratulations to seniors Jordan Ezell and Gerard Suhor who were recognized as an all-metro tennis doubles team by The Times-Picayune.

Seniors Jordan Ezell and Gerard Suhor Capture Doubles State Title Congratulations to Jesuit’s varsity tennis team for returning the state tennis title to Carrollton and Banks. 2009 LHSAA Tennis Tournament Photo Gallery Congratulations to Jesuit’s varsity tennis team for winning the 2009 LHSAA Tennis State Championship. Individual results are as follows: Doubles:           Jordan Ezell and Gerard Suhor - Doubles State Champions           Paul Mickan and Ed Sampognaro - Doubles Quarter Finalists           Dylan Kennedy and Sean Laughlin - Doubles Quarter Finalists   (The following article is courtesy of The Times-Picayune and nola.com)   Blue Jays Win Tennis Crown Cougars win second consecutive title Wednesday, May 06, 2009 By Tammy Nunez Staff writer LAFAYETTE -- This year, there was no sympathy for the doubles team on the other side of the net in the Division I boys doubles finals. This season, Gerard Suhor and Jordan Ezell were on the same team. In last year's finals, the two Jesuit players were on different doubles teams, and played against each other. On Tuesday at St. Thomas More, the duo won a state championship and put the finishing touches on the Blue Jays' second consecutive title. Jesuit won with 10 points. "From an individual standpoint, I've lost in the finals the last two years," Ezell said. "You prepare all year for this . . . and it is a memorable moment." Suhor said this year's match was much more rewarding. "It was a lot better because it wasn't our team on the other side, it wasn't all quiet and awkward during the match," Suhor said. "It definitely feels better to get (Ezell) through the finals this time." The victory gives Jesuit 10 of the past 11 crowns. Though St. Paul's and Airline each finished with six points, Airline was runner-up because Airline's Matthew Zachary won the singles title. Mount Carmel was hoping to end its four-year title drought, and anxiously watched the doubles final of St. Scholastica's Maggie Bankston and Shelby Fritscher against St. Thomas More's Lauren Breaux and Shelby Dufrene. A Doves' victory would have kept the Cubs ahead of the Cougars by one point for the team victory. But Breaux and Dufrene won 6-0, 6-1, giving the Cougars their second consecutive title and leaving the Cubs in second. Both teams scored 10 points, but the doubles victory gave the trophy to St. Thomas More. Cubs Coach Colleen Clarke said she was hoping her doubles team of Megan deBaroncelli and Gabrielle Roe didn't take too much out of the Doves in the semifinals. Bankston and Fritscher won that match to prevent the Cubs from claiming the team title. "We would have liked to do it on our own," Clarke said. "Last year (the Cubs doubles team and St. Scholastica's team) had a great match, and it was another good match this year. The girls played well. St. Scholastica just played better." St. Joseph's finished third with nine points, thanks in large part to singles player Lauren Mira. She made quick work of Caddo Magnet's Mary Meyers in the singles championship, winning 6-1, 6-0 for her third consecutive title.