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A love-ly start for Pioneers boys’ tennis

Anne Marie Tobin

March 31, 2025 by Anne Marie Tobin

The Pioneers’ boys tennis team started the 2025 season with an impressive win at love, shutting out visiting Bishop Fenwick 5-0 at Lynnfield High.

Sophomores Ritvik Mahajan, Rishabh Anand, and Mahir Akhter picked up their first varsity victories. Mahajan won the third singles match, 6-0, 6-3, while Anand and Akhter prevailed at second doubles 6-0, 6-0.

“Ritvik was playing confidently. It was his first varsity singles match so it’s not like doubles when you have a partner if you get down a little so he did very well,” Dunn said. “The last set (6-3) was pretty much back and forth so he did well. He hit all his shots so I was really proud of him.”

“Rishabh and Mahir were really happy to get a big win and their first varsity win,” Dunn said. “They worked on coming into the net so their game together is moving forward and getting the lobs and overheads.”

Senior captain Shea McCarthy picked up a win at first singles, 6-1, 6-0. Dunn said that despite the lopsided score, the match was competitive.

“Shea’s opponent played well and there were lots of long rallies and points,” Dunn said. “Shea played extremely well.”

Fellow senior captain Shlok Kudrimoti took the second singles match 6-0, 6-0. 

“Shlok was playing very aggressively and got his match done pretty quickly,” Dunn said. 

The senior first doubles team of Matt Reinold and captain Raffi Arkun cruised to a 6-0, 6-0 win.

“Matt and Raffi are a tough doubles team together; they are playing really well,” Dunn said. “There wasn’t too much competition for them today, but it was that they got some work in together and they are really clicking as a team. Today gave some people an opportunity to play and gain some experience, so overall, it was a great way to start the season.”

The Pioneers are back in action on Friday at 4:30 p.m. when they host Hamilton-Wenham.

  • Anne Marie Tobin
    Anne Marie Tobin

    Anne Marie Tobin is a sports reporter for the Item and sports editor of the Lynnfield and weeklies. She also serves as the associate editor of North Shore Golf magazine. Anne Marie joined the Weekly News staff in 2014 and Essex Media Group in 2016. A seven-time Massachusetts state amateur women’s golf champion and member of the Massachusetts Golf Association Hall of Fame, Tobin is graduate of Mount Holyoke College and Suffolk University Law School. She practiced law for 30 years before becoming a sports reporter. Follow her on Twitter at: @WeeklyNewsNow.

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