The 5-6 boys tennis team is coming off a devastating loss to West Springfield, following a win against TC Williams. That loss hasn’t seemed to affect their team spirit. Their “Imua,” which means to never give up, has kept them working hard to overcome the disappointment.

The match against TC Williams wasn’t a close one, with the score ending 6-3 in their favor, a nice change to a tough season. The match against West Springfield was  harder to swallow, with the scoreline being 9-0 in favor of West Springfield. The last match was a blowout, with the team failing to get on the scoreboard.

“The rest of the season is going to be tough because of a lot of difficult opposition,” senior captain Joshua Kim said. “We’re going to keep working hard and push for the wins.” The captain seems optimistic, though he had been on injury leave during the last match. He admitted the line up for the match was not perfect and that it was going to be a tough match regardless.

“We’ve been doing good. We’ve won all the matches we expected to win,” senior Chris Boado. “Unfortunately, we also lost all of the games that we expected to lose, though we that didn’t stop us from giving it our all.”

The team won their first two games of the season before losing their third and then winning only sporadically throughout the rest of the season up until now. All of the players agree that despite their record, they have been working hard and doing their best to improve all aspects of their games.

“It looks like they [the team] have really improved since the beginning of the season,” manager and junior Mindy Vo said. “Our weaker players have gotten stronger and everyone is improving. Some key players are guys like Todd Le and Philipos Ousman.”

The boys only have four regular season games to improve their record, with their next chance to put all their hard work to the test will be against rivals W.T. Woodson, Tuesday, April 24.