HS tennis: Staten Island Academy’s Tyler Bush cops Interscholastic boys’ singles crown

Tyler Bush of Staten Island Academy won a pair of matches to capture the Staten Island Interscholastic boys’ singles championship on Wednesday at the College of Staten Island.

In the semifinals, he blanked Curtis Alex Shevnin and then dispatched of teammate Russell Nour in the final 6-2, 6-1.

On Wednesday, the girls’ portion of the tournament started.

In the doubles, top-seed Dana Neyman/Alina Pokhiko of McKee/Staten Island Tech demonstrated they are the top team on the Island as they beat St. Joseph Hill’s top duo Victoria D’Agostino and Sophia Romeo, 8-1.

In girls’ singles, MSIT proved once again to tough for the competition. In the best match of the day, Nicole Soltsov (Tech) held off an improving Emily Agushi (Hill) 7-5, 6-3. She faces teammate and top-seed Priyanka Shah in the final. Shah reached the final via a competitive match over teammate Katherine Kobichev 6-2, 6-4.

Results:

Boys Singles:

Semifinals

Bush def. Shevnin 6-0, 6-0

Nour def Brian Olsen (Tech) 6-0, 6-2

Final

Bush def Nour 6-2, 6-1

Girls Singles

Quarterfinals

Kobichev def Cassandra Trinidad (Hill), 8-4

Semifinals

Shah def Kobichev 6-2, 6-4

Soltsov def Agushi 7-5, 6-3

Girls Doubles

Semifinals

Neyman/Pokhito def. Gia Longo/Maya Hilton (Hill) 8-3

Victoria D’Agostino/Sophia Romeo (Hill) def Caiying Lin/Bianca Zheng(tot) 8-1

Finals

Neyman/Pokhito def D’Agostino/Romeo 8-1

Consolation

Longo/Hilton def Lin/ Zheng 8-1

Thursday’s schedule

Girls Singles Final 4:30 p.m.

Boys Doubles Final 3:30 p.m.

NOTES: Tournament director Gregg Hansson gave special thanks to the Staten Island Community Tennis Center, Jim Barton and Mat Buxbaum for hosting the tournament and friends of S.I. Tennis for donating the trophies and balls.