Vestavia Hills Nips Crusaders 4-3 in DecoTurf Finals

Vestavia Hills High School of Alabama won the doubles point to pull out a 4-3 victory over Cardinal Gibbons in the championship match of the DecoTurf High School Team Championships in Louisville, Kentucky on Saturday, March 26th.   Vestavia Hills improved to 9-1 with the win.   The Crusaders, ranked number one in North Carolina in 3-A and coached by Andrew Tuttle, dropped to 11-2 with the loss.   The Crusaders' Matt Daly was named the Most Valuable Player of the Tournament.  Daly went 4-0 at number one singles in the event.
Singles
Matt Daly (CG) d. Jeffrey Holcombe (VH) 6-4, 6-0
Ziqi Wang (VH) d. Chris Geaslen (CG) 6-0, 6-2
Leo Richard (VH) d. Killian Steer (CG) 6-3, 0-6, (10-6)
Robert Kelly (CG) d. Peter Inge (VH) 6-2, 6-2
Greg Galush (CG) d. Jack Patton (VH) 7-5, 2-6, (10-2)
John Morson (VH) d. Pierce Beary (CG) 6-1, 6-2
Doubles
Holcombe/Wang (VH) d. Daly/Geaslen (CG) 8-4
Steer/Kelly (CG) tied Richard/Inge (VH) 8-8 (6-6) (not finished due to rain)
Patton/Morson (VH) d. Galush/Andrew Rinderer (CG) 9-8(5)

   
Also, Matt Daly was named Tournament MVP for going 4-0 at #1 singles during the tournament