RCDS Boys’ Tennis
Wildcats Captains Serve Up Double Bagels to Brunswick

Senior captains Stephen Vogl and Gregg Cohenca led the Wildcats to a 6-1 victory over rival Brunswick at home April 29, each dispatching their opponents in No. 1 and 2 singles with 6-0, 6-0, scores. “Winning a match 6-1 is always good, but winning by that score against Brunswick makes it that much sweeter,” said Vogl.
With the victory, Rye Country Day improved to 5-3 and knocked Brunswick down a peg to 7-2. Vogl is also 6-2 in the No. 1 singles slot, while Cohenca has posted a 7-1 record thus far.
Vogl said that with every match, he goes out expecting to win every set, every game, and every point, no matter what the situation is. “Gregg and I have the same expectations for the team as we do for ourselves.”
Head coach Gil Castagna said, “Gregg and Stephen are always pushing one another to excel. They enhance each other’s game.” He added, “I feel that Gregg would be any other team’s No. 1 player, but he accepts his role as No. 2 and he and Stephen work to perfection. Gregg is the complete team player.”
Jordan Kemp and Paul Santo completed the singles sweep for the Wildcats, defeating their respective opponents 6-4, 6-2; and 6-1, 6-2. All in all, Rye Country Day dominated singles competition by a total of 48 games to nine. John Dubin and Alex Osborne were successful in No. 2 doubles with a score of 6-3, 6-2; and Peter Zawel and Dylan Haber ousted their opponents in No. 3 doubles, 6-2, 6-4. Ryan Blatt and senior captain John Siderides lost to Brunswick’s first doubles team by a score of 6-4, 6-3.
Coach Castagna has been very pleased with Rye Country Day’s doubles play as of late.
“Our doubles teams are finding their niche helping to get the matches needed to create a win as a team,” he said. “The concept of team is what each of us is concerned with.”
The team concept is one Vogl has taken to heart in his time at Rye Country Day, and it has allowed him a celebrated Wildcat career. Vogl will head to Indiana University in the fall, where he will play Big 10 tennis for a school currently ranked No. 31 in the country. The senior captain looks forward to taking his game “to the next level,” but feels his job here isn’t quite done yet.

“Every day, I try to do my best and work as hard as possible,” said Vogl. “I want my work ethic and commitment to rub off on the younger players so that they can be the best they can as the years progress. The team has a lot of upside over the next couple of years and I look forward to seeing the advancements they make.”