In the opening round of the Fort Wayne Carroll Invitational, the 27th-ranked Eagles faced 21st-ranked Mississinewa, which entered with a 9-0 record. Mississinewa emerged with a 3-2 victory by claiming the three singles positions. Delta swept the doubles matches. Dalton Royal and Walker Boyle trailed 2-5 in the opening set at No. 1 doubles but… Read More
Tuesday, October 5th
The season ended Tuesday evening for the Delta boys’ tennis team as the Eagles fell 4-1 to 25th-ranked Mississinewa in the Marion Regional semifinals. The match was full of drama with the final outcome in doubt for nearly two hours before Mississinewa pulled out tight victories at No. 1 doubles and No. 1 singles to… Read More
Wednesday, September 15th
The Eagles showed some grit Wednesday evening in a 4-1 loss to 12th-ranked Fort Wayne Carroll on Delta’s third consecutive night of road trips. Playing one of its finest matches of the season, the Eagles won at No. 1 doubles, lost in three sets at No. 2 doubles, and lost 4-6, 4-6 at No. 2… Read More
Saturday, August 28th
For the past several years, the boys’ tennis teams from Delta and Culver Academies have faced each other in hard-fought matches in either the IHSAA State Quarterfinals or in regular-season matches at Culver. They met again Saturday afternoon, and for the first time, Culver emerged victorious. Culver, featuring several talented new players, won 4-1 in… Read More
Tuesday, May 18th
Delta came up short in an 0-5 varsity loss and 4-11 JV loss at Homestead on Tuesday evening in Fort Wayne. In the varsity match, Gwen Clark extended her match to three sets at No. 1 singles. Both doubles matches were tight, with the Eagles losing 6-7, 4-6 at No. 1 and falling 3-6, 4-6… Read More
Saturday, May 1st
In the semifinal round of the Delta Invitational, the 9th-ranked Eagles dropped a 4-1 decision to 5th-ranked Hamilton Southeastern. Each team entered the match with a 9-0 record. Both doubles matches were full of twists and turns. In the end, both Delta and HSE gave the other team its first loss of the season at… Read More
Saturday, May 29th
Delta played its best match of the season overall but came up a bit short in a 4-1 loss to 9th-ranked Fishers in the Homestead Semi-State on Saturday morning. Seniors Tynan Dishman and Maggie Manor won 6-2, 6-2 at No. 1 doubles to qualify for the individual state doubles tournament. They will take a 24-2… Read More
Thursday, May 13th
7th-ranked Center Grove proved to be a little deeper and handed 11th-ranked Delta a 4-1 loss on Thursday evening at the Mt. Vernon courts. The Eagles (13-2) played without No. 1 singles player Gwen Clark. Abby Bamidele moved up to No. 1 singles, Maggie Hunt played No. 2, and freshman Gabby Knight stepped into the… Read More
Saturday, September 5th
The Eagles dropped a heartbreaker to Fort Wayne Canterbury in the semifinal round of Saturday’s Fort Wayne Carroll Invitational. Canterbury edged Delta 3-2 in a match that featured three tiebreakers, a 7-5 set, and four other 6-4 sets. Junior Adam Altobella picked up a nice win at No. 3 singles. He withstood three set points… Read More
Saturday, September 5th
The Eagles couldn’t match the firepower of perennial tennis power Homestead in the opening round of Saturday’s Fort Wayne Carroll Invitational. Homestead, ranked 21st at the time but likely to move up to around 15th this week, shut out the 27th-ranked Eagles 5-0. The No. 1 doubles match was excellent for the first set before… Read More