Then, it would’ve been a little bit harder for me mentally, but I was glad I was able to stick it out.”įrom there, Deshpande cruised. “I probably wouldn’t have let it affect me too much, but it would’ve given the momentum to my opponent, Charlie. “It was really important to me,” Deshpande said. A marathon game that often went back-and-forth between deuce and advantage for Schweppe, Deshpande came out on top, zapping any potential momentum Schweppe could have gained by taking the opening game. The second set ended up being more of the same, but the opening game spoke to the way Deshpande kept his composure, something he said he’s worked hard on. Quality serving, a strong backhand and good movement across the baseline were constants in his performance.Īs a result, he nonchalantly went about the opening set, winning 6-1 and looking unbothered by nothing. Against Schweppe, whom he lost to not long ago, Deshpande was methodically proficient in all aspects of his game. It was smart of Deshpande to save his “false reality” performance for the biggest match of the year. “I did not expect to play this well,” he said. So, Luca keeps me composed out there, and that’s a big reason why we won today.” Singles: Langtree Charter's Desphande wins titleĪt certain points on Saturday, Langtree Charter’s Desphande couldn’t believe how good he was playing. “Luca stays pretty levelheaded, I get mad about everything out there. “I’m definitely the more emotional one of the team,” Hackman said. Their run was short-lived, however, as Bishop McGuinness won four of the next five games to earn the title, remaining calm even when it looked like Uwharrie Charter could be changing the course of the match.
Down 2-1, Phetmixay and Auman got in a groove and took the next two games to switch the momentum. Not long after, they clinched the opener.īut Uwharrie Charter followed up a lackluster opening set with much more visible passion and competitiveness in the second set.
Getting to their preferred style of play from the jump, the Villains took the opening five games of the first set. I feed off of his play, so my finesse comes off of his power shots.”Īgainst Uwharrie Charter, a fast start quelled any nerves Bishop McGuinness might have had. “Luca’s definitely the powerhouse,” Hackman said. Hackman, effective in his own ways, provided a nice change of pace, opting for accuracy and finesse – while also standing out as the more vocal and emotional of the two during the match. More of a power player, Pestana, a lefty, impressed with his serving and hard-hit volleys. Their head coach, Larry Ingram, said it wasn’t until about four matches into the season that he determined those two players should be paired together.īut by now, it’s easy to see why the two complement each other so well. You wouldn't know it from Saturday’s action, but the partnership between Bishop McGuinness’ Pestana and Hackman took some time to develop. Having lost to Schweppe in regionals, Deshpande said he did a better job on Saturday of managing the ups and downs that inevitably come during a match and handled the mental side of his game.ĭoubles: Bishop McGuinness duo beats team from Uwharrie Charter “Seeing this team in regionals, I was afraid, but we were coming into it confident today.”ĭeshpande’s dominant showing came against a fellow freshman, Charlie Schweppe of Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy. “It’s pretty great,” Pestana said of winning the title. In a rematch of last week’s 1A West regional final, Pestana and Hackman defeated Uwharrie Charter’s Joseph Phetmixay and Drew Auman, bringing the doubles title back to Bishop McGuinness for the first time since 2014. High School Athletic Association 1A finals. On a state championship Saturday highlighted by schools from the western part of the state, the Bishop McGuinness duo of Luca Pestana and Timothy Hackman won the doubles state title (6-1, 6-4), and Langtree Charter Academy freshman Nikhil Deshpande (6-1, 6-0) took home the singles crown at the N.C. Carlos Pestana, contains the surgery knowledge you need to excel on the surgery shelf exam and USMLE Step 2 CK.By Brennan Doherty, HighSchoolOT reporterĬary, N.C. Pestana's Surgery Notes, by distinguished surgery instructor Dr. But time in the wards is limited, and clerkship covers only a tiny sample of the surgical universe. Surgical clerkship allows senior medical students to develop clinical skills and gain a better understanding of surgical disease while caring for patients. Pestana's Surgery Notes is the highest-yield surgery review for the shelf and USMLE Step 2 CK exams. Celebrated by medical students for over a decade and meticulously updated, Dr.
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