{"id":9235,"date":"2017-05-18T13:13:19","date_gmt":"2017-05-18T13:13:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/?p=9235"},"modified":"2017-05-18T14:18:52","modified_gmt":"2017-05-18T14:18:52","slug":"boys-tennis-maranatha-earns-first-cif-finals-berth-with-10-8-victory-over-mission-viejo-minutemen-trail-all-match-but-close-strong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/?p=9235","title":{"rendered":"Boys Tennis: Maranatha Earns First CIF Finals Berth With 10-8 Victory Over Mission Viejo; Minutemen Trail All Match, But Close Strong"},"content":{"rendered":"

From Staff Reports:<\/strong><\/p>\n

If it was drama you wanted, the Maranatha boys tennis team delivered big time.<\/p>\n

The Minutemen hosted Mission Viejo in the CIF-SS Division 4 semifinals at Occidental College.<\/p>\n

Despite trailing almost the entire way, Maranatha defeated Mission Viejo, 10-8, when Drew Sierra and Billy Tan earned a 7-5 victory in the final match.<\/p>\n

Tan and Sierra, the Minutemen No. 1 doubles team, trailed 4-5, before winning three consecutive games to earn Maranatha its first finals appearance in school history.<\/p>\n

Maranatha will face off with top-seeded Los Osos, Friday at the Claremont Club at 2 p.m.<\/p>\n

The Grizzlies defeated Downey, 10-8, in the other Division 4 semifinal.<\/p>\n

The real drama began in the second round when Maranatha lost Michael Mathews, one-half of their No. 2 doubles team to a hamstring pull.<\/p>\n

Billy Sun, who had played just one set in the entire playoffs came off the bench and won a crucial third-round match with Matthew Leiva.<\/p>\n

For those who don’t follow high school tennis, 10-8, the score Maranatha won by, is the closest score a team can win by without the victor being determined by games.<\/p>\n

Matt Alleman looked like the No. 1 singles player and won all three of his matches on Thursday.<\/p>\n

In the all-important team score, in the race to 10 wins, Maranatha trailed all the way until it was 7-7 with four matches to play.<\/p>\n

They fell behind again, 7-8, but won the final three matches of the day.<\/p>\n

Quotable:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Maranatha coach Arthur Hsieh:<\/strong> “I have to admit I prayed more this match than all season. I wasn’t asking for us to win, I just prayed our kids would play to the best of their abilities. A lot of guys had to overcome the fear of losing. We started this (road to the finals) a long time ago by trying to build them from the inside out. We preached winning the tough battles in life, to win the inner battle against bad habits. We are a real character team. I believe that when you’re pressed, the real you comes out and it happened to work out for us.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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