Catalina Foothills over Buena 9-0
March 21, 2024 by Andy Morales, AZPreps365
No. 8 Catalina Foothills beat No. 22 Buena 9-0 on Thursday to improve to 4-1 on the year, including an opening loss to Division I power, and top-ranked, Brophy (8-0). That 5-4 setback was only the second loss for the Falcons dating back to the end of the 2013 season. The Falcons now have an incredible 136-2 record in that time frame and the program is expected to compete for another championship, which would be a record ten in a row and 18th overall. Brophy has 22 team titles.
Buena is now 2-2 on the year and the Colts begin section play at No. 50 Cholla (2-3) on March 26. The Falcons will also start section play next but not until April 2 when the program hosts No. 2 Salpointe (4-0).
The Falcons’ top player, Austin Cohen, has a minor toe injury so he missed the match on Thursday with Buena.
Catalina Foothills junior Austin Cohen claims the first court after joining up with his brother Grant to win the D-II doubles championship as a freshman. He leads a powerhouse program that has won 17 team titles and the last three straight #azpreps365 pic.twitter.com/hAAMvrnGFJ
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SINGLES
1 Jason Jia (CF) over James Rice (6-1, 6-1)
2 Nicholas Barrutia Pierson (CF) over Ryan Wilde (6-1, 6-0)
3 Santiago Astengo Jaime (CF) over Victor Luna (6-0, 6-2)
4 Santiago Lietzau (CF) over Jake Rodda (6-3, 6-0)
5 Aaron Zeldin (CF) over Jackson Creech (6-0, 6-0)
6 Luke Sadalla (CF) over Benjamin Warwick (6-0, 6-0)
DOUBLES
1 Lietzau/Pierson (CF) over Rice/Wilde (8-1)
2 Sadalla/Jaime (CF) over Rodda/Luna (8-1)
3 Zeldin/Bozdogan (CF) over Warwick/Creech (8-1)
Buena's James Rice. (Andy Morales/AZPreps365)
