Tennis Returns as Kean Sees All 14 Sports in Action

By Dorian Alerte | Published by April 30, 2021

Women’s tennis is among Kean’s 14 spring sports teams to successfully return to play after a fall semester that was canceled due to Covid-19 regulations.

As with all of the athletic teams, the tennis team followed an eight game regular season format. Athletes were able to return to campus in order to attend training, practices, and games.

“Returning to campus in general, I definitely enjoyed that because it gives you something to do, which is what I missed,” said sophomore tennis player Samantha Luu.

The women’s tennis season normally runs through the fall semester, with two other tournaments that take place in the spring.

The spring tournaments were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The team did not have a fall season either due to the NJAC deciding to not play fall sports at the time.

“I was really looking forward to Boston [last spring],” Luu said. “I was really excited… It was really disappointing when the season was cancelled.”

Throughout the duration of the pandemic, athletes have had to find ways to stay active and make sure that they continued to practice their sport, just in case they had a season.

“On my end, I continued to play tennis,” Luu said. “I would hit around and even now I still hit around.”

The women’s tennis team began playing on April 7 and has played in several matches in their shortened season. The current record of the team is 1-4. They are continuing their season through the end of the spring semester.

The team will ultimately return to campus in the fall when all Kean students return for what they hope will be a normal season.

“For sure, I definitely want to play tennis again,” Luu said. “I really like my teammates… In my first season we were able to have some really good team bonding.”

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