The Ridgewood News All-Suburban Tennis Team
Friday, July 26, 2013
BY JIM MCCONVILLE
CORRESPONDENT
The Ridgewood News
JASON LINKER & GREG MASLAK, Ridgewood — These seniors were a tandem at the junior varsity level two years ago and reunited this year to give the Maroons a second straight Bergen Groups 3-4 championship at first doubles — the school’s fifth since 1988. Maslak was a second doubles county champion last year, while Linker played third singles, and it took them a bit of time to jell, as both missed an early week of the season while traveling.
Once they got it together, they won 12 of their last 13 matches (the loss coming in the North 1, Group 4 state team tournament) to finish 13-4 on the season, including a win over Shawn Diniz and James Yoon when the Northern Highlands pairing had to default for injury. Linker still dabbled at singles, winning his three dual matches, and had a win with another doubles partner, and Maslak was 1-2 as a singles player.