The 2025 Moore League boys’ tennis season got rolling earlier this month, with Millikan looking to recapture its success from the previous campaign. Though, the Rams faced notable turnover this offseason.
Spencer Pozgay took the head coaching reins at Millikan this offseason.
The Rams are also in the process of filling the void left behind by Nolan Alvarez, last year’s Moore League champion in singles and doubles. Alvarez now applies his trade at Southwestern University in Texas, but his former doubles partner, Eric Carranza, has taken over as Millikan’s unequivocal veteran leader.
“He’s stepped up in a way where it’s basically like having another coach on the floor,” Pozgay said. “He helped out with the girls’ program. He’s helping out with the boys’ program. He’s been killing it in matches so far. … He’s definitely the hardest worker that I have on this team.”
Carranza will certainly be one of the favorites to recapture Moore League championships in both singles and doubles this time around, and he’s not the only Millikan senior with towering goals.
The duo of Kaden Serdengecti and Harrison Bruechert received all-league honors in doubles last season. Both return as seniors in 2025.
Pozgay said that the Serdengecti-Bruechert pairing has proved effective because of their contrasting play styles. Serdengecti predominantly provides power, while Bruechert’s game features more finesse. In tandem, those stylistic differences often provide distinct challenges for opposing pairs.
Two years removed from its CIF Southern Section Division 4 title, Wilson comes into the season with equally high expectations. Like Millikan, the Bruins also have experience on their side.
Wilson’s veteran cohort is spearheaded by Leo Bauch and Douglas Smith, both of whom made the all-league roster for both singles and doubles in 2024.
“[Bauch’s] got the extra level of commitment — really improved over the last year. He’s been playing really high-level tennis, pushing guys that are better than him — on paper at least,” Bruins head coach Nick Medina said.
Medina described Smith as Wilson’s “other top singles player,” and praised the senior’s competitive spirit.
The Wilson head coach also said that he’s seen team-wide improvement in doubles, which has been a byproduct of the Bruins’ mature roster.
Like its Moore League competitors, Long Beach Poly also flaunts an abundance of returning talent.
Elijah Wong and Gabe Simms, two of Poly’s three all-league singles selections from last season, have unsurprisingly been some of the Jackrabbits’ most productive singles performers thus far.
“Everybody kind of looks up to them to see how we’re going to do,” Poly head coach Ricardo Montecinos said. “If they’re doing well, it makes [the other guys] feel like [they] got to do well too.”
Montecinos also noted his team’s non-conference wins over polished programs like Redondo Union and Los Alamitos. The Jackrabbits’ head coach was impressed with his team’s character in both matches, emphasizing veteran maturity as a driving force in each of those victories.
“There’s a lot more confidence, especially from the seniors,” Montecinos said. “Everybody’s kind of feeling like they’re always in a match; there’s always a chance; there’s always the ability to come back. … Last year, we didn’t have that poise.”
Lakewood is seemingly the lone outlier in an ultra-experienced Moore League.
Lancers head coach Tom McNamee admitted that the 2025 campaign may be tough for his squad after losing eight total varsity players from last year’s team.
Nevertheless, McNamee highlighted junior Patrix Sourn as being the Lancers’ best returning singles player. Lakewood also brings back a trio of doubles players in senior Nathan Rowe, junior Robert Lak, and sophomore Eligh Paredes. Those four are the Lancers’ only varsity returners.
“One of the best things about having a varsity team with eight sophomores is the future,” McNamee said. “I hope this season gets them the experience and inspires them to grow as players. I don’t know how much longer I’ll be coaching, but I do want to ensure that when I step aside, the program is in the best place possible.”
Jordan and Cabrillo have fielded boys’ tennis teams in years past, but neither school is doing so this season.
