While Ed Tseng is pleased to see his Princeton Day School girls’ tennis team produce a 3-1 start, he is more impressed by the approach his players have been taking this season.

“I think the No. 1 thing is that it really is a nice group of girls, everybody gets along and everyone is supportive of everyone else,” said PDS head coach Tseng.

“We are having fun. Also, we set the tone every season and we say look we are going to give our best effort every single day in practice and matches.”

PDS is getting a good effort from sophomore Sydney Vine at first singles. “We are happy having her at that spot; she has been working really hard, which is great,” said Tseng. “She is going to do some great stuff for us this season.”

Junior Arya Jha and senior Touria Salvati have been giving the Panthers some great stuff at second and third singles, respectively.

“Arya has some experience from playing on the team before; she is definitely a strong girl,” added Tseng.

“Touria is our lone senior this year; she has been playing a lot as well and is actually playing quite well. We are pretty confident having her out there.”

At first doubles, junior Tarika Kumar and freshman Grace Marshall are gaining confidence at the season goes on.

“I put them together and they played really well together and have been jelling,” said Tseng.

“They started the season strong. They have had some really great matches and have showed that they can compete with anyone.”

Junior Emma Dries and sophomore Guilia Gerschel are competing well at second doubles.

“Guilia played last year and Emma was kind of a swing player between varsity and JV,” said Tseng.

“Even through they are a little bit less experienced, they love to compete. They leave it all out there. They are both very athletic so that is a huge advantage.”

With the Mercer County Tournament coming up later this month, Tseng is hoping that his squad will leave it all on the court at that event.

“It is always a good competition, I think it is really up for grabs this year,” said Tseng, whose team is slated to host Hill School (Pa.) on September 21, Peddie School on September 22, and the Blair Academy on September 24 before starting play in the MCT on September 26.

“Every year, regardless of whether teams are up or down, I am always in the mindset of let’s try to win the counties and the preps. It is sports so anything can happen.”