Laguna leans on Warriors
Laguna Blanca’s boys tennis team secured a 12-6 non-league victory over Carpinteria on Monday, moving to 2-1 on the season.
The Owls took 6-of-9 singles sets, including two from Max Hong without a loss. Troy Ritter and Alex Greer each won 2-of-3.
In doubles, Peter and Benji Sorensen won two sets before giving way to Patrick Ferroni [...]
Royals push record to 5-0
San Marcos’ boys tennis team won its fifth game of the season without a loss on Friday, riding the strength of its doubles teams, as it has all season long, to a 10-8 victory over Santa Ynez.
The Royals went 8-1 in doubles sets with Jackson Mann-Scott Messier and Travis Enholm-Jackson Foster sweeping three sets each. [...]
Chargers edge Warriors yet again
Dos Pueblos’ boys tennis team defeated Westlake in a nailbiter for the second straight season, this time a 10-8 decision at Westlake on Thursday.
The Chargers got the job done in doubles, winning all nine sets. Austin Cano grabbed one win in singles in the final round to make the difference in the match.
Westlake’s top singles [...]
Ritter reels in tiebreak win in crunch time
Troy Ritter took the biggest battle to win the war for the Laguna Blanca boys tennis team on Thursday. Ritter’s tiebreak-victory in the match’s final set gave the Owls a 10-8 triumph over Villanova.
“It was definitely a pressure situation and he came through,” said Owls head coach Trevor Thorpe.
The doubles team of Benji and Peter [...]
Jivkov saves San Marcos’ day in final set
Petar Jivkov provided the heroics for the San Marcos boys tennis team on Wednesday, coming back from a 4-0 deficit in the final set of the day to defeat Arroyo Grande’s Sean Hollister in a tiebreaker and lead the Royals to a 10-8 victory over the Eagles.
“Petar showed amazing concentration and resolve when our team [...]
Chargers wallop Righetti in the wind
Dos Pueblos boys tennis head coach Liz Frech shuffled the deck on Tuesday and out came aces. The Chargers moved some players around without the services of top singles player Sasha Gryaznov and defeated visiting Righetti 14-4.
Without Gryaznov anchoring the singles lineup, Sean Handley stepped in and swept three sets and Austin Cano claimed two more sets [...]
Cardinals almost pull out a win in debut
Bishop Diego’s boys tennis team came close to pulling out a season-opening victory on Tuesday, falling to Oak Park 10-8.
“It was a competive match for our first game of the year and it was a lot more competetive than it was last year,” said Cardinals head coach Ray Vazquez, citing a 16-2 decision last season.
Nick [...]
Royals doubles dunks Tigers
Two Royals doubles teams remained undefeated through three matches by winning three sets on Monday, leading the Royals to a 12-6 victory over San Luis Obispo.
Nik Kilpelainen and Garrett Timmons won their first two sets 6-0, 6-0 before being stretched to a third-set tiebreaker. Jackson Foster and Parker Funk took their three sets 6-1, 6-4, [...]
Lancers won’t let Chargers get by
Thousand Oaks’ solid singles side proved unbreakable for Dos Pueblos on Monday as the Chargers fell 11-7 to the Lancers in a non-league matchup.
Sasha Gryaznov won two of three sets in singles but the rest of the Chargers were winless in six sets.
The story was better for Dos Pueblos in doubles, where the teams of [...]
Hong goes undefeated but Owls drop opener
Top singles player Max Hong went 3-0 but the Laguna Blanca boys tennis team lost its season-opener against visiting Nordhoff on Friday, 11-7.
“He played really well today and had an excellent match with their No. 1 player,” said coach Trevor Thorpe. “We were strong in some of our singles matches struggled in doubles.”
After going 3-11 [...]