Singles players Max Sabel and Geoffrey Mak locked down three sets each for the Cate boys tennis team, taking the Rams half-way to a 12-6 non-league victory at San Marcos on Friday.
The Royals fared better on the doubles side as the combos of Jackson Mann-Scott Messier and Stephen Amspoker-Nik Kilpelainen each grabbed a pair of sets, yet not enough to keep pace with the Rams.
The victory caps a big week for Cate, which moved up to Division IV this year. The Rams beat the division’s No. 10 and No. 8-ranked teams in Santa Ynez and Viewpoint before taking down the Channel League’s third-place team.
Mark Mullan and Rohit Goswamy was Cate’s most successful doubles team, winning two sets.
San Marcos faces Lompoc next while Cate has a Condor League game on Wednesday before Sabel and Wyatt Geiger head to compete in the Ojai Invitational over the weekend. Geoffrey Mak will be playing in singles.
CATE 12, SAN MARCOS 6
Cate Singles – Sabel 3-0, Mak 3-0, Lokre 2-1. San Marcos Singles – Gaudefroy 1-2, Enholm 0-3, Funk 0-3. Cate Doubles – Geiger-Mackall 1-0, Mullan-Goswamy 2-1, Mak-Seo 1-2. San Marcos Doubles – Mann-Messier 2-1, Amspoker-Kilpelainen 2-1, Timmons-Herrera 1-2. Records – Cate 9-2, San Marcos 6-7.
