Sasha Gryaznov, Christian Edstrom, and Richard Cheng won eight of nine sets — losing only 10 games between them — to lead Dos Pueblos to a 13-5 win over visiting San Marcos on Thursday.
Dos Pueblos managed to win five sets against San Marcos’ strong doubles teams.
The Chargers (7-4, 2-2) were playing without doubles players Andy Silverstein and Peter Shao, and continued to suffer through injuries as the match went on. Cheng came out after his second set with a sore back, Eric Zmolek slammed his arm into the fence and Malcolm Sutton pulled a stomach muscle, but DP gritted it out.
San Marcos (7-2, 1-2) has been outstanding in doubles all season, but the Chargers shuffled things up a bit and took five of the nine tandem sets. Only the tandem of Austin Cano/Eric Katz stayed healthy and swept. In their first round they fell behind 5-4 but won the next three games to take the set.
“Spectators from both teams were not disappointed today, as both teams displayed high-level tennis,” said coach Liz Frech.
DP hosts Oxnard after Spring break.
DOS PUEBLOS 13, SAN MARCOS 5
Singles — DP: Sasha Gryaznov 3-0, Christian Edstrom 3-0, Richard Cheng 2-0, Yohan Chappaz 0-1. SM: Petar Jivkov 1-2, Garrett Hazarian 0-3, Parker Funk 0-2, Jacob Coffey 0-1. Doubles — DP: Sean Handley/Eric Zmolek 0-2, Sean Handley/Sean Simpson 1-0, Malcolm Sutton/Robert Laskin 1-1, Robert Laskin/Kyle Davis 0-1, Austin Cano/Eric Katz 3-0. SM: Jackson Mann/Scott Messier 2-1, Nik Kilpelainen/Garrett Timmons 0-3, Travis Enholm/Jackson Foster 2-1.
