Make that two big-time wins in two days.
Just 24 hours after defeating Ventura, the Santa Barbara High boys tennis team headed down to North Hollywood and took care of perennial-power Harvard-Westlake, 12-6.
Nico Pollero and Chase Melton each went 3-0 in singles play, with Melton giving up just three games in his sets. Sammer Garcia was 1-2, but his victory was a back-breaker over top Wolverine Jackson Frons.
“It wasn’t long ago when we broke their 100-game win streak. It’s always important for us to beat Harvard-Westlake, because we’ve had some of our toughest losses ever against them,” said coach Steve Geremia. “We weren’t intimidated by them at all. We went right after them.”
It was 9-3 by the end of the second round, meaning the match was already decided.
SANTA BARBARA 12, HARVARD-WESTLAKE 6
Singles — SB: Nico Pollero 3-0, Sammer Garcia 1-2 , Chase Melton 3-0. HW: Jackson Frons 1-2, Matt Wagner 0-3, Andrew Berman 1-2. Doubles — SB: Jim Vaughan-Chris Williams 3-0, Dan Diaz-Matt Baum 0-3, Chris Grant-Logan Liddell 2-1. HW: Harrison Kalt-Jamie Best 1-2, Chris Kenny-Spencer Suh 2-1, Roy Berdak-Kyle Martin 1-2.
