Austin Lokre and Cate’s boys tennis team locked down a victory in their Condor League opener on Wednesday, taking a 15-3 decision over Laguna Blanca at the Municipal Courts.
Lokre, a sophomore, swept his three sets as the Rams’ No. 1 singles player. Two of the wins came against players he hadn’t beaten during his Cate career.
[imagebrowser id=15]”Austin never beat Max and Troy last year. For Lokre to come back and beat Max 6-0 and Troy 6-1 was big,” said Cate head coach Bob Bonning.
Mark Mullan and Adam Turner were the only other Rams to play a full three sets, doing it together as a 3-0 doubles team.
Laguna’s Troy Ritter and Alex Greer won a set each in singles while the doubles team of Eddie Conk and Alex Louden captured the other Owls set.
“Despite our best efforts they’re just on another level,” said Laguna Blanca head coach Trevor Thornton. “I thought we put forth a pretty good effort but they are just a little too much.”
Cate won for the second time in two days, improving to 2-3 overall, 1-0 Condor League. Laguna Blanca is 3-3, 0-1.
CATE 15, LAGUNA BLANCA 3
Cate Singles — Rohit Goswamy 1-0, Austin Lokre 3-0, Chris Lin 3-0, Grant Redmond 0-2. Doubles — C: Mark Mullan-Adam Turner 3-0, Cam Seo-Jason Park 1-0, Gregory Mak-Bill Pomerans 2-0, Seo-Ahmed Bou-Rabee 2-0, Pomerans-Omar Kurshid 0-1.
LB Singles — Max Hong 0-3, Troy Ritter 1-2, Alex Greer 1-2. LB Doubles — Peter Sorensen-Benji Sorensen 0-3, Alex Louden-Eddie Conk 1-2, Justin Shand-Patrick Ferroni 0-3.
