Coming off of a grueling week of competition, Santa Barbara High’s tennis team was on the money on Thursday in a 13-5 crosstown win against San Marcos.
“We looked very sharp despite the fatigue factor,” said Dons coach Steve Geremia. “We’ve played so much tennis lately, and our guys were hitting everything really clean.”
Sammer Garcia, Chase Melton and freshman Graham Maassen went unbeaten in their singles sets for Santa Barbara. San Marcos freshman standout Petar Jivkov picked up a set in singles but ran into some stiff competition in his other two sets.
“Petar just ran into a couple of players that were older, and he caught them when the were really pl;aying hot,” said Geremia. “He’s a very good player and fun to watch.”
The Royals, who were coming off of a big win over Ventura, were missing some key doubles players in the match.
Santa Barbara (11-1, 6-0) plays Dos Pueblos on Tuesday. San Marcos is now 9-4, 2-3.
SANTA BARBARA 13, SAN MARCOS 5
Singles — SB: Sammer Garcia 1-0, Andrew Busch 1-1, Chase Melton 2-0, Jordan Maron 0-1, Graham Maassen 2-0, Austin Trevillian 0-1. SM: Petar Jivkov 1-2, Travis Enholm 1-2, Parker Funk 1-2.
Doubles — SB: Jim Vaughan-Matt Baum 2-0, Kelly Cote-Conner Kern 0-1, Chrs Grant-Logan Liddell 2-0, Penn Stussy-Mark Conliffe 0-1, Jeremy Kirchhoff-Adrian Huffard 2-0, Mitchell Kuhn-Avery Chernin 1-0. SM: Nick Kilpelainen-Jackson Mann 0-3, Jacob Coffey-Garrett Hazarian 1-2, Evan Lincoln-Adam Smith 1-2.
TEAM RECORDS — SB 11-1, 6-0 Channel League. SM 9-4, 2-3.
