Nico Pollero of Santa Barbara reaches to return a shot during match against San Marcos. Pollero won both of his sets.
Santa Barbara High showed the overall strength of its boys tennis team in a 14-4 Channel League win at San Marcos on Tuesday.
Graham Maasen won two sets to help Santa Barbara defeat San Marcos 14-4. (John Dvorak photo)
Nico Pollero and Graham Maassen went 2-0 at No. 1 and 2 singles, respectively, and the Dons’ top three doubles teams also posted 2-0 records. The teams were Logan Liddell-Mitchell Kuhn, Jack Damen-Avery Chernin, and Austin Trevillian-Jordan Rodnick.
Santa Barbara (4-0, 2-0) is ranked No. 5 in CIF Division 1. San Marcos is 7-3, 2-1.
Petar Jivkov and Owen Lincoln won singles sets for the Royals. In doubles, the teams of Garrett Hazarian-Spencer Kennedy and Lucas Budgett-Burke McComb each earned a win.
Santa Barbara coach Greg Tebbe said the highlight for the Dons was freshman Jake Sutton outlasting the Royals’ Oliver Piltch, 7-6, in the final match of the day, with both teams and an energetic crowd cheering them on.
Santa Barbara 14, San Marcos 4
SB singles: Nico Pollero 2-0, Graham Maassen 2-0, Ryan Chung 2-1, Jake Sutton 1-0, Matthew Wallock 0-1.
SB doubles: Mitchell Kuhn / Logan Liddell 2-0, Jack Damen / Avery Chernin 2-0, Austin Trevillian / Jordan Rodnick 2-0, Conner Kerns / Jordan Rodnick 1-0, Patrick Kim / William Belfiore 0-1, Benjamin Bird / Max Mercurio 0-1
SM singles: Petar Jivkov 1-2, Owen Lincoln 1-2, Ramin Parvin 0-2, Oliver Piltch 0-1.
SM doubles: Garrett Hazavian / Spencer Kennedy 1-2, Lucas Budgett / Burke McComb 0-3, Jack Haley / Jake Wheelock 1-2
