Knights doubles battle to end
Miners hand IM first tennis loss; Wykons prevail
POSTED: May 15, 2008
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The Knights seniors outlasted Gladstone and battled to the end with Iron Mountain’s Andrew Bales-Corey Runsat in recent matches.
“Tyler Havens and Jake Mellon continue to show improvement,” said Norway Coach Gus Murray after the Knights bowed to Gladstone 7-1.
Havens-Mellon dropped the first set to the Braves 6-2, but rebounded to win the match 6-0, 6-2.
“This doubles team doesn’t give up,” Murray said. “They are learning that it takes two sets to win and it doesn’t matter when they do it.
“When they get in a groove they are tough to beat.”
The match with the Mountaineers took nearly two hours before the Knights fell 7-6 (7-5), 6-7 (9-7), 7-5.
“The third set became a battle of wills,” Murray said.
The Knights face Ishpeming today.
Negaunee 5
Iron Mountain 3
NEGAUNEE — Negaunee dominated doubles and spilled previously unbeaten Iron Mountain 5-3 in high school boys tennis here Wednesday.
“It was a very competitive match,” said IM Coach Chris Hartman. “It came down to their depth in doubles and we were a little overmatched.”
Mountaineers (8-1-2) face Kingsford today.
“I thought my team battled hard and the loss wasn’t for a lack of effort,” Hartman said. “All we can do is learn from our mistakes and move on.”
Results follow:
SINGLES: 1. Matt Lobeck, IM, def. Matt Schroderes 6-3, 6-1; 2. Collin Kuoppala, IM, def. Caleb Scanlon 7-6(8), 6-2; 3. Tim Obradovich, IM, def. Jake Espinoza 5-7, 6-3, 6-3; 4. Brian Price, N, def. Brandon Spigarelli 6-1, 6-1.
DOUBLES: 1. Tyler Hanson-Tyler DesJardins, N, def. Andrew Bales-Corey Runsat 7-6(2), 6-0; 2. Kaleb Collins-Deryn Walechka, N, def. Max Kujala-Paul Kuoppala 6-1, 6-1; 3. Zach Fredin-Seth Fredrickson, N, def. Nick Schiavo-Eric Lindholm 3-6, 6-0, 6-4; 4. Brandon Cory-Chad DelAngelo, N, def. Sam Henke-Collin Wangerin 6-1, 7-5.
West Iron 5
Marquette 3
IRON RIVER — Coach Joe Serbentas’ Wykons overcame a split in singles matches to beat the Redmen.
“Matt Baumgartner (WIC No. 1 singles) was on the short end of a couple of tiebreakers,” said Serbentas, noting a 7-6, 7-6 decision with TJ Myers. “That match was a war with many long rallies.”
WIC No. 3 singles Davin Lindwall also dropped a pair of tiebreakers.
“This match was a great win and will give our team confidence down the stretch,” Serbentas said. “There was some great tennis.”
West Iron (6-1-1) competes Saturday in the Negaunee Invitational.
SINGLES: 1. TJ Myers, M, def. Matt Baumgartner 7-6, 7-6; 2. BJ Scalcucci, W, def. Josh Kiesby 7-5, 6-2; 3. Jon Hill, M, def. Davin Lindwall 7-6 (7-5), 7-6 (7-2); 4. Greg Ahlberg, W, def. Connor Greer 6-2, 6-1.
DOUBLES: 1. Mike Baumgartner-Zac Kolbas, W, def. Mike Carl-Andrew McAuliffe 6-1, 7-5; 2. Anders Ahlberg-Nick Rosseau, W, def. Troy Anderson-Andrew Umstead 6-3, 6-2; 3. Eddie Erhart-Clay Powell, W, def. Bret Amo-Glen Shaw 6-3, 6-3; 4. Eric McAuliffe-Brian Reckker, M, def. Scott Kataja-Chris Paul 6-2, 6-3.
