Mainland tennis beats Seabreeze in first crosstown battle of season


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The Buccaneers nearly swept their crosstown rivals, the Seabreeze Sandcrabs, winning 13 of 14 matches Thursday, Feb. 12, at Mainland and Seabreeze.

Girls score: Singles — Hope Behnke def. Brooke Huling, 9-8 (5-2); Kyra Webb def. Sammy Harrison, 8-3; Emily Powers def. Genevieve Gibbons, 8-6; Alexis Holcomb def. Stack, 8-1; Schuyler Anderson def. Isa Koreniuk, 8-6.

Doubles: Behnke-Powers def. Huling-E. Gibbons, 8-4; Webb-Holcomb def. Harrison-Shannon Stack, 8-2.

Inside: Due to the arriving dark skies, Behnke and Huling were forced to shorten their tie-breaker round.

Boys score: Mainland 6, Seabreeze 1.

Singles: Noah Thompson (S) def. Todd Arias (M), 9-8 (7-5); Miraj Patel def. Chris Ringue, 8-0; Marc Zboch def. Ian Reilly, 8-4; August Deberri def. Sean Skinner, 8-1; Tyler Fuller def. Riley Ouellette, 8-5.

Doubles: Arias-Patel def. Thompson-Ringue, 8-5; Zboch-Deberri def. Ouellette-Reilly, 8-2.

Inside: Arias scored four straight games to tie Thompson at 5-5, and then rallied after trailing 7-6 on several match points. Thompson needed the last game of the set to force a tie break and eventually won.

The two schools will meet again Wednesday, Mar. 18, at Seabreeze for the boys and Mainland for boys.

 

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