SHORELINE – After knocking off Shorecrest 6-1 on Wednesday, the Shorewood boys tennis team finds itself alone atop the Western Conference South Division with a perfect 7-0 record.
Opponents might have expected nothing less from the Thunderbirds, but Shorewood coach Corliss Liekkio didn’t predict perfection.
“I truly expected to have lost at least a couple (team) matches by now,” he said. “I’m pleasantly surprised.”
Liekkio’s amazement is understandable, considering Shorewood lost 2003 graduate Jeff Jablonski, who finished second in singles at the Class 4A tournament last year. However, the Thunderbirds worked hard in the offseason and returned plenty of talent.
“I still have quite a few kids returning,” Liekkio said, “and we have a lot of depth.”
Depth provides flexibility, as Shorewood seniors Vincent Ma and Peter Reni displayed Wednesday. Ma and Reni, who have played as doubles teammates for three years, successfully switched to singles. Ma won at No. 2, 6-1, 6-7 (5-7), 6-4, and Reni prevailed at No. 4, 6-1, 6-3.
Still, Shorecrest (3-4 in league and overall) pushed four of the matches to a third set. Senior Chad Frisk grabbed the Scots’ lone point, winning 7-6 (7-3), 7-6 (7-5) at No. 3 singles.
Singles-Mapalo (Shorewood) def. Tat, 6-0, 3-6, 6-4; Ma (Shorewood) def. Jacobsen, 6-1, 6-7 (5-7), 6-4; Frisk (Shorecrest) def. Abney, 7-6 (7-3), 7-6 (7-5); Reni (Shorewood) def. Morita, 6-1, 6-3. Doubles-Bourne-McCall (Shorewood) def. Hamanishi-Cheung, 6-2, 6-3; Mestel-Lee (Shorewood) def. Huang-Hildebrand, 6-0, 7-6 (7-0); Turner-Hart (Shorewood) def. Chen-Roubound, 6-0, 5-7, 7-5. Records-Shorecrest 3-4 in league and overall. Shorewood 7-0, 7-0. |
Jackson 7, Mountlake Terrace 0: Jackson swept to the Wesco South victory to boost its record to 6-1. Mike Reading led the way with a 6-0, 6-1 win at No. 1 singles, and the Timberwolves lost just two games in three doubles matches.
Singles-Reading (J) def. Lum, 6-0, 6-1; Yee (J) def. Matthews, 6-1, 7-5; Lin (J) def. Lee, 6-2, 6-0; Branson (J) def. Swanson 6-3, 6-1. Doubles-DeWeese-Burke (J) def. Zhang-Loch, 6-1, 6-1; Lathorpe-Kim (J) def. Lee-Pham, 6-0, 6-0; Reed-Citron (J) def. King-Wallace Guererro, 6-0, 6-0. Records-M. Terrace 0-7 in league and overall. Jackson 6-1, 6-1. |
Edmonds-Woodway 5, Everett 2: Junior Mike Maldazys, normally a doubles player, rallied to win at No. 3 singles, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4, to highlight the Warriors’ Wesco South triumph.
Singles-Fenning (EW) def. Nielson, 6-0, 6-2; Swezey (Ev) def. Zipper, 7-5, 4-6, 6-2; Maldazys (EW) def. Cavenaugh, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4; Grennan (EW) def. Lee, 6-0, 6-2. Doubles-Lester-Shin (EW) def. A. Woodhouse-Haines, 6-2, 6-1; Hardy-McCleary (EW) def. E. Woodhouse-Sontra, 6-1, 6-3; Potts-Mattson (Ev) def. Kearns-Guo, 5-7, 6-2, 6-3. Records-Everett 3-4 in league and overall. Edmonds-Woodway 5-2, 5-2. |
Lynnwood 5, Mariner 2: In a battle of two previously winless teams, Lynnwood secured the top three singles matches on its way to the Wesco South victory. All three doubles matches went three sets, and Royals Chad Peterson and Ryan Palmer rallied to win at No. 1, 1-6, 6-2, 6-3.
Singles-Crollard (L) def. N. Trinh, 6-3, 7-5; Wise (L) def. K. Tran, 6-2, 6-4; Nossum (L) def. Ngyen, 6-2, 7-5; Kerr (M) def. Park, 6-4, 6-3. Doubles-Peterson-Palmer (L) def. R. Nugyen-L. Trinh, 1-6, 6-2, 6-3; M. Nugyen-Murray (M) def. 6-2, 6-7 (not reported), 7-6 (not reported); J. Kim-D. Kim (L) def. A. Tran-Lambert, 6-2, 6-7 (not reported), 7-6 (not reported). Records-Lynnwood 1-6 in league and overall. Mariner 0-6, 0-6. |
Lake Stevens 5, Arlington 2: Craig Miller and Chad Jerde helped Lake Stevens win its fourth meet with a 6-0, 6-0 victory in No. 1 doubles of the Wesco North contest.
Singles-Arndt (LS) def. Checkeye, 6-3, 2-6, 6-2; Wyrick (LS) def. Backstrom, 6-0, 6-2; Fletcher (Arl) def. D. Evans, 6-0, 6-1; Azucena (Arl) def. Crain, 6-1, 3-6, 6-2. Doubles-Miller-Jerde (LS) def. Stadin-Comerford, 6-0, 6-0; C. Evans-Nguyen (LS) def. Ennis,-Yuncker, 6-3, 6-1; Fish-Bachta (LS) def. Davidson-Hansen, 6-3, 6-3. Records-Lake Stevens 4-3 overall. Arlington 0-7. |
Snohomish 7, Cascade 0: Zach Gordon won his match 6-0, 6-2 at No. 1 singles and Haiyang Zhang won his No. 2 singles match 6-3, 6-7 (8-6), 6-2 as Snohomish won its seventh meet without a loss.
Singles-Gordon (S) def. Shaw, 6-0, 6-2; Stocker (S) def. Hong, 6-1, 6-2; Zhang (S) def. DeBoli, 6-3, 6-7 (8-6), 6-2; Merisko (S) def. Nguyen, 6-3, 6-0. Doubles-Helms-Perron (S) def. Kaleiwahea-Osher, 6-2, 6-4; Lacy-Stevens (S) def. Chup-Ly, 6-1, 6-1; McPeak-Reimers (S) def. Vovbard-Brandenburg, 6-4, 6-4. Records-Cascade 4-3 in overall. Snohomish 7-0. |
Stanwood 5, Mount Vernon 2: Stanwood remained in second place behind Snohomish in the Wesco North with the victory. The Spartans claimed all three doubles matches, kicked off by No. 1 duo Zach Tafoya and Daniel Redfern, who won 6-0, 6-0.
Singles-Fredlund (MV) def. Enmott, 6-3, 6-2; McCutcheon (S) def. Campbell, 6-1, 6-0; Vargas (S) def. B. Rindal, 6-2, 6-2; E. Rindal (MV) def. Robertson, 6-4, 6-0. Doubles-Tafoya-Redfern (S) def. Jensen-Baber, 6-0, 6-0; Upton-Irwin (S) def. M. Gonzales-C. Gonzales, 2-6, 6-1, 6-1; Sudweeks-Christoferson (S) def. Kehrli-Gibbons, 6-3, 6-2 Records-Stanwood 6-1 in league and overall. Mount Vernon 1-6, 1-6. |
Oak Harbor 4, Monroe 3: With the teams tied 3-3, everything came down to the No. 1 doubles match, which Oak Harbor’s Carlo Gaillo and Krenil Dalire snatched in three sets, 6-4, 6-7 (7-5), 6-3. “It could have gone either way,” Monroe coach Tim Langley said. Langley tabbed Brett MacIntyre and Eric Hammerquist as Monroe’s top performers in the Wesco North match. The duo won in straight sets, 6-0, 7-5, at No. 2 doubles.
Singles-Donnell (OH) def. Pickens, 6-2, 6-0; DJ Dalire (OH) def. Goodwin, 6-1, 6-0; McClure (OH) def. Gunning, 6-4, 6-1; Mahoney (M) def. Bezold, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3. Doubles-Gaillo-K. Dalire (OH) def Babin-Wheatley, 6-4, 6-7 (7-5), 6-3; MacIntyre-Hammerquist (M) def. Merriman-Davidson, 6-0, 7-5; Spellman-Herman (M) def. Evans-Macindoe (6-2, 6-4). Records-Oak Harbor 4-4 in league and overall. Monroe 3-4, 3-4. |
Archbishop Murphy 10, Shoreline Christian 0: Andy Hewitt scored three times and Alex Ferris netted two goals as Archbishop Murphy won its fourth game of the season on Tuesday night. Chris Danford, John Paul, Kevin McGuiness, Craig Murphy and Grant Ferris also scored goals for the Wildcats.
Goals-AM: Hewitt 3, A. Ferris 2, Danford, Paul, McGuiness, Murphy, G. Ferris. Goalkeepers-AM: McCann. SC: Dykstra. Records-Archbishop Murphy 4-0-1 overall. Shoreline Christian not reported. |
Lake Stevens 3, Shorewood 0: At Lake Stevens, Lauren Nissen (eight kills, two blocks) and Krista Crosson (five kills) led the Vikings (3-2 overall) to a 25-19, 25-21, 25-20 non-conference win. Erika Little had eight kills for Shorewood, which dropped to 1-4.
Oak Harbor 3, Jackson 0: At Mill Creek, Camille Merritt notched 10 kills and Lareese Santos added 23 assists for Oak Harbor (2-3 overall) as the Wildcats won 25-15, 25-23, 25-17. Kacey Kahawaii had 17 digs to lead Jackson (2-3) in the non-conference contest.
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