Shorewood’s Michelson wins decisive match with Kamiak

Herald staff

SHORELINE – Shorewood tennis coach Corliss Liekkio knew senior Ryan Michelson could play well under pressure.

With all eyes on the court and the meet score tied, Michelson defeated Kamiak’s James Hong 6-3, 6-3 in No. 2 singles as Shorewood earned a 4-3 Western Conference 4A victory Monday.

“It was wonderful,” Liekkio said. “I knew they (Kamiak) were going to be tough. It was a close win.”

With the victory, Shorewood remains undefeated in league play (4-0, 8-1). Kamiak is now 3-1, 6-2.

Mountlake Terrace 6, Oak Harbor 1: Mountlake Terrace junior Brent Bowden defeated Scott Matthews 6-0, 6-2 at No. 4 singles at the non-league meet.
Singles-Lee (M) def. Garcia, 7-6, 6-3; Frese (M) def. Epilepsia, 6-4, 6-3; Allen (M) def. Osborn, 6-1, 6-1; Matthews (M) def. Bowden, 6-0, 6-2. Doubles-Nguyen-Lum (M) def. Hinkley-Manning, 6-2, 6-2; Harris-Krause (OH) def. Ramirez-Pham, 4-6, 6-2, 6-4; Wong-Choe (M) def. Santiago-Santos, 7-5, 2-6, 8-6. Records-Mountlake Terrace 0-2 in league, 1-6 overall. Oak Harbor 0-2, 0-8.

Sehome 7, Shorecrest 0: Sehome’s Pat Zemel defeated Shorecrest’s Mike Rose in a three-set match at No. 4 singles at the Wesco 4A meet.
Singles-Stoner (Sm) def. Pedersen, 6-0, 6-1; Johnson (Sm) def. Hildebrand, 6-1, 6-2; Metzler (Sm) def. Wadum, 6-2, 6-4; Zemel (Sm) def. Rose, 6-2, 1-6, 6-4. Doubles-Staves-Sellereit (Sm) def. Isler-Auriemma, 6-3, 6-3; Berry-Busch (Sm) def. Lin-McDonald, 7-5, 4-6, 6-3; J. Berry-Spencer (Sm) def. Leahman-Kerr, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4. Records-Sehome 3-1 in league, 7-2 overall. Shorecrest 2-1, 5-2.

Meadowdale 5, Lake Stevens 2: Meadowdale’s Aaron Lee defeated Blake Carbonatto in a three-set match at No. 3 singles at the Wesco 3A meet.
Singles-Froman (LS) def. Lucero, 6-3, 6-2; Osborne (LS) def. Fry, 6-2, 6-0; Lee (M) def. Carbonatto, 1-6, 6-2, 6-3; Thach (M) def. Ferrucci, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3. Doubles-Park-Johnson (M) def. Primm-Swearninger, 6-2, 7-5; Chu-Morrison (M) def. Kruse-Moyland, 7-5, 6-4; Pickard-Stayley (M) def. Haugen-Vitrano, 6-1, 6-1. Records-Meadowdale 3-5 in league, 4-5 overall. Lake Stevens 1-7, 3-7.

Monroe 5, Stanwood 2: Monroe’s Josh Anderson and Joey Pieroni won at No. 3 doubles (6-1, 6-3) to help seal the Wesco 3A victory.
Singles-B. Bryant (S) def. Weaver, 6-1, 6-1; Carlson (S) def. Pagon, 6-0, 6-3; Natividad (M) def. Beutler, 6-3, 6-2; Koester (M) def. Palanick, 6-2, 6-0. Doubles-Garbareno-Walsh (M) def. T. Bryant-Thoreen, 7-5, 6-2; Pickens-Hammerquist (M) def. Morgan-Edwards, 6-3, 6-2; Anderson-Pieroni (M) def. Merrick-Brokaw, 6-1, 6-3. Records-Stanwood 4-4 in league, 6-4 overall. Monroe 8-3, 8-3.

La Conner 3, Shoreline Christian 2: John Krozier and Brandon Dennis scored goals for Shoreline Christian at the Northwest A/B league game.
Goals-La Conner: Avery, Hildahl, Rubel. Shoreline Christian: Krozier, Dennis. Goalkeepers-Shoreline Christian: Hertzog. Records-La Conner 1-2-0 in league, 4-2-0 overall. Shoreline Christian 1-2, 1-5-3.

????Snohomish County Christian 3, Shoreline Christian 0: At Shoreline Christian H.S., Megan Lang had nine kills, four aces and three digs to lead Snohomish County Christian (18-16, 15-13, 15-4) to the Northwest B victory. Tezsia Jacobson added 14 kills and Siri Brekkaa had 13 assists and was 13-for-13 from the serving line. Snohomish County Christian 2-2 in league, 5-2 overall. Shoreline Christian is 2-2, 3-4.