Herald staff
SHORELINE – Shorewood kept its boys tennis record unblemished on Monday with a 4-3 Western Conference South Division win over Edmonds-Woodway at Shoreview Park.
The victory keeps Shorewood in first place with a 12-0 record. Edmonds-Woodway drops to 9-3 and into a tie with Jackson for third place in the South.
After losing the first set 4-6, junior No. 2 singles player Justin Michelson of Shorewood rallied to beat Edmonds-Woodway senior Chris Miniker in the next two set, 6-4, 7-5.
“The No. 2 singles match was the deciding match,” Shorewood head coach Corliss Liekkio said. “(Michelson) hung in there and dug deep for a nice win. I was real proud of him.”
The same thing happened to Shorewood’s No. 2 doubles team of junior Keith Schneider and sophomore Evan Turner. After dropping the first game to junior Eric Kent and junior Matt McCleary in a tie-breaker 6-7 (7), the Shorewood duo rallied to win the next two sets 6-3, 6-2.
Shorewood next plays at Meadowdale (8-1) on Wednesday in a match that could determine the winner of the Wesco South Division.
Cascade 7, Marysville-Pilchuck 0: Cascade’s Peter Allen had the closest match of the day, downing Brian Belknap 7-5, 6-1.
Singles-Allen (C) def. Belknap, 7-5, 6-1; Pawlak (C) def. Weston, 6-3, 6-3; Bovard (C) def. Wall, 6-2, 6-1; Schroeder (C) def. Pierce, 6-0, 6-1. Doubles-McDonnell-Melseth (C) def. Parshall-Christopher, 6-3, 6-1; Denby-Williams (C) def. Arteago-Famelos, 6-4, 6-2 Leon-Huynh (C) def. Ballew-Salcedo, 6-4, 6-1. Records-Cascade 8-1 in league, 8-1 overall. Marysville-Pilchuck 2-9, 2-9.
Kamiak 4, Shorecrest 3: Kamiak broke a tie with Shorecrest in the Wesco South standings, earning a win over Shorecrest with six of the seven matches going to three sets. Singles-Rollins (K) def. Pedersen, 6-3, 6-0; Wadum (S) def. Lee, 6-2, 1-6, 6-4; Aureimma (S) def. Busch, 7-5, 3-6, 6-1; Holzer (K) def. Morrisey, 5-7, 6-1, 6-4. Doubles-Geddes-Frisk (S) def. Andrew Yoon-Kenny Yoon, 6-3, 5-7, 6-3; Aaron Yoon-Dang (K) def. Liu-Hildebrand, 6-3, 0-6, 6-2; Olson-Defenbach (K) def. Tu-Leigh, 6-1, 3-6, 6-2. Records-Shorecrest 4-5 in league, 4-5 overall. Kamiak 5-4, 5-4.
Snohomish 6, Mount Vernon 1: Snohomish stayed atop the Wesco North Division and ran its season record to a perfect 10-0 with a win over Mount Vernon.
Singles-May (MV) def. Christensen, 7-5, 6-4; Gordon (S) def. Fredlund, 6-3, 6-1; Jackson (S) def. Brown, 6-2, 6-1; Stocker (S) def. Johnson, 6-1, 7-6 (7-5). Doubles-Helms-Perron (S) def. Van Dyken-Campbell, 6-1, 6-2; Mitchell-Sahlberg (S) def. Gibbons-Rondal, 6-4, 6-3; Markey-Pratt (S) def. Caldwell-Hockett, 6-3, 6-2. Records-Mount Vernon 2-7 in league, 2-7 overall. Snohomish 10-0, 10-0.
Everett 6, Lynnwood 1: No. 4 singles player Trevor Swezey and the No. 2 doubles team of Paul Swanson and Mark Sheraton all shut out their opponents to lead Everett to the Wesco South win. Singles-Wise (L) def. Wickland, 6-7(3), ret.; Johnson (E) def. Thompson, 6-2, 6-2; Wertheimer (E) def. Jang, 6-3, 7-6(0); Swezey (E) def. Wachiveitl, 6-0, 6-0. Doubles-Wagar-Mattson (E) def. Crollard-Bautista, 6-2, 6-4; Swanson-Sheraton (E) def. Neth-Peterson, 6-0, 6-0; Nichols-Nielsen (E) def. name-name, 6-3, 6-1. Records-Everett 4-5 in league and overall. Lynnwood 1-8.
Jackson 7, Mariner 0: Jackson breezed past winless Mariner in a Wesco South Division match.
Singles-Kim (J) def. Tyler, 6-2, 6-0; Yee (J) def. Trinh, 6-0, 6-0; Osborne (J) def. Digre, 6-1, 6-1; Reading (J) def. Pederson, 6-1, 6-1. Doubles-Kris Pope-Kory Pope (J) def. Elrod-Anaya, 6-1, 6-1; Chong-Lee (J) def. Klang-Tau, 6-1, 6-2; Thiel-Wang (J) def. Lara-Marave, 6-0, 6-2. Records-Mariner 0-9 in league, 0-9 overall. Jackson 6-3, 6-3.
Oak Harbor 6, Arlington 1: Jerome Isreal picked up Arlington’s lone win with a 6-4, 6-1 win over Oak Harbor’s Mitch Manning.
Singles-Hinkley (OH) def. Welch, 6-2, 6-1; Isreal (A) def. Manning, 6-4, 6-1; Lee (OH) def. Donnell, 6-0, 6-7 (5-7); Moore (OH) def. Dalire, 6-2, 6-3. Doubles-Issak-McClure (OH) def. Nagel-Bezold, 6-3, 6-3; Boyce-Epilepsia (OH) def. Heath-Gailo, 6-1, 6-1; Benett-Wolfgang (OH) def. Yunker-Pruss, 6-2, 6-2. Records-Oak Harbor 6-5 in league, 6-5 overall. Arlington 0-9, 0-9.
Stanwood 6, Monroe 1: Mike Carlson was a winner at No. 1 singles as Stanwood improved to 9-2. The doubles tandem of Gabe Pickens and Josh Anderson won Monroe’s only match, 6-2, 6-1 over Stanwood’s Justin Seckel and Nick Palaniuk.
Singles-Carlson (S) def. Waksh, 6-1, 6-1; Beutler (S) def. Goodwin, 6-1, 6-3; Brokaw (S) def. Toby Pickens, 6-1, 4-6, 6-0; Jones (S) def. Mahoney, 6-2, 6-1. Doubles-Gabe Pickens-Anderson (M) def. Seckel-Palaniuk, 6-3, 6-4; Schmitt-Hansen (S) def. Babin-Grageit, 6-3, 6-4; Upton-Gustafson (S) def. Pieroni-Hammerquist, 6-4, 3-6, 6-0. Records-Stanwood 9-2 in league, 9-2 overall. Monroe 2-7, 2-7.
Meadowdale 7, Mountlake Terrace 0: The Mountlake Terrace doubles team of Kevin Nguyen and Ji Choi took Meadowdale’s Chester Staley and Jason Chu to a tie-breaker before losing in the closest match of the Wesco South Division match.
Singles-Lee (M) def. Mathews, 6-0, 6-0; Lucero (M) def. Tesfaldt, 6-3, 6-3; Morrison (M) def. Wong, 6-3, 6-0; Park (M) def. Appleby, 6-2, 7-5. Doubles-Stayley-Chu (M) def. Nguyen-Choi, 6-3, 7-6 (7-3); Bethinghouse-Anderson (M) def. Pham-Lum, 6-4, 6-0; Knight-McGinnis (M) def. Hine-Lee, 6-0, 6-2. Records-Meadowdale 8-1 in league, 8-1 overall. Mountlake Terrace 2-7, 2-7.
South Whidbey 4, Friday Harbor 1: A lack of players caused a shortened non-conference match. Friday Harbor’s Jake Byron was the only winner for the visitors, going to a tie-breaker against Dustin Sidhu. Singles-Spivakov (SW) def. Williams, 6-0, 6-3; Byron (FH) def. Sidhu, 5-7, 7-5, (7-6); Klopfenstien (SW) def. Altman, 6-3, 6-0; Doubles-Berry-Wilson (SW) def. Allen-Thompson, 6-2, 7-6; Scheeman-Voye (South Whidbey) def. Hamilton-Metzer, 6-1, 6-1.
Seattle Academy 2, Snohomish County Christian 1: Luke Larsen was too much for Snohomish County Christian as he scored two early goals for Seattle Academy to open a 2-0 lead. SCC’s Brian Vorhees scored in the 31st minute to avoid the shutout in Emerald City A League action.
Goals-Snohomish County Christian: Vorhees. Seattle Academy: Larsen (2). Goalkeepers-Snohomish County Christian: Kehres. Seattle Academy: not reported. Records-Snohomish County Christian: 0-5 in league, 0-6 overall.
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