OAK PARK HEIGHTS — Cruising through the singles lineup without dropping a set, Stillwater topped Mounds Park Academy 6-1 in a nonconference boys tennis match on Wednesday, April 17 at Stillwater Area High School.
The doubles matches were tighter, but the Ponies (0-1 SEC, 2-1) also secured victories in two of those three spots.
“We had a good match with Mounds Park,” Stillwater coach Dave Kahl said. “They were good matches against a good team and the doubles were all closely contested, fortunately we pulled out two of the three.”
Stillwater’s Oren Hamilton and Garin Warner notched a 6-4, 7-5 victory over Akshay Somayajula and Amal Sastry at first doubles and teammates Joe Patucek and Ben Most prevailed in two tie-breakers to add another point for the Ponies at the second spot.
Dennis Funk and Matthew Daum won the first set in their match against MPA’s Davis Rovn and Carter Short, but the Panthers rallied for a 5-7, 6-3, 10-4 victory at third doubles to avoid the sweep.
Carter Magistad and West Dell lost just three games combined in their victories for Stillwater at first and second singles. Dustin Jurca was pushed to a tie-breaker in the opening set before completing at 7-6, 6-2 win over Adam Redden at third singles. Logan Liveringhouse won 6-2, 6-2 for the Ponies at the fourth spot.
“Carter and West had particularly impressive performances at first and second singles,” Kahl said.
Stillwater was scheduled to host Roseville in a conference match on April 16, but that was postponed due to rain and rescheduled for Monday, April 22.
Stillwater 6, Mounds Park Academy 1
Singles
No. 1 — Carter Magistad (St) def. Garrett Webb, 6-2, 6-1.
No. 2 — West Dell (St) def. Ashwyn Prochnow, 6-0, 6-0.
No. 3 — Dustin Jurca (St) def. Adam Redden, 7-6, 6-2.
No. 4 — Logan Liveringhouse (St) def. Kelvyn Boddipalli, 6-2, 6-2.
Doubles
No. 1 — Oren Hamilton-Garin Warner (St) def. Akshay Somayajula-Amal Sastry, 6-4, 7-5.
No. 2 — Joe Patucek-Ben Most (St) def. Benaiah Mathews-Mathew Tan, 7-6, 7-6.
No. 3 — Davis Rovn-Carter Short (MPA) def. Dennis Funk-Matthew Daum, 5-7, 6-3, 10-4.
Mounds View 7, Stillwater 0
At Arden Hills, the perennial Suburban East Conference heavyweight Mustangs did not drop a set while posting a 7-0 victory over Stillwater on Thursday, April 11 at Mounds View High School.
Mounds View has won conference championships 32 of the past 36 seasons and are formidable again this season.
Stillwater’s West Dell was competitive at second doubles before eventually falling to Nolan Jones 6-4, 6-3. Oren Hamilton and Garin Warner pushed Sidharth Sharma and Parker Brynetesen to a tie-breaker in the first set before falling 7-6, 6-0 at first doubles.
Mounds View 7, Stillwater 0
Singles
No. 1 — Soren Swenson (MV) def. Carter Magistad, 6-1, 6-3.
No. 2 — Nolan Jones (MV) def. West Dell, 6-4, 6-3.
No. 3 — Anders Swenson (MV) def. Dustin Jurca, 6-1, 6-0.
No. 4 — Max Daigle (MV) def. Ben Most, 6-1, 6-0.
Doubles
No. 1 — Sidharth Sharma-Parker Brynetesen (MV) def. Oren Hamilton-Garin Warner, 7-6, 6-0.
No. 2 — Bryan Huie-Michael Wang (MV) def. Logan Liveringhouse-Joe Patucek, 6-0, 6-2.
No. 3 — Christian Forbes-Andrew Hermes (MV) def. Cole Handberg-NA, 6-0, 6-0.
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