OAK PARK HEIGHTS — The Stillwater boys tennis team cruised past Cretin-Derham Hall 7-0 in a Suburban East Conference dual on Wednesday, May 8 at Stillwater Area High School.
It was the seventh straight conference victory for the Ponies (7-1 SEC, 10-3) since falling to Mounds View on April 11.
The closest match came at third doubles where Stillwater’s James Daum and Cole Handberg held off Nolan Rosenberger and Ronan Traynor 7-6, 4-6, 10-7. The Ponies, competing for the third time in as many days, won the remaining matches in straight sets.
Stillwater 7, C-D Hall 0
Singles
No. 1 — Carter Magistad (St) def. Luke Paar, 6-2, 6-1.
No. 2 — West Dell (St) def. Max Redden, 6-2, 6-1.
No. 3 — Dustin Jurca (St) def. Daniel Tolson, 6-0, 6-0.
No. 4 — Joe Potucek (St) won by default.
Doubles
No. 1 — Oren Hamilton-Garin Warner (St) def. Will Bischoff-Garrett Poynter, 6-0, 6-2.
No. 2 — Logan Liveringhouse-Ben Most (St) def. Joey Massari-Jackson Jewison, 6-1, 6-1.
No. 3 — James Daum-Cole Handberg (St) def. Nolan Rosenberger-Ronan Traynor, 7-6, 4-6, 10-7.
Stillwater 4, East Ridge 3
At Oak Park Heights, the Ponies improved to 4-1 in matches decided by a single point with their 4-3 conference victory over East Ridge on Tuesday, May 7 at SAHS.
Stillwater won three of four singles points, including a 7-5, 1-6, 6-1 triumph by Dustin Jurca at the third sport, and also picked up a critical victory at first doubles. Oren Hamilton and Garin Warner rallied after dropping the first set to pull out a 4-6, 6-0, 6-2 victory over Ben Arana and Tyler Klimpel.
Two singles matches and all three doubles matches needed three sets to decide, with the Raptors prevailing 6-2, 4-6, 7-5 at second doubles and 5-7, 6-3, 6-3 at third doubles. Rohan Kuruvila also added a 3-6, 6-3, 7-5 victory for the Raptors over Joe Potucek at fourth singles.
Carter Magistad continued his strong play at first singles for the Ponies with a 6-1, 6-1 victory and West Dell prevailed 6-4, 6-1 at No. 2 singles.
Stillwater 4, East Ridge 3
Singles
No. 1 — Carter Magistad (St) def. Antonio Arenas, 6-1, 6-1.
No. 2 — West Dell (St) def. Adrien George, 6-4, 6-1.
No. 3 — Dustin Jurca (St) def. Addy Gupta, 7-5, 1-6, 6-1.
No. 4 — Rohan Kuruvila (ER) def. Joe Potucek, 3-6, 6-3, 7-5.
Doubles
No. 1 — Oren Hamilton-Garin Warner (St) def. Ben Arana-Tyler Klimpel, 4-6, 6-0, 6-2.
No. 2 — Max Garms-Jack Werner (ER) def. Logan Liveringhouse-Ben Most, 6-2, 4-6, 7-5.
No. 3 — Lincoln Kopacek-Joshua Soo (ER) def. Gavin Schuna-Jack Myers, 5-7, 6-3, 6-3.
Buffalo 4, Stillwater 3
At Oak Park Heights, victories in two of three doubles matches helped propel Buffalo to a 4-3 nonconference win over the Ponies on Monday, May 6 at SAHS.
Carter Magistad and Joe Patucek won at the first and fourth spot to earn a split for Stillwater in singles, but the Bison prevailed in straight sets at second and third doubles to hand the Ponies their first 4-3 loss of the season.
Buffalo 4, Stillwater 3
Singles
No. 1 — Carter Magistad (St) def. Sam Shaffer, 6-1, 6-3.
No. 2 — Wyatt Anderson (Buf) def. Dustin Jurca, 6-2, 6-4.
No. 3 — Will Schmidt (Buf) def. Logan Liveringhouse, 6-3, 7-5.
No. 4 — Jot Patucek (St) def. Henry Umhoefer, 6-2, 6-4.
Doubles
No. 1 — Oren Hamilton-Garin Warner (St) def. Nolan Mahannah-Mitchell Friesz, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3.
No. 2 — Noah Klenken-Noah Leimer (Buf) def. Ben Most-Jack Myers, 6-3, 6-2.
No. 3 — Daniel Jungwirth-Grady Grossman (Buf) def. Tyler Duda-Gavin Schuna, 6-1, 6-3.
Stillwater 7, Irondale 0
At New Brighton, Gavin Schuna and Ben Most were pushed to tie-breakers before pulling out their victory at second doubles to help secure the sweep in Stillwater’s 7-0 conference victory over the Knights on Friday, May 3 at Irondale High School.
Carter Magistad, West Dell, Dustin Jurca and Logan Liveringhouse each won their singles matches in straight sets.
Stillwater 7, Irondale 0
Singles
No. 1 — Carter Magistad (St) def. Michael Sipahimalani, 6-1, 6-0.
No. 2 — West Dell (St) def. Erik Olson, 6-0, 6-3.
No. 3 — Dustin Jurca (St) def. Finn Peterson 6-1, 6-3.
No. 4 — Logan Liveringhouse (St) def. Harry Breheim, 6-4, 6-4.
Doubles
No. 1 — Oren Hamilton-Garin Warner (St) def. Ethan Hemenway-Keegan Heyl, 6-1, 6-1.
No. 2 — Gavin Schuna-Ben Most (St) def. Ben Kuipers-Mourya Yandra, 7-6, 7-6.
No. 3 — Jack Myers-Cole Handbert (St) def. Gannon Wilmert-Wyatt Erwin, 6-0, 6-0.
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