Tigers continue their march to West Yosemite League tennis title, only roadblock Redwood

By Ed Martin, Editor
Lemoore's Spencer Denney volleys against Hanford West in a Thursday match. The talented Tiger won his match as Lemoore rolled to a 9-0 win.
Lemoore's Spencer Denney volleys against Hanford West in a Thursday match. The talented Tiger won his match as Lemoore rolled to a 9-0 win.
Bill Burris, Lemooresports.com

Lemoore’s varsity boys’ tennis team is on a West Yosemite League roll. This past week the Tigers crushed visiting Hanford 8-1 before handing Hanford West a 9-0 loss in a Thursday home match. The two wins left the Tigers at 5-1 in league matches.

The Tigers are 8-5 overall. Lemoore’s only league loss was to perennial WYL powerhouse Redwood, a disappointing 8-1 setback on March 8.

The Tigers will hit the road on Monday (April 9) when it takes on Sierra Pacific in a nonleague match.

Lemoore crushed the Huskies Thursday afternoon, the only match in contention, a doubles’ set that Riley Jacobs and Matthew Ramirez salvaged in a 9-8 (7-1) decision.

Leading the way, as usual, was the talented singles players. Senior Spencer Denney easily won his match 6-2, 6-1, while No. 2 singles player Earl Magno continued his winning ways with 6-3, 6-2 victory.

Marjaby Bresenio had a bit of a struggle, winning his set by a narrow 6-4 decision before ending the match with a 6-1 whitewash. Mathew Crisci didn’t allow his opponent a point in a pair of 6-0 sets.

Luis Renteria and Jonathan Santiago both won their sets, Santiago giving up just one point.

In doubles action, Magno and Bresenio won 8-1 while Chris Avalos and Pete Hawken were 8-0 winners.

Denney, in Tuesday’s victory over Hanford, was named the team’s player of the match as he rolled to a pair of 6-0 sets. Magno also kept his opponents scoreless in two games.

The Tigers won the match 8-1, losing a doubles match.

The closest action came in doubles action where Colin Bresenio and Marjaby Bresenio struggled to an 8-5 win while Jonathan Santiago and Chris Avalos dropped lost their match 9-7.

 

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