West boys, East girls win crosstown tennis matches

East didn’t need long to clinch the girls match, sweeping the singles matches en route to an 8-1 triumph over West.

Matte Salansky teamed with Daniel Phillips and avenged his singles loss in the No. 1 doubles, as the duo claimed an 8-5 victory over Will Lindbom and Owen Collins.

“They have shown good leadership and desire, gotta have desire in this sport,” Bowlin said. “It comes from within if you’re going to be any good. They’ve both done a great job for us all season.”

Ian Sexton and Noah Martin claimed 8-1 victory over Jake Gibson and Jovon Hendrickson in the No. 2 doubles, and Alex Ingram teamed with Kaleb Woody to defeat Daniel Lindbom and McNabb 8-5 at No. 3 to complete the doubles sweep.

Consequently, West (7-1, 7-0 District 2 Large) kept its undefeated conference record intact.

“We’ve not been playing as good at doubles as we should’ve in the last couple of matches, but we swept the doubles today and that made me feel a little better,” Bowlin said.

Phillips, Sexton, Ingram and Martin all claimed singles victories to help the West boys take a 4-2 lead to doubles.

Phillips pulled out an 8-5 triumph in the No. 1 singles over Will Lindbom with Sexton winning over Daniel Lindbom 8-1 at No. 3 and Martin also winning his singles match 8-1 over Hendrickson in the No. 5 spot.

Meanwhile, Ingram rallied from a 7-3 deficit and claimed a 9-7 thriller over Jake Gibson at No. 4.

Collins and McNabb recorded the lone two victories for the Hurricanes (6-5, 6-3) in singles play, as Collins celebrated an 8-4 senior night victory over Salansky in No. 2 singles.

“I talked to Owen in a changeover and I just told him his normal shot will win a match,” East coach Curtis Delias said.

McNabb took the No. 6 doubles match 8-2 over Woody.

Abby Greene and Katie Warf certainly led by example in the No. 1 and No. 2 girls singles.

Greene and Warf each prevailed 8-1 in their singles, Greene defeating Davy Ray in the No. 1 spot and Warf besting Rosie Huntsman at No. 2.

Everyone else followed suit as Ella Harrison defeated Blaine Pennala 8-4 and Kathryn Hall won 8-2 at No. 4 over Tatianna Shilow with Eden Roper claiming an 8-3 victory over Lydia Fishman in the No. 6 singles.

Gretchen Ihle pulled out the closest victory for the Lady ‘Canes (8-3, 7-2) with her 9-7 triumph over Sammie Rickett in the No. 5 match.

“Every year I challenge my seniors to lead by example. I’m a firm believer in leading by example. If they get out and they play hard I think it kind of sets the tone for the team,” Delias said. “Abby and Katie, they set the tone in practice and in matches. They’re going to work hard and they want to get better.”

Greene and Hall defeated Pennala and Shilow 8-1 in the No. 2 doubles while Ihle and Roper topped Rickett and Fishman 8-3 at No. 3.

Ray and Huntsman prevented the Lady Trojans (1-7, 1-6) from being swept as they claimed a 9-8 triumph in the No. 1 doubles over Warf and Harrison, winning the tiebreaker 7-5.

East visits Fulton at 4 p.m. on Tuesday at Tyson Park, and West returns to Frank Lorino Park for a 4 p.m. start on Monday against Seymour.