Real nice job by the guys this afternoon rebounding from Monday’s disappointing loss earning an 8-0 win over Portage Northern.  Coach DeForest & I really challenged the players at yesterday’s practice to make an effort to play a more aggressive, and thus more confident ‘brand’ of tennis in today’s match and as we move forward in the season.  They did a nice job of this today winning all matches in straight sets.  We came out fast today dominating all 1^st sets, then Portage Northern settled in a bit and made the 2^nd sets in several matches much more contested.  The good news is we were able to grind out wins in all those closer 2^nd sets, a good sign late in the year!  Again, good work by the players today!  Nice to have Patrick back off the I.R. and see him playing again today too!  Complete results below:

HCP def. Portage Northern 8-0

1S: Tommy Kling def. Kirby Bach 6-2, 6-0

2S: Niklas Johansson def. Anshul Mohanty 6-1, 6-1

3S: Marcus Alcaraz def. Nathan Gleason 6-1, 7-5

4S: Andrew Alcaraz def. Ekkas Matharu 6-0, 6-0

1D: Luke Toweson / Jude Coffman def. Rohan Singh / Anja Verma 6-0, 7-6(8)

2D: Owen Brown / Rafael Deleon def. Joel Sebastian (sub) / Robbie Lennon 6-0, 6-4

3D : Chris Ogrin / Jimmy Kennedy def. Tyler Chau / Drew Clyne 6-2, 6-4

4D: Grahm Zygadlo / David Verduzco def. Omar Elghawy / Suhas Tatineni 6-0, 6-1

JV

1S: Charles Gordon won 8-0

1D: Patrick Ogrin / Jalen Cole won 8-5

2D: Andrew Kovacs / David Darner won 8-1

3D: Evan Czuk / Carmine Saracina lost 7-6(4)