On Tuesday, September 15, 2020, the Irish Boys Tennis Team traveled crosstown to Portage Central to take on the experienced and highly-regarded Mustangs. Spectators were entertained by many competitive high school tennis matches under a perfect sky.

Ultimately, the veteran Irish and Portage Central (currently #8 in D2) played to a 4-4 tie. Performance of the day came from the Irish #2 Doubles team of Anthony Toweson & Sam Magnell who grinded out a gutsy 7-6(5) first set, then played a solid 6-2 second set to close their match out in straight sets. In addition, a strong effort at #3 Singles was turned in by sophomore Tommy Kling who won a 6-1, 6-3 straight set match. Complete results below: 

1S - Nicholas DeForest lost to Janek Mietusiewicz by default (injury)
2S - Jack Ford def. Daniel Meimers 6-2, 5-1 (15-30), PC default
3S - Tommy Kling def. Darrian Chen 6-1, 6-3
4S - Niklas Johansson lost to Armaan Sidhu 6-2, 2-6, 3-6
1D - Ben Bridenstine / Rhodes Conroy def. Zane Graham / Easton Lentz 6-2, 6-2
2D - Anthony Toweson / Sam Magnell def. Carter Cornelius / Drew Lawler 7-6(5), 6-2
3D - Jack Gordon / Marcus Alcaraz lost to Will Sachwitz / Ryan Chenoweth 6-0, 6-4
4D - Toby Alcaraz / David Chafty lost to Garrett Trumblee / Jaden Springman 6-2, 6-2
Junior Varsity
1S - Matthew Chafty lost to Nathan Strauss 8-6
1D - Grayson Walters / Patrick Ogrin lost to Cole Root / Lakshya Khurmi 8-2
2D - Rafael Deleon / Andrew Kovacs lost to Farid / Harsimmer 8-4
3D - Grayson Walters / Rafael Deleon lost to Nick DeCastro / Ryan Decker 9-7
4D - Patrick Ogrin / Andrew Kovacs lost to Ryan Hanneman / Sam Stagray 8-1

HCP Record: 5-0-2