Over the past two weeks the boys tennis team has had five matches and is still waiting to finish several games that were postponed at the beginning of their season. The team suffered hard losses to opponents like Altoona, Punxsutawney and Juniata. However, they also pulled off a hard fought victory against Mountain League rival Clearfield.

“We have a tough schedule so to get the win against a pretty good Clearfield team is defiantly a confidence booster for our team,” said Head Coach Randy Irvin, “This should help us later in the year to pick up some more wins.”

Each match has a different set of players due to the duel athletes and activity conflicts team members face, but each match provides experience to the younger athletes starting out on the team. With a young team headed by veteran players, each game of their busy schedule helps the team make progress and build off of each other to grow their skills.

As the team finishes out their schedule, they’ll try to beat rival Huntington on the second go around for a chance to tie for the mountain League title, and improve their record (1-5).

Results of the last six matches are below:

Altoona

Altoona won 7-0

Singles:
#1) Jonah Brandt (A) def. Ethan Vipond (T) 6-2, 6-1.
#2) Kyle Good (A) def. Noah Irvin (T) 6-0, 6-0.
#3) Tyler Rispoli (A) def. Trevor Fink (T) 6-0, 6-1.
#4) Jarod Marasco (A) def.  AJ Grassi (T) 6-1, 6-0.
#5) Casey Rispoli (A) def. Hunter Reese (T) 6-1, 6-0.

Doubles:
#1) Ben Warren, and Andrew Dixon (A) def. Connor Wertz, and Noah Irvin (T) 8-3.
#2) Mike Schimninger, and Colby Bickel (A) def. Caleb Orr, and Ben DelBaggio (T) 8-0.

Clearfield

Tyrone won the match 5-2.

Singles:
#1) Ethan Vipond (T) def. Gavin Starr (C) 6-0, 6-0.
#2) Ryan Spencer (C) def. Michael  Lewis (T) 3-6, 6-0, 6-2.
#3) Jacob Meredith (T) def. Richie Shaffer (C) 6-1, 6-0.
#4) Allen Zhu (C) def. Noah Irvin (T) 7-6(11-9), 6-2.
#5) Trevor Fink (T) def. Remington Shugarts (C) 6-1, 5-7, 6-3.

Doubles:
#1) Ethan Vipond, and Michael Lewis (T) def. Ryan Spencer, and Richie Shaffer (C) 8-1.
#2)  Caleb Orr, and AJ Grassi (T) def. Landon Cross, and Kyler Rosinsky (C) 8-3.

Juniata 

Juniata won the match 5-0.

Singles:
#1) Tristan Amey (J) def. Ethan Vipond (T) 6-2, 6-1.
#2) Seth Strawser (J) def. Noah Irvin (T) 6-0, 6-0.
#3) Zach Hemond (J) def. Trevor Fink (T) 6-0, 6-1.

Doubles:
#1) Clay Sheaffer, and Jessen Abram (J) def. Hunter Reese, and Dan Lay (T) 6-1, 6-0.
#2) Colin Mianulli, and Lawson Fitzgerald (J) def. Caleb Orr, and AJ Grassi (T) 6-3, 6-3.

@ Punxsutawney 

Punxsutawney won the match 6-1.

Singles:
#1) Matt Blose (P) def. Ethan Vipond (T) 6-1, 6-2.
#2) Lucas Ambler (P) def. Michael Lewis (T) 6-1,  6-1.
#3) Michael Lin (P) def. Noah Irvin (T) 6-2, 6-1.
#4) Tanner Zimmerman (P) def.  Trevor Fink (T) 6-0, 6-1.

Doubles:
#1) Matt Blose, and Tanner Zimmerman (P) def. Ethan Vipond, and Michael Lewis (T) 8-0.
#2) Lucas Ambler, and Sammy Gigliotti (P) def. Hunter Reese, and Dan Lay (T) 8-0.
#3) AJ Grassi, and Caleb Orr (T) def. Luke Pode, and Brady Young (P) 8-1.

Punxsutawney 

Punxsutawney won the match 7-0.

Singles:
#1) Matt Blose (P) def. Ethan Vipond (T) 6-1, 6-0.
#2) Lucas Ambler (P) def. Michael Lewis (T) 6-1,  6-0.
#3) Sammy Gigliotti (P) def. Noah Irvin (T) 6-0, 6-0.
#4) Michael Lin (P) def.  Trevor Fink (T) 6-1, 6-1.
#5) Tanner Zimmerman (P) def. AJ Grassi (T) 6-1, 6-4.

Doubles:
#1) Matt Blose, and Brady Young (P) def. Ethan Vipond, and Michael Lewis (T) 11-9.
#2) Lucas Ambler, and Sammy Gigliotti (P) def. Noah Irvin, and Trevor Fink (T) 8-0.