PREP TENNIS: PA’s doubles come through in win over Sequim
Published 1:30 am Thursday, October 3, 2019
SEQUIM — After three straight 7-0 wins, the Port Angeles tennis team had to work hard to fend off a game Sequim squad 4-3 as the Riders’ doubles teams swept four matches.
The Wolves swept all three singles’ matches behind Nico Zingaro, Ryan Tolberd and Connor Bear, putting the Riders at a 3-0 deficit entering doubles’ play. Zingaro, Tolberd and Bear all won without losing a set as the Wolves gave the Riders a much tougher time than the first time the two teams met this year (a match Port Angeles won 6-1).
The Riders’ No 1 team of Milo Whitman/Wyatt Hall was able to win with relative ease, then Damon Gunderson and Michael Soule had a real battle with the Wolves’ Brenton Barnes and Sam Frymyer, winning a three-set match 6-1, 3-6 6-3.
The Riders’ No. 3 team of Seth Woods and Tanner Price had to fight hard to hold off Dallin Koch and Jackson Van DeWege 6-2, 7-6.
In the No. 4 doubles’ team, Port Angeles’ Caleb Flodstrom and Kam Noard completed the doubles’ sweep.
The hard-fought win has the 8-1 Roughriders technically tied for first place with North Kitsap, which is 7-0. Those two teams meet for the second time at Port Angeles on Oct. 9. The Vikings won the first match 6-1, but since then, Port Angeles has gone 36-5 in its matches.
The Riders were set to play at Bremerton Thursday, but that match has been postponed due to rain.. Their next scheduled match is Tuesday, hosting a good Klahowya (6-2) team at 4 p.m.
Sequim (5-4) is in fifth place in the league. The Wolves likewise had a match against Klahowya canceled Thursday due to rain. They next play Monday at Chimacum.
Port Angeles 4, Sequim 3
Match Report
Singles
No. 1: Nico Zingaro (Seq.) def. Reef Gelder (PA) 6-2, 6-0.
No. 2: Ryan Tolberd (Seq.) def. Dru Clark (PA) 6-2, 6-4.
No. 3: Connor Bear (Seq.) def. Landon Seibel (PA) 6-3, 6-4.
Doubles
No. 1: Milo Whitman/Wyatt Hall (PA) def. Dustin Koch/ Henry Hughes (Seq.) 6-1, 6-1.
No. 2: Damon Gunderson/Michael Soule (PA) def. Brenton Barnes/Sam Frymyer (Seq.) 6-1, 3-6, 6-3.
No. 3: Seth Woods/Tanner Price (PA) def. Dallin Despain/Jackson Van DeWege 6-2, 7-6.
No. 4: Caleb Flodstrom/Kam Noard (PA) def. Silas Thomas/Zach McCracken (Seq.) 6-1, 6-2.
