PHOTO: BOB ROCHE
St. Mary’s singles player Conor Foley won his match against Matignon on Thursday, 6-1. 6-0.
By MIKE ALONGI and LILY DOOLIN
Behind a full team effort, the St. Mary’s boys tennis team shut out Matignon, 4-0, at GE Field in Lynn Thursday afternoon.
The Spartans took all three singles matches and the only doubles match of the day. Neither team had enough players available to field for a second doubles match.
Brady Ryan got the win in the first singles match, 6-0, 6-0. The second match was won by Matt McManus, who was hobbled by an ankle injury, 6-1, 6-2. Conor Foley took the third singles match, 6-1, 6-0.
In the lone doubles match, the team of Jonah Lezama and Jolssen Rodriguez got the win, 6-1, 6-0.
“It was a good day for us, a good couple of days actually,” said St. Mary’s coach Brian Carlson. “Our solid play against Austin Prep yesterday (Wednesday) really carried over into our match today and we were able to get the win.”
With the victory, the Spartans improve to 9-1.
“This has been a very similar start to our start last year, so I’m very pleased,” Carlson said. “We just want to keep it going at this point, keep working hard and try to get that top spot in the league once again.”
BOYS
Beverly 5, Revere 0
For the Panthers (7-0), Peter Coletti got the win in first singles, 6-1, 6-0, while Dylan LeBlanc took the second singles match, 6-1, 7-5. Michael Silveira won the third singles match, 6-1, 6-3.
In doubles play, the team of Colin Oliver and Frederico Poncini won the first match, 6-1, 6-1. The team of Skyler Crean and Kyle Martin took the second match, 6-0, 6-1.
Swampscott 4, Danvers 1
The Big Blue (4-3) had wins from Matt Jacobs at first singles, 6-0, 6-0, second singles Sam Mayblyum (losing first set 3-6), 6-3, 6-2, and third singles Will Talebian 7-5, 6-1. The first doubles team of Erick Eaton and Ben Rossman lost their first set 3-6, then won the next two sets 6-2, 6-4 to get the final points for Swampscott.
Spellman 3, Fenwick 2
The Crusaders (2-5) had wins from Jack Palmachuck and Wil Bethune in first doubles, 6-0, 6-3, and Noah Anderson and Regan Zhu in second doubles, 6-0, 6-3.
GIRLS
Danvers 5, Swampscott 0
The Big Blue (4-5) had to make some lineup changes, allowing for some new faces to get onto the court. Though losing their match, first doubles Asja Zimmerman and Gina Hollenbach performed well for Swampscott, losing the first set 6-2, but rallying back in the second match to win 6-2 (before losing the third set 6-3).
