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BOYS TENNIS: Mercersburg wins IPSL Tournament


MERCERSBURG WINS IPSL TOURNAMENT >> Mercersburg Academy claimed a pair of dominating victories to go 2-0 at the Independent Parochial School League Tournament on Friday.

The Blue Storm defeated St. John's Catholic Prep, 7-0, and St. James, 6-1. The Saints placed second with a 1-1 record on the day.

In the match against St. John's, Mercersburg (8-2, 2-0 IPSL) allowed the Vikings to win only two games throughout the entire match.

Against St. James, Teddy Schoeck pulled out a narrow victory at No. 3 singles, 10-7.

Elliott Hicks did not lose a single game at No. 1 singles, and Saaman Ghodsi and Shayan Ghodsi lost only one each at Nos. 2 and 4 singles, respectively.

The only Mercersburg team that lost all day was the No. 2 doubles squad of Anton Nogin and Cam Pyle, but the pair put up quite the fight against St. James' Wes Muvs and Chester Collins. They lost 11-10, falling 7-5 in the tiebreak.

Mercersburg 7, St. John's 0 at Smoyer Tennis Center

Singles

1. Elliot Hicks (M) d Maria Bulley, 10-0

2. Saaman Ghodsi (M) d Patrick Bulley, 10-0

3. Teddy Schoeck (M) d Tony Thomas, 10-0

4. Shayan Ghodsi (M) d David Lee, 10-0

Doubles

1. John Huang-Alec Jones (M) d Abbey Connole-Megan Hardey, 10-0

2. Anton Nogin-Cam Pyle (M) d Billy Mattern-Abby Conway, 10-0

3. Dylan Hoang-Laurenz Woerner (M) d Zach Kasica-Moises Flores, 10-2

Mercersburg 6, St. James 1

Singles

1. Elliot Hicks (M) d Efim Oykhman, 10-0

2. Saaman Ghodsi (M) d Victor Gomez, 10-1

3. Teddy Schoeck (M) d Bill O'Leary, 10-7

4. Shayan Ghodsi (M) d James Chang, 10-1

Doubles

1. John Huang-Alec Jones (M) d Kaelin Thrasher-Sean Choi, 10-1

2. Wes Muvs-Chester Collins (SJ) d Anton Nogin-Cam Pyle, 11-10 (7-5)

3. Dylan Hoang-Laurenz Woerner (M) d Daanial Iqbac-Andy Zhang, 10-2