The Wayland boys’ tennis team defeated Ottawa Hills 6-2 Wednesday night to complete its O-K Gold Conference dual match season record with a 3-4 record.
Coach Ben Adams said, “The Bengals came to play, bringing talented first and second singles players to the match ready to go.”
Christian Sieffert lost a match that featured two power forehands on both sides of the court, 6-1, 6-3. Jackson Chesley at No. 2 took on their talented freshman, who ran down and returned everything Jackson threw at him, and ended up winning the match 6-3, 6-1.
At third singles, Adams said, “Andrew Murphy played a great tennis, placing his shots with accuracy and relying on his volley game to take points when needed. Andrew battled through the first set, taking it 7-5, then took charge in the second, winning it 6-1.”
At fourth singles, Nolan Ritz was victorious, “using ground strokes to effectively move his opponent around the court,” the coach added. “Nolan did what he needed to in the first set, taking it 6-3, then also took charge in the second set, winning 6-1.”
In the doubles flights, Brett Bultsma and Mark Musgrave were victorious, taking their match 6-0 and 6-1. At second doubles, Brady Atwell and Elijah Kincaid took their match 6-0, 6-0.
The third and fourth doubles flights were defaulted to Wayland due to absent players, which brought the overall match score to 6-2 in Wayland’s favor.
“This is a great accomplishment for a group of players that has been putting in the work and playing better and better as the season progresses, which is the goal in any sport,” Adams said.
