Top tennis players James Pashek and Andy Lopez came through for singles wins, but The Dalles High School came out the wrong end of a 6-2 loss to Sandy in varsity boys’ tennis action Tuesday at The Dalles High School.
At No. 2 singles, Pashek notched a straight sets victory by scores of 6-4 and 6-1, and Lopez took care of business at No. 4 with an impressive 6-1, 6-3 win against Ryan Kramer.
The Hawks nearly scratched across a third win on the day at No. 3 singles, but Sandy’s Daniel Aricmend picked up two set wins by margins of 7-6 and 6-4.
Riverhawk head coach Shea MacNab said he was most impressed by the play of both Lopez players.
“Having Pedro and Andy in our third and fourth singles spots will be a tremendous asset to our team,” MacNab said. “Andy is only a freshman, but showed confidence and poise in his first varsity singles match. Pedro has some experience with singles, but he gets stronger each match that he plays. I feel that, top-to-bottom in our singles and doubles, we have some great potential.”
Quinn Wilson lost his No. 1 singles match in straight sets to Dante Desimann, but even with that setback, both teams went into doubles action in a 2-2 deadlock.
Alex Lopez and Omar Rodriguez lost in two sets at No. 1 against Grayson Kansede and Ryan McArc by an average of 4.5 points.
At No. 2, the Riverhawk duo of Ethan Martin and Brandon Bustamante lost by marks of 0-6, 1-6 to Chaise Carmmy and Nate Benson, Jordan Dexter and Devam Patel dropped their No. 3 match, 4-6, 1-6.
The Dalles’ No. 4 tandem of Jose Reyes and Edgar Contreras put up an impressive fight in a 3-6, 5-7 two-set defeat on the court opposite of Sandy’s Bryce Carmmy and Kyler Kim.
The Dalles traveled to Wilsonville High School for its final tennis match before spring break at 4 p.m. tonight.
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