The Wolves Varsity Tennis team spent Saturday swinging their way to fourth place at their Clarkston Invitational with 15 points.
“It was a solid showing,” said Chas Claus, head coach. “It was a good tournament, very competitive. The kind of tournament anybody could beat anybody and there are no easy wins.”
He added they played some matches which were tough but gave a taste of winning.
“It gives us a little more confidence going into the rest of the season,” Claus said.
Rochester Adams won the tournament with 22 points as Ann Arbor Skyline finished in second place with 20 and Ann Arbor in third with 18.
Individually Alex Matisse finished in second place with a 6-2, 6-0 lost to Adams on Singles No.1. Ian Stuart also finished second for the day with a 3-6, 6-0, 10-6 loss to Adams.
Claus added Cole Manilla and Trevor Chamberlain had a memorable match against Rochester Adams on the Doubles No. 5 court.
“They had the most surprising upset of the day,” he added. “They upset Adams which is a team we played in six flights. It was a really nice win for them. They fought off some match points. I think it turned some heads with that main victory.”
The Wolves lost two OAA Red league matches during the week to Troy Athens on Thursday, 6-2, and Bloomfield Hills, 6-2.
“It was an up and down win,” said Claus. “Neither loss was a heartbreaker. We could surely be called the underdog in both of those matches. You are always disappointed to lose but it wasn’t a bitter disappointment.?
Brendan Greenlee and Mitch Rogowski on the Doubles No. 1 court won against both team with a 6-3, 6-1 against Athens’ Akul Arora and Tim Burton and 6-7(4), 7-6(5) win over Bloomfield’s Vik Chakraborrty and Chris Young.
“I was very pleased with how they played in particular they won both of their matches,” Claus added. “They continue to be solid. They still have room to grow but they are a cornerstone for us. We are still trying to find the right combinations and right chemistry with the lower doubles.”
Against Athens, Stuart won on the Singles No. 2 courts 6-3, 6-2 against David Yang. Alexis Haselwanter defeated Bloomfield Hills’ Gilbert Chen, 6-0, 6-0.
This week the Wolves head to Birmingham Groves on Thursday, 4 p.m.; the Ann Arbor Pioneer quad on Friday, 8 a.m.; and host Birmingham Seaholm on Tuesday, 4 p.m. JV team hosts Groves on Thursday at 4 p.m.