This has been a great 4 days of tennis for the Grizzlies! On Monday we resumed play against Glencoe, with Reza and Cody both playing one set to finish their respective matches at No. 2 and No. 3 singles for us. It is not easy to come back a week and a half to resume a match after it had been rained out, but these tow guys played with fire and energy to win decisively. At No. 2 singles, Reza started his third set strong, using a nice mix of consistent topspin and attacking drives, he beat a very athletic left-handed played 6-1 in the final set to claim a win. Cody, fresh off of a wonderful performance at the Mr. Mac High competition on Saturday night, came out firing as well, winning his resumed second set 6-2 at No. 3 singles. As a result, these two wins gave us a 7-1 win over a very young, tough Glencoe team. Game ball in this match went to Brendon and Nicky who continue to play excellent, fundamental doubles.
Here are the match scores:
McMinnville 7, Glencoe 1 (9-2, 8-2 in Conference)
Singles
1. Daniel Forbes def. Nathan Johnson 6-3, 7-6 (3)
2. Reza Refaei def. Daniel Koleschnikov 6-2, 1-6, 6-1
3. Cody Thomas def. Kyle Campbell 6-3, 6-2
4. Bradyn Stowe def. Brendon Sommers 6-0, 6-3
Doubles
1. Will Worth/Adam Kiff def. Josh Bailey/Jadyn Clausson 6-4, 6-1
2. Brendon Walters/Nicky Domenichini def. Andrew Hall/Ryan Barger 6-2, 6-1
3. Wyatt Waterbury/Austin Wiley def. James Hardy/Cameron Svenson 6-3, 6-2
4. Kj Smith/Bobby Orth def. Spencer Gaston/Hayden Miller 2-6, 6-0, 6-3
JV - Won
On Tuesday we played another match, this time a previously-scheduled match with Hillsboro. Hillsboro is a team that may not have the most talent, but they compete hard and are coached by a very good, positive tennis player. My plan in this match was to mix up our line-up quite a bit - switching usual singles players and playing them in the doubles line-up, and vice-versa. In addition, Will and Wyatt had been sitting due to injuries and sat this match out as well, which gave some of their other teammates an opportunity to play. In addition, I brought up one of our top JV players, Joey Chapman, to play No. 4 doubles with Kj. His varsity debut was impressive as the two meshed well together and played some great doubles. Overall, my hope was that with our line-up changes, the guys would be able to take the lessons they learned from the day and apply them to their normal singles and doubles matches for the rest of the season. As expected, the guys came out firing, earning another decisive 8-0 win over the Spartans. Game ball went to Joey and Kj for their performance at No. 4 doubles.
Here are the scores:
McMinnville 8, Hillsboro 0 (10-2, 9-2 in Conference)
Singles
1. Reza Refaei def. Brian Loza 6-2, 6-3
2. Brendon Walters def. Josh McCullough 6-1, 6-0
3. Daniel Post def. Ben Fischer 6-0, 6-0
4. Nicky Domenichini def. Anthony Gonzalez 6-3, 6-1
Doubles
1. Nathan Johnson/Cody Thomas def. Steven Nguyen/Benson Hang 6-1, 6-0
2. Adam Kiff/Austin Wiley def. Luis Velazquez/Divyish Patel 6-0, 6-0
3. Isaac Balwit/George Zakaib def. Jake Thomas/Isaac Nakamoto 6-1, 6-1
4. Kj Smith/Joey Chapman def. Miguel Salinas/Chris Brazelle 6-0, 6-2
Thanks to all for your continued support of our program. Yesterday we played an epic match at home against Tualatin, beating them 5-3, and setting a record for beating them 2x in one season. I believe the last time that was accomplished by a Grizzlies boys tennis team was in 2002. I will post later about that match and our results.
Great job this week Grizzlies! Three weeks left in the season.
-Coach Gabrielsen
