Shorewood vs Kamiak tennis results 9/8/15

Prep Boys Tennis 9/8/15

Shorewood High School

Shorewood 4  Kamiak 3

Singles

1. Jimmy Hua K def. Gunnar Thorstenson SW 6-0, 6-0

2. Devon Kashishian K def. Jack Bong SW 6-2, 6-0

3. Kyle Berquist SW def. Tyler Bang K. 6-4, 6-3

4. Keaton Layman K. def. Andrew Counter SW 6-4, 6-3

Doubles

1. Joseph Jang / Peter Smith SW def. Mchael Yi / Danial Chung K 7-6 ( 9-7), 6-4

2. Cameron Harford / Jack Stensrud SW def. Brandon Baker / JinWoo Kim K. 6-3, 6-3

3. Simon Forinash / Conner Morrison SW def. Aiden Norris / Logan Urritia K. 0-6, 6-4, 7-5

The Shorewood boys tennis team started their season with a close 4-3 win over 4A power Kamiak. 

There were many close matches that contributed to the win. Senior co-captain Kyle Berquist won at number three singles after Kamiak dominated in singles, winning three of four matches.

The T- Birds swept the three doubles matches with close, hard fought matches. T- Birds Joseph Jang and Smith won a tight match by winning a 9-7 tiebreaker to take the first set and won their match 6-4 in the second set. T- birds Harford and Stensrud swept both sets 6-4, 6-3.

With both teams tied at 3-3 it came down to number three doubles, Shorewood’s Simon Forinash and Conner Morrison. After losing 0-6 in the first set they regrouped to win the second set 6-4 and force a third decisive set. In a tense back and forth match Morrison and Forinash were able to break their opponents serve at 5-5. Forinash served for the win at 6-5 and prevailed with sharp volleys and pressure at the net for the match and team win at 7-5.

--Arnie Moreno