Shorewood tennis second in WesCo South after defeating Mountlake Terrace

Shorewood defeated Mountlake Terrace 6-1 Wednesday after a close 4-3 win over the Hawks in their early season match.

The toughest match of the night pitted two state qualifiers 2015 District 1 singles finalists that T-Bird Thorstenson won, Shorewood's Gunnar Thorstenson and Mountlake Terrace's Jeremy Ansdell, with Ansdell winning two hard fought sets 6-4, 7-5.

Peter Smith and Joseph Jang led a sweep in doubles with Jack Stensrud, James Qiu, Ji Yu and Aden Helland also winning. Other singles winners for the T-Birds were Jack Bong, Andrew Counter and Steven Lin.

The T-Birds host Shorecrest in a showdown of the top two teams in WesCo South this Thursday 10/6.. The match starts at 3:30pm at Shorewood Courts.

Shorecrest is in first place and one game ahead of Shorewood due to an early season 4-3 Scots win.

The Thunderbirds need a win to tie the Scots for first place. Shorewood improved its record to 6-1 in league and 11-2 overall.


SHOREWOOD  6  MOUNTLAKE TERRACE  1

Singles

1. Jeremy Ansdell MLT def. Gunnar Thorstenson SW 6-4, 7-5
2. Jack Bong SW def. Adam Lorraine MLT 7-6 (7-2), 4-6, 6-2
3. Andrew Counter SW def. Max Ludwig MLT 1-6, 6-4, 6-3
4. Steven Lin SW def. Max Knibbe MLT 6-2, 6-0

Doubles

1. Peter Smith / Joseph Jang SW def. Drake Day / Trevor Swanson MLT 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 ( 8-6)
2. Jack Stensrud / James Qiu SW def. Mark Primavera / Alec Ung MLT 6-2, 6-0
3. Ji Yu / Aden Helland SW def. Morgan Subert / Owen Jones MLT 6-3, 6-1

--Coach Arnie Moreno