ONONDAGA COUNTY – Though swept in two matches against Cicero-North Syracuse, the Liverpool boys tennis team did manage to pick up a victory in last Tuesday’s SCAC Metro division showdown with West Genesee.
The 5-2 victory included a singles win from Justin Barrett while Kasey Maher rolled past Josh Pierce 6-1, 6-0, even as Mason Pinchin took a 6-3, 6-1 loss to Nate Ruston.
To lead the doubles charge, Aiden Hunter and Andrew Wadie rolled past Nathan Smith and Willard Young in their own 6-1, 6-0 decision as James Welch and Andrew Caimano routed Ty’san Scott and Dan Alvaro 6-0, 6-2.
In three tough sets, Greyson Valente and Raury Bienkowski outlasted Matt Dalton and John McCann 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, which made up for John Ioannidis and Dan Haynes falling to Jacob Dalton and John Diem 6-3, 6-4.
When C-NS had its turn against Liverpool on Friday afternoon, it wasn’t as close, the Northstars dominating the Wildcats in a 7-0 sweep.
Once Wyatt Dupell had blanked Ruston 6-0, 6-0, Brady Petranchuk had beaten Scott 6-0, 6-2, with Brandon Nguyen handling Alvaro in two sets 6-1, 6-0.
Combined, C-NS’s doubles teams of Matt Jordan-Ryan Kiel, Peter Gill-Andrew George, Tim Mai-Joe DeGroat and Mike DeGroat-Alex Cao lost just five games in eight sets.
