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Monday at Hippach Field the Mt. Blue High School Men’s Tennis team won its fourth consecutive team match, winning four out of five against a talented Skowhegan team. Highlighting the Monday afternoon event was Mt. Blue’s Matt St. John’s 10-0 win over Skowhegan’s Ivan Ilinsky. St. John’s service and ground strokes were unmatched this season. The most hotly contested match of the day was a grueling dogfight between Alvaro Vian and Alex Downing, with Mt. Blue’s Vian outlasting the talented Skowhegan player,10-8.
Scores were as follows:
Doubles:
Greg Melcer and Jon Iams (Mt. Blue) v. Derek Withee and D.Quirion (Skowhegan) 10-8
Nate Howard and Seth Wegner (Mt. Blue) v. Hank Davis and Rafe Sargent (Skowhegan), 4-10
Singles:
Arvaro Vian (Mt. Blue) v. Alex Downing (Skowhegan), 10-8
Matt St. John (Mt. Blue) v. Ivan Ilinsky (Skowhegan), 10-0
Nick Wilkens (Mt. Blue) v. Jordan Clarke (Skowhegan), 10-7
A doubles exhibition match was also played, with Mt. Blue’s Dylan Toothaker and Sean Paul narrowly losing to Skowhegan’s Artie Perkins and Will Qualey, 6-7.
Mt. Blue’s next contest is Thursday, May 7th, against Brewer High School at Brewer.
[Editor’s note: while Arin McLaughlin provided the photos and captions, the summery is courtesy of the MBHS tennis program.]
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