Shorewood tennis hangs on to defeat #2 Glacier Peak

Shorewood defeated a very tough Glacier Peak team on October 1 to solidify their hold on first place in WesCo South.

Glacier Peak was in second place at 5 wins and 1 loss just behind the T-Birds record of 6-0 before the match. Shorewood’s record is 7-0 with a two game lead over second place 5-2 Glacier Peak.

The match was not decided until the number two and three doubles teams of AJ Barth / Eli Hecker and Cameron Harford / Simon Forinash were able to complete third set wins with Glacier Peak leading 3-2 and needing only one more win. The Thunderbirds had to win both matches or lose to the Grizzlies.

They host the Lynnwood Royals on Thursday October 2nd with the match starting at 3:30pm.

SHOREWOOD 4 GLACIER PEAK 3

1. Patrick Luangrath GP def. Cameron McDowell SW 6-4, 6-1

2. Scott Wilson GP def. Hugh Gaevert SW 6-3, 7-6 ( 7-5 )

3. Gunnar Thorstenson SW def. Clayton Jaurez GP 6-0, 6-0

4. Jack Bong SW def. Alex Surkov GP 6-4, 7-5

Doubles

1. Tucker Davis / Ethan Jones GP def. Scott Park / Kyle Berquist SW 6-3, 7-5

2. Aj Barth / Eli Hecker SW def Sean Peterson / Dylan Peterson GP 6-3, 5-7, 6-4

3. Cameron Harford / Simon Forinash SW def. Jack Wygant / Cole Walchenback GP 4-6, 7-6 ( 7-3 ), 6-2