Boys tennis falls to Mahtomedi and St. Thomas

By Bruce Karnick
Posted 5/4/23

The boys tennis team had a rough week against two conference foes. Mahtomedi on Tuesday, April 25th and St. Thomas on Thursday, April 27th. The Raiders fell to each team, only winning one of 14 …

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Boys tennis falls to Mahtomedi and St. Thomas

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The boys tennis team had a rough week against two conference foes. Mahtomedi on Tuesday, April 25th and St. Thomas on Thursday, April 27th. The Raiders fell to each team, only winning one of 14 matchups. The weather was quite cooperative for the two meets compared to the previous weeks, but that did not help the Raiders in the win column. According to head coach Alex Zuzek, the boys played hard and had a lot of solid matches, but their efforts just could not overcome their opponents.

Mahtomedi - 6, Hastings - 1,

Singles:

No. 1 - Sam Rathmanner, Mahtomedi def. Michael Johnson, Hastings, 6-0, 6-0

No. 2 - Brandon Pham, Mahtomedi def. Charlie Jensen, Hastings, 6-0, 6-0

No. 3 - Luke Roettger, Mahtomedi def. Micah Slapnicher, Hastings, 6-0, 6-0

No. 4 - Reese Nelson, Mahtomedi def. Quinton Heiman, Hastings, 6-1, 6-2

Doubles:

No. 1 - Jack Allaben - Zach Burge, Mahtomedi def. Devon Yang - Nathan Welt, Hastings, 6-0, 6-1

No. 2 - Aidan Wald - Max Hendrickson, Mahtomedi def. Maddox Repke - Matt Darst, Hastings, 6-0, 6-0

No. 3 - Fischer Kauffman - Tanner Mattila, Hastings def. Tommy Bengtson - Eli Hendrickson, Mahtomedi, 4-6, 6-4, 10-7

St Thomas Academy - 7, Hastings - 0,

Singles:

No. 1 - Drew Lindstrom, St Thomas Academy def. Devon Yang, Hastings, 6-2, 6-0

No. 2 - Braxton Spata, St Thomas Academy def. Charlie Jensen, Hastings, 6-0, 6-0

No. 3 - William Bonfe, St Thomas Academy def. Micah Slapnicher, Hastings, 6-1, 6-2

No. 4 - Tate Hinkemeyer, St Thomas Academy def. Matt Darst, Hastings, 6-0, 6-2

Doubles:

No. 1 - Gavin Massey - Britton Jarpe, St Thomas Academy def. Michael Johnson - Nathan Welt, Hastings, 6-3, 6-4

No. 2 - Dante Ziperstein - Nate Dsousa, St Thomas Academy def. Tanner Mattila - Quinton Heiman, Hastings, 6-0, 6-1

No. 3 - Eric Zauha - Timothy Noonan, St Thomas Academy def. Maddox Repke - Fischer Kauffman, Hastings, 6-1, 6-2

The next chance to catch the Raiders is at home against Woodbury on May 3rd, then at Two Rivers on May 4th, both at 4:00 p.m. The Raiders will then host the “Fill the Hill” event at Roadside Tennis Courts on May 5th at 7:00 p.m. against Rosemount. May 6th, they travel to Cretin-Derham Hall for a 10:00 a.m. invite. Monday, May 8th, at 4:00 p.m. they host Roseville and May 9th, also at 4:00 p.m., they host Hill-Murray.