IOWA CITY - The Linn-Mar boys tennis team opened the season with a pair of victories at the Iowa City West Invitational Saturday.

The Lions topped Dowling Catholic, 9-2, and defeated Waukee, 8-3.

Tim Paulson won both of his matches at No. 1 singles for Linn-Mar. He defeated Jarrett Benson of Dowling, 6-1, 6-2, and blanked Mac Delsol of Waukee, 6-0, 6-0.

Trevor McCann, Ben Myers, Shane Skvor and Kyle Brendes also won both of their singles matches for the Lions.

LINN-MAR 9, DOWLING 2

Singles

1. Tim Paulson (LM) def. Jarrett Benson, 6-1, 6-2
2. Trevor McCann (LM) def. Joe Drey, 6-2, 7-5
3. Ben Myers (LM) def. Johnny Harmeyer, 6-2, 6-3
4. Shane Skvor (LM) def. Kris Weeden, 6-0, 6-0
5. Kyle Brendes (LM) def. Zach Nelson, 6-1, 6-2
6. Kathir Pandian (LM) def. David Lu, 6-1, 6-0

Doubles

1. Paulson/McCann (LM) def. Benson/Harmeyer, 6-2, 6-3
2. Myers/Skvor (LM) def. Drey/Weeden, 6-3, 4-6, 10-7
3. Brendes/Pandian (LM) def. Nate Rupprecht, 6-0, 6-2
4. Nelson/Lu (D) def. Lucas Huffman/Ben Hediger, 7-6, 3-6, 10-5
5. Alex Svec/Riley Huang (D) def. John Low/Ankur Parupally, 6-4, 6-3

LINN-MAR 8, WAUKEE 3

Singles

1. Tim Paulson (LM) def. Mac Delsol, 6-0, 6-0
2. Trevor McCann (LM) def. Austin Grossman, 6-0, 6-1
3. Ben Myers (LM) def. Austin Stradling, 7-5, 6-1
4. Shane Skvor (LM) def. Peyton Parker, 6-1, 6-1
5. Kyle Brendes (LM) def. Nick Weyers, 6-2, 6-0
6. Tyler Kruzan (W) def. Lucas Huffman, 6-4, 6-4

Doubles

1. Paulson/McCann (LM) def. Delsol/Grossman, 6-0, 6-1
2. Myers/Skvor (LM) def. Sandeep Yeturu/Kruzan, 6-2, 6-2
3. Stradling/Parker (W) def. Brendes/Pandian, 6-1, 4-6, 12-10
4. Dillon Lauridsen/Weyers (W) def. Lucas Huffman/Ben Hediger, 6-2, 6-0
5. Jack Gertsen/Jack Albert (LM) def. Tucker Mitchell/Austin Young, 6-2, 7-5