Linn-Mar Boys Tennis

Lions tame Wahlert in boys tennis

DUBUQUE -- Linn-Mar won two singles matches in extra sets and beat Dubuque Wahlert, 6-3, Thursday in a Mississippi Valley Conference boys tennis meet.

Linn-Mar's Gavin Young beat Joey Ottavi, 10-4, and Dillon Einck beat Buddy Franson, 10-8, after they each had split their first two sets.

The win was Linn-Mar's 25th in its last 26 MVC meets. The Lions were beaten in their last meet by Iowa City West, snapping their 24-meet streak.

Linn-Mar 6, Dubuque Wahlert 3

Singles
Jon Moore (DW) def. Brady Anderson, 6-4, 7-6
Tyler McCann (LM) def. Tom Runde, 6-1, 6-1
Gavin Young (LM) def. Joey Ottavi,  6-2, 4-6, 10-4
Brandon Schneider (DW) def. Blake Young, 6-0, 6-3
Dillon Einck (LM) def. Buddy Franson, 2-6, 6-0, 10-8
Jack Frank (LM) def. Garrett Hinz, 6-1, 6-2

Doubles
Moore/Schneider (DW) def. McCann/G. Young, 6-3, 5-7, 10-5
Anderson/Scott Kleymann (LM) def. Runde/Ottavi, 6-4, 6-4
B. Young/Einck (LM) def. Franson/Hinz, 6-2, 6-2

Trojans snap Linn-Mar's MVC record win streak

IOWA CITY -- Dillon Einck won the only match of the meet Monday for Linn-Mar in the Lions' 8-1 loss to Iowa City West in a Mississippi Valley Conference boys tennis meet.

The loss snapped Linn-Mar's MVC record for consecutive wins at 24. The Lions are 4-2 overall, 3-1 in the MVC.

Iowa City West 8, Linn-Mar 1

Singles
Kyle Appel (ICW) def. Tyler McCann, 6-4, 6-3
Blake Oetting (ICW) def. Brady Anderson, 2-6, 7-6, 10-7
Karl Wenzel (ICW) def. Gavin Young, 7-5, 6-4
Blake Dellos (ICW) def. Jack Frank, 6-3, 6-0
Adam Boldt (ICW) def. Blake Young, 6-4, 6-3
Dillon Einck (LM) def. Adam Dellos, 6-2, 6-1

Doubles
Appel/Oetting (ICW) def. McCann/G. Young, 7-5, 7-6
B. Dellos/A. Dellos (ICW) def. Anderson/B. Young, 5-7, 6-3, 12-10
Wenzel/Soo Kim (ICW) def. Tim Bancks/Einck, 6-1, 7-5

Linn-Mar boys tennis sets MVC record with 24th straight win

Linn-Mar set the Mississippi Valley Conference record for consecutive wins by a boys tennis team with its 24th Thursday in a 9-0 whitewashing of Jefferson at Linn-Mar.

The Lions broke the previous mark of 23 set by Kennedy.

Linn-Mar is 4-1 overall and 3-0 in the MVC.  The Lions have won their first three conference meets this season by a total score of 27-0.

"We played well tonight in some tough weather conditions for both teams," Linn-Mar Coach Chris Wundram said. "Jefferson is a good team and our guys had to play hard to get the win."

Jefferson dropped to 1-3, 0-3.

Linn-Mar 9, Jefferson 0

Singles
Tyler McCann (LM) def. Eddie Segarra, 6-2, 6-3
Brady Anderson (LM) def. Jacob Donald, 6-0, 6-2
Gavin Young (LM) def. Andrew Miller, 6-1, 6-0
Blake Young (LM) def. Andrew Meyer, 6-0, 6-3
Dillon Einck (LM) def. Daniel Britton, 6-2, 6-0
Jack Frank (LM) def. Colten Jourdan, 6-2, 6-0

Doubles
McCann/G. Young (LM) def. Segarra/Miller, 6-1, 6-2
Anderson/B. Young (LM) def. Donald/Britton, 6-2, 6-0
Adam Abbott/Nick Soyer (LM) def. Meyer/Caleb Pfeil, 6-0, 6-1

Lions' MVC win streak reaches record-tying 23

DUBUQUE -- The Linn-Mar boys tied a Mississippi Valley Conference record for consecutive boys tennis wins Tuesday night in a 9-0 whitewash of Dubuque Hempstead.

The win was the Lions' 23rd straight in the MVC, matching Kennedy's record. Linn-Mar is 3-1 overall and 2-0 in the MVC this season.

"The guys came out ready to play tonight and it showed," Linn-Mar Coach Chris Wundram said. "Hempstead is a tough team who was undefeated before we played them and we really responded well to the challenge."

Linn-Mar 9, Dubuque Hempstead 0

Singles
Tyler McCann (LM) def. Nick Johnson, 6-1, 6-1
Brady Anderson (LM) def. Jeff Ting, 6-3, 6-1
Gavin Young (LM) def. Zach Wilming 6-0, 6-1
Blake Young (LM) def. Brandon Ambrossy, 6-2, 6-3
Dillon Einck (LM) def. Josh Actemeier, 6-2, 6-2
Scott Kleymann (LM) def. Tyler Doerr, 6-1, 6-0

Doubles
McCann/Anderson (LM) def. Johnson/Ting, 6-7, 6-2, 10-3
G. Young/B. Young (LM) def. Wilming/Ambrossy, 6-3, 6-2
Einck/Kleymann (LM) def. Actemeier/Doerr 6-3, 6-1