WILLMAR -- A senior-freshman pairing is paying off for Willmar tennis as the regular season winds down.
Senior Zach Burton and ninth-grader Mitch Fader won their fifth in a row at 2-doubles during the Cardinals' 6-1 non-conference victory over New London-Spicer on Thursday.
Willmar (9-3) also won its fifth straight match.
Willmar swept doubles. Jim Neis moved from 3-singles to 1-doubles to pair with Trent Fader, whose regular partner Jordan Baker was away on a school-related trip. It was the day's most suspenseful match as the Willmar duo took the point from Ryan Woodhall-Rob Pieh 6-2, 3-6, 7-5.
Marco Vazquez beat Jackson Wright at 1-singles 6-0, 6-3. Elijah Wilson at 3-singles got the Wildcats' point.
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Willmar 6, NL-Spicer 1
Singles
(1) Marco Vazquez, Wil, def. Jackson Wright 6-0, 6-3 (2) Matt Hallstrom, Will, Alex Weigmann 6-0, 6-2 (3) Elijah Wilson, NLS, def. Matt Horning 6-3, 6-4 (4) Evan Armstrong, Wil, def. Loren Johnson 6-0, 6-1
Doubles
(1) Jim Neis-Trent Fader, Wil, def. Ryan Woodhall-Rob Pieh, 6-2, 3-6, 7-5 (2) Zach Burton-Mitch Fader, Wil, def. Zach Treptau-Logan Bengtson 6-2, 6-1 (3) Ryan Sheehan-Chris VanDoren, Wil, def. Alex Springman-Josh Treptau 6-2, 6-1
Benson/KMS 5, Staples-Motley 2
Benson/KMS swept doubles en route to picking up a non-conference win.
Singles
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(1) Jordan Peterson, SM, def. Steven James 6-1, 6-2 (2) Mike Lindeman, SM, def. Ben Murphy 7-6 (8-6) 6-2 (3) Matt Hagestuen, Ben, def. Ignacio Marcotegui 6-4, 6-0 (4) Ethan Ratliff-Crain, Ben, def. Grant Longella 6-1, 6-2
Doubles
(1) Will Johnson-Luke Woodseth, Ben, def. Jared Peterson-Derek Wolhowe 7-5, 6-2 (2) Ahren Backman-Brett Johnston, Ben, def. Anthony Dunn-Guthrie Coughlin 2-6, 7-6, 7-5 (3) Mike Goulet-Brandon Edlund, Ben, def. Jake Denning-Max Facher 6-4, 6-1
West Central
Foley 4, Benson/KMS 3
Foley won the conference title outright by nearly sweeping singles. Benson/KMS got its point in singles with Ethan Ratliff-Crain winning at No. 4.
Singles
(1) Kellen Dahlquist, F, def. Steven James 6-2, 6-2 (2) Eric Herm, F, def. Ben Murphy 6-3, 4-6, 6-2 (3) Nick Janson, F, def. Matt Hagestuen 3-6, 6-2, 6-1 (4) Ethan Ratliff-Crain, B, def. Brady Hanes 6-1, 6-4
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Doubles
(1) Will Johnson-Luke Woodseth, B, def. Miles Dombrowski-Brandon Stevens 6-1, 6-1 (2) Aaron Zimmer-Walker Zabloski, F, def. Brett Johnston-Ahren Backman 6-2, 6-2 (3) Mike Goulet-Brandon Edlund, B, def. Ben Hageman-Steven Dotvler 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
LPGE 7, YME 0
Singles
(1) Nate Korfe, L, def. Scott Wilson 6-0, 6-0 (2) Matt Schmidt, L, def. Taylor Listul 6-0, 6-1 (3) Berent Uhlenkamp, L, def. David Eckhardt 6-0, 6-0 (4) Michael Nies, L, def. Jordan Iverson 6-0, 6-0
Doubles
(1) Luis Pinto-Roger Meade, L, def. Seth Smiglewski-Stan Benson 6-1, 6-3 (2) Joe Pesta-Cody Warner, L, def. Ethan Ator-Tyler Kotlowski 6-2, 6-3 (3) Zach Pesta-Jeremy Welters, L, def. Andy Waller-Travis Rezneche 6-0, 6-1
