WILLMAR -- The Willmar boys tennis team started the season with four straight wins and Tuesday completed another four-win stretch by beating St. Cloud Tech 6-1 in Central Lakes Conference action.
The Cardinals (7-3, 8-3) lost three straight in between the two streaks.
Willmar swept the singles matches, including straight-set wins by Marco Vazquez at 1-singles, Matt Hallstrom at 2-singles and Jim Neis at 3-singles. Matt Horning at 4-singles won in three sets.
The Cardinals also won at 2-doubles with Mitch Fader and Zach Burton and 3-doubles with Chris Van Dorn and Ryan Sheehan.
The Cardinals, who host New London-Spicer Thursday in a non-conference make-up, will compete in the Central Lakes Conference tournament Saturday in St. Cloud, then wrap up the regular season by hosting conference-leading Brainerd on Monday.
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Willmar 6, SC Tech 1
Singles
(1) Marco Vazquez, Wil, def. Jordan Feddema 6-0, 6-3 (2) Matt Hallstrom, Wil, def. Myles Bates 6-2, 6-3 (3) Jim Neis, Wil, def. Billy Zens 6-2, 6-2 (4) Matt Horning, Wil, def. Aaron Olson 3-6, 6-2, 6-3
Doubles
(1) Nate Wolters-Tyler Bates, SCT, def. Trent Fader-Jordan Baker 6-2, 7-6 (7-5) (2) Mitch Fader-Zach Burton, Wil, def. Kevin Schneider-Dan Lang 6-2, 6-4 (3) Chris Van Dorn-Ryan Sheehan, Wil, def. Ross Mullen-Brett Harder 7-5, 6-7 (4-7), 6-3
