Tennis Roundup: Swampscott boys stop Classical, stay perfect in NEC

The Swampscott High boys tennis team defeated Classical, 4-1, Wednesday at Breed, but the Rams, who went into the match undefeated, went down swinging.Swampscott’s Alex Hanbury defeated Larry Cheung, 6-1, 6-0, at first singles and Josh Ruskin defeated Classical’s Alex Rittershaus, 6-3, 6-3, in the two spot. Classical picked up its win at third singles, with Daveth Cheth defeating Brandon Poulin, 7-5, 6-4.The first doubles match went three sets with Swampscott’s Chris Kaplan-Sam Andler defeating Ben Wheeler-Eric Silva, 6-3, 4-6, 6-1. In second doubles, Scott Leffler-Jared Jacobs defeated Classical’s Brian Houde-Zac Osborne, 6-4, 6-2.Swampscott is 6-1, 5-0 Northeastern Conference and the Rams are 5-1.Ham-Wen 4, L’field 1At Hamilton-Wenham, Steve Carr-Mike Bratt won 6-4, 6-3, at first doubles for the Pioneers’ (2-4) only points. First singles was a battle, with Lynnfield’s Nick Scangas and the Generals’ Chase Curtis both undefeated going into the match. Curtis pulled out the win, 6-3, 6-7 (7-5), 6-1.St. Mary’s 3, English 2At Lynn, St. Mary’s defeated cross-town rival English behind its efforts from its doubles teams and third singles.Winning for St. Mary’s (4-1) were Michael Louvaris, third singles (6-0, 6-1); Mike Maghsoudi-Kevin McCarthy, first doubles (6-1, 6-4); and Matt O’Hare and Mike Conti, second doubles (6-2, 6-3).For the Bulldogs (0-6), Dara Chhan won first singles after his opponent, Dan Beaton, retired with an ankle sprain. German Gorovodsky won second singles for English (6-0, 6-2).M’head 5, Revere 0At Marblehead, the boys swept the Patriots to improve to 4-0. Winning for Marblehead were Justin Hyte, first singles (6-0, 6-0); Collin Hyte, second singles (6-0, 6-0); Alec Eidelman, third singles (6-0, 6-0); Chris Conn-Kyle Benowitz, first doubles (6-1, 6-0); and Sime Crowe-Will Lynn, second doubles (6-1, 6-1).Arl. Cath. 5, Fenwick 0At Arlington, the Crusaders could not earn their first win of the season. Playing well in the loss was the sophomore doubles team of Brian Bell and Francisco Anzoategui, who lost in a close match, 3-6, 6-4, 4-6.GIRLS TENNISS’scott 5, Classical 0At Swampscott, the Big Blue turned in a dominating performance. Jen Cleary defeated Julie Lundrigan, 6-0, 6-0, at first singles; Micalla Hootstein defeated Gerryanne Jean, 6-0, 6-0, at second singles; and Yuliya Sergeyeva defeated Bria Mazige, 6-0, 6-0, at third singles. In doubles, Kara Gilberg-Shannon Toner defeated Colleen Donovan-Chelsie Osborne, 6-2, 6-0, and Jane Malinkovich-Jen Locke defeated Sochitta Men-Jessie Carredano, 6-0, 6-4. Classical is 3-4, 3-3 NEC.Saugus 4, English 1At Saugus, the Sachems (1-4) had wins from Emily Sanphy at first singles, 6-1, 6-2; Amara Georges at second singles, 6-1, 6-3; Megan Joyce-Concetta Leo at first doubles, 6-1, 6-3; and Christine Cuddemi-Katie Noyes at second doubles, 6-0, 6-0.M’head 5, Revere 0At Marblehead, the hosting squad stayed undefeated, winning all five matches. Winning for Marblehead (3-0) were Adrienne Schenkel, first singles (6-1, 6-0); Ryan Heffrin, second singles (6-1, 6-0); Morgan Scharrio, third singles (6-1, 6-2); Shelby Carroll-Elise Hamilton, first doubles (6-1, 6-2); and Lydia Smith-Jess Sokol, second doubles (6-2, 6-1).Ursuline 4, St. Mary’s 1At Dedham, St. Mary’s fell to 3-3. Winning for the Spartans was the second doubles team of Ashley Crawford-Danielle Stueve (6-0, 6-1).Lynnfield 3, Ham-Wen 2At Lynnfield, Jess DiFillippo and Kristen DiFillippo took the deciding point at second doubles, 6-3, 6-0. The Pioneers (5-1) also picked up points from Lindsey Buchanan at second singles, 5-7, 6-3, 6-3, and Tara Soni-Julia Broding at first doubles, 6-2, 6-4.Beverly 4, G’ster 1At Gloucester, the Panthers (7-0) just keep on rolling. Sabrina Salmela won at first singles, 6-2, 6-1; Meghan Corcoran at second singles, 6-2, 6-4; Amanda Krugman-Gina Pinciaro, first doubles, 6-2, 6-4; and Robyn Spiridigliozzi-Kate Johnson at second doubles, 6-0, 6-3. Mary Unis picked up Gloucester’s only point with a win