Tennis: Big Blue boys team wins nailbiter

The Swampscott High boys tennis team pulled out a nail-biter in first singles to defeat Peabody, 3-2, Wednesday at Swampscott.Nazar Babayev just squeaked by in the third set (6-2, 2-6, 6-4) to give the Big Blue the win. The other winners for Swampscott were Ian Crimmins, second singles (6-1, 6-0) and Erick Eaton-John Rizk, second doubles (6-3, 6-4). Swampscott is 5-4.Gloucester 4, Classical 1At Lynn, the Rams (3-7) got their win from Calvin Cheung at first singles, 6-0, 6-3. Despite the loss, Classical had several good matches including Alex Chea and David Hincapie?s 6-7, 5-7 loss at second doubles and Eduard Trirog?s loss at third singles, 6-3, 4-6, 8-11.?It was a very competitive match,” Classical coach Chris Hayward said. “All the kids played well … It was one of our best matches all year.”Lynnfield 3, Ipswich 2At Lynnfield, the Pioneers? (4-4) Joe Crowther at second singles and Mike Romano at third singles both won their matches by the same exact scores in each of their sets (7-6, 6-2). The other winner for Lynnfield was Will Durkee-Ethan Forrest at first doubles (6-4, 6-4).St. John?s 4, Xaverian 1At Xaverian, Nico Lamacher did not drop a single game at second singles for the Eagles (6-0, 6-0). The other winners for St. John?s were: Sean Nork, third singles (6-2, 6-1); Alec McNiff and Chase Davis, first doubles (6-3, 6-2) and Scott Reister and Andrew Hartigan, second doubles (6-2, 6-1).Marblehead 5, Salem 0At Marblehead, the Magicians only dropped four games total in all five matches combined. Winners for Marblehead were: Chris Wigglesworth, first singles (6-1, 6-2); Miles Barry, second singles (6-0, 6-0); Felix Litvak, third singles (6-0, 6-0); Matt Jepsky-Garrett Tully, first doubles (6-1, 6-0) and Corey Stein-James Marden, second doubles (6-0, 6-0).Medford 3, Fenwick 2At Medford, the Crusaders (3-8) came up short in a close one. Zach Mutti won at second singles, 6-2, 6-0, and Myles Tennihan-Joe Dorazio won at first doubles, 6-4, 1-6, 6-3. Ryan Trott and Ty Mirra lost at second doubles, 4-6, 6-4, 4-6.Danvers 5, English 0At Danvers, the Falcons improved to 9-2, 7-1 NEC. Nick Lisichenok won at first singles, 6-0, 6-0; Jim Cunningham, second singles, 6-1, 6-0; Jim McCarriston, third singles, 6-0, 6-0; Matt Kidney-Emmett Pierro, first doubles, 6-0, 6-0, and Chris Shalkowski-Brian Daly, second doubles, 6-0, 6-0.GIRLS TENNISRevere 3, Winthrop 2At Revere, the Patriots got the job done thanks in part to a strong showing by the first doubles team.Revere?s Sara Grujic won 6-2, 6-0 at first singles and Andrea Rueda took third singles, 6-2, 6-1. The first doubles team of Cassidy Hernandez-Leila Darouey won a three-setter, 6-3, 0-6, 6-4 after trailing in the third.St. Mary?s 5, St. Joseph 0At Brighton, the Spartans (7-7) had wins from Christine Hallisey, first singles, 6-4, 6-1; Ana DeBernardo, second singles, 6-3, 6-2; Kelly Harrington, third singles, 6-2, 6-4; Allysa Graham-Annabelle Feliz, first doubles, 6-0, 6-0 and Julie Shea-Krysta Bertocchi, second doubles, 8-0.Marblehead 5, Salem 0At Salem, the Magicians (8-2) had wins from Kelly Mealey, first singles, 6-1, 3-6, 6-1; Julia Channing, second singles, 6-0, 6-0; Amanda Gilberg, third singles, 6-0, 6-0; Meagan Hanratty-Alice Yufa, first doubles, 6-0, 6-1, and Jenny Norcross-Caroline Hooper, 6-1, 6-0.Swampscott 5, Peabody 0At Peabody, Vivien Gere at first singles set the tone for Swampscott (6-0, 6-1). The other winners for Swampscott (7-2) were: Veronica Pyatigorskaya, second singles (6-2, 6-1); Jessica Zolot, third singles (6-4, 6-2); Anya Peterson and Sara Cunningham, first doubles (3-6, 7-5, 7-3); Chelsey Podtseld and Michelle Schnayder, second doubles (6-0, 7-5).Lynnfield 5, Ipswich 0At Ipswich, the Pioneers received dominating performances from Sarah Mezini at first singles (6-1, 6-0) and Kelley Nevils at second singles (6-2, 6-0). The other winners for Lynnfield were: Izzy Figucia, third singles (7-5, 6-1); Danielle Soden-Olivia Skelley, first doubles (7-5, 6-3) and Majori