Tennis Roundup: St. John’s defeats St. Mary’s in battle of unbeatens

In a battle of unbeatens boys? tennis squads, St. John?s Prep rose to 7-0 with a solid 4-1 home victory Wednesday over St. Mary?s, which had strung together nine wins to start the season.
After the Spartans? Brady Ryan took the first singles match, 6-2, 6-2, St. John?s won the next four points.
?We knew it would be tough going in,” said St. Mary?s coach Brian Carlson. “But we had some high hopes for today.”
Evan Maguire won the second singles match, 6-1, 6-3, and Nick Salacci took third singles, 6-3, 6-2.
The Prep kept rolling in doubles play, with Mateo Jacome and Tom Shea winning the first match, 6-3, 6-4. In the second doubles match, David Cadigan and David Cunningham won, 6-0, 6-0.
?The score doesn?t really indicate how many close matches we played today,” said St. John?s coach Mark Metropolis. “It?s always great to grab a win against those guys.”
Marblehead 5, Revere 0
The Marblehead boys (4-3) blanked Revere at home in a match that included the varsity debut of sophomore Garrett Tully, who dominated at third singles, 6-0, 6-0.
Senior captains Griffin Butterfield (6-1, 6-0) and Michael Forte (6-0, 6-2) notched wins in the first two singles matches for the Magicians.
In doubles play, the teams of Justin Faia/Felix Livtak and Luca Fiori/Jake Driscoll both won by 6-0, 6-0 scores.
Swampscott 4, Lynn Classical 1
The Big Blue (3-3) swept the doubles matches and then won two singles matches to grab a win at Lynn Classical (3-5).
Matt Jacobs won the first singles match for Swampscott, 6-0, 6-0. Ian Crimmins took the next match, 6-1, 6-0.
In doubles play, the duo of Sam Mayblyum and Daniel Popovskiy won the first match, 6-1, 6-2. The team of Tyler Gateman and Matt Donaher took the second match, 6-2, 6-0.
?The team played with excellent control throughout the match and brought home a solid win,” said Swampscott coach Neil Whitehouse.
Moses Ba grabbed the lone win for Classical, taking the third singles match, 6-2, 6-3.
?I thought we played well today,” said Classical coach Chris Hayward. “They just had more firepower than us today.”Danvers 4, Peabody 1
The lone win for the Tanners (0-8) came from Djordje Samardzic, who battled back from a set down in third singles to win 3-6, 7-5, 7-4.
Manchester Essex 5, Lynnfield 0
Captain Ethan Forrest and his doubles partner, Danny Bronshvayg, put up a great effort in their doubles match, but came up just short for the Pioneers (0-6).Matignon 4, Bishop Fenwick 1
Bishop Fenwick (1-6) could muster only one win against a strong Matignon team on Wednesday, and it came in doubles play. Jack Palmachuk and Wil Bethune took their match 6-3, 6-0.GIRLS? TENNIS
Swampscott 5, Lynn Classical 0
Swampscott (6-1) was too much for Lynn Classical (6-1) to handle, as the Big Blue won four matches by a score of 6-0, 6-0.
Anna Raptunovich, Vivien Gere, and Veronica Pyatigorskaya all won shutouts in singles play.
The doubles team of Sara Cunningham and Juliette Albo also won 6-0, 6-0, while the duo of Michelle Schneider and Anya Peterson won their match, 6-3, 6-4.
St. Mary?s 3, Matignon 2
The Spartans (4-8) relied on strong doubles play to grab a close win. Julie Shea and Kristin Tansey won the first match 6-3, 6-0, while the Adelina Katzounos and Krysta Bertocchi won the second, 6-0, 7-6.
Mia Nikolakopoulos grabbed the singles win for the Spartans at third singles, 6-3, 6-2.
?Overall, our doubles teams have been improving by the day,” said St. Mary?s coach Jim McHugh. “They?re kind of helping to carry the team right now.”
Saugus 4, Lynn English 1
The Sachems (1-3) recorded their first win in over two years in solid fashion over Lynn English. Deanna Velasquez won the first singles match 6-1, 6-2, then Emma Turgeon won the second 6-1, 6-1.
The Sachems also swept the doubles matches. The team of Samantha Delaney and Bianca Rosato won the first match, 5-7, 6-1, 6-4. The duo of Olivia Chaves and Caitlin Williamson had a bit of a battle in the second doubles match. After taking the first s