Bethany Christian vs. Howe Military {Match Report}

It was Bethany's senior night, and Weston Troyer did it up right!

Playing against Howe Military's varsity, Weston Troyer ended his Bethany tennis career with a win. Playing with his brother Will at #2 doubles, Weston dominated play with his sweet net game, massive overheads, and big serves. Right from the first point, which Weston nailed with a huge slam, it was easy to see this was going to be a great match for the Bruin senior. With large groups of fans cheering he and Will on, Weston rose to the occasion to grab his first and only victory as a member of the Bruin varsity.

At the rest of the positions, the younger players took care of their business as well. Ben Mast handled #1 singles easily, trying to play a more attacking game he watched as Howe's Tom Jarkewicz made too many mistakes to overcome. It was the same for Kyle Miller and Seth Krabill playing #1 doubles. Hoards of mistakes from their opponents was the name of the game, and only some less than gentle prodding from the coaches even made Seth and Kyle play aggressively, for they weren't going to need to in order to win. To their credit, they picked up the aggressive play and played a much more fun second set.

#2 singles was a position that made the Bruins work, but in the end Russell was able to outhustle Wildcat junior Kevin Mammoser. Russell staked himself to a lead in both sets by controlling the attacking play of Mammoser with good passing shots and lobs. Russell seemed to tire at the end of the second set, as Mammoser became more consistent and made Russell play longer points, but Klassen was able to close out the match.

The closest match of the day came at #3 singles, where an attacking and aggressive Austin Loucks raced through a relatively easy first set, then found himself in a fight for the second. With the entire team looking on, Austin had to deny senior Will Pearce one match point before cashing in on his third. Both opponents played a very consistent tiebreaker to end the second set, and Austin was glad to not have his teammates angry with him for delaying the end of this match.

Scores
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Bethany --- Score --- Howe Military

#1S - Ben Mast (9) --- 6-0, 6-0 --- Tom Jarkewicz (12)
#2S - Russell Klassen (9) --- 6-2, 6-2 --- Kevin Mammoser (11)
#3S - Austin Loucks (10) --- 6-1, 7-6 (8) --- Will Pearce (12)
#1D - Kyle Miller (9)/Seth Krabill (9) --- 6-1, 6-0 --- Graham McLaren (11)/Austin Noel (11)
#2D - Weston Troyer (12)/Will Troyer (11) --- 6-2, 6-4 --- Kyle Sass (11)/Greg Abbott (9)

JV
#1S - Jared Christophel (11) --- 8-0 --- Kyle Dostie-First (9)