Western Albemarle’s boys tennis team’s season ended Wednesday afternoon as the Warriors fell 5-2 at the hands of Blacksburg in the 3A West Region semifinals.
Western managed to snag a pair of singles matches with Scott Grover and Joe Squillace winning their matches at the No. 2 and No. 3 spots on the ladder. But a solid performance at the bottom of he ladder by Blacksburg and a hard fought win at No. 1 by the Bruins’ Thomas Ducker over Tucker Ottoway where Ottway took the first set before falling 6-2, 7-5, gave BHS a 4-2 advantage going into doubles.
A win at No. 2 doubles by Ryan Wells and Matty Ducker sealed the match for the Bruins.
The Warriors finish the season at 18-2. Ottaway and Grover will continue singles and doubles play next week in the Region 3A West singles and doubles tournament at Spotswood next week.
Blacksburg 5, Western Albemarle 2
Singles
T. Ducker def. Tucker Ottaway: 4-6, 6-2, 7-5 (BHS)
Joe Squillace def. R. Wells: 6-3, 6-0 (WAHS)
Scott Grover def. R. Kumar: 6-3, 6-1 (WAHS)
M. Ducker def. Andrew Ern: 6-0, 6-0 (BHS)
M. Xiao def. Deven Barkley: 7-6, 6-3 (BHS)
E. Pasad def. Ben Masselli: 6-1, 6-2 (BHS)
Doubles
Tucker Ottaway/Scott Grover DNP T. Ducker/R. Kumar
R. Wells/M. Ducker def. Joe Squillace/Deven Barkley: 6-3, 6-2 (BHS)
Patrick Hicks/Andrew O’Leary vs. D. Dunn/G. Stone: 3-6, 6-1, 4-3 (DNF)
