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Tennis: Marcus secures first round bye
By Justin Thomas, jthomas@starlocalnews.com
The District 5-5A Tennis Tournament is yet to get under way, but already Marcus already knows what it needs to do to qualify for a berth in the Class 5A Region I Tournament: win one match.
Marcus put itself in position to need a victory in just one round by defeating Flower Mound Tuesday, 13-6, to secure a first-round bye in the district tourney. The top two teams from each district qualify for regionals, meaning a win in the semifinals - likely in a match against the Jaguars -would advance Marcus, barring a playback.
Flower Mound and Lewisville, meanwhile, have tougher paths to the finals.
Last Tuesday, Marcus picked up the win on the strength of a dominant showing from its girls.
The Lady Marauders combined to go 9-0, sweeping in both singles and doubles.
"Big shout out to the girls," said Kelly Langdon, Marcus head coach. "They had a good night and were a big reason for our success."
In doubles, winners for the Lady Marauders were Preethi Kasilingam and Anna McMullen over Autusa Behroozi and Edwina Popa (8-4), Ludivine Varga and Molly Fisher over Kacie Berutti and Marilyn Lu (9-7) and Vanessa Phan and Nicole Wilson over Allie Polk and Maddie Todd (8-2).
Singles winners were Kasilingam (6-2, 6-2), Fisher (6-0, 6-0), Varga (6-7, 6-2, 10-4), Phan (4-6, 6-2, 10-6), Wilson (6-3, 6-1) and McMullen (6-3, 6-3).
While Varga and Phan needed to squeak out wins in super-breakers, the two were able to do so with limited pressure as the Lady Marauders had already secured enough points for the overall win.
In boys action, Flower Mound and Marcus squared off in tightly-contested doubles matches.
The Marauders' duo of Sebastian Langdon and Ben Wegendt outlasted Flower Mound's Andrew Eurek and Austin Todd (8-6), while Aaron Johnson and Cole Schafer repaid the favor by the same score for the Jaguars on the No. 2 line. Flower Mound's Noah Axelrod and Armand Behroozi also picked up a victory over Sam Karnes and David Lally.
In boys singles, winners from Marcus were Langdon (6-2, 2-6, 10-4), Wegendt (7-6, 6-1) and David Wittkower (7-5, 6-0).
Flower Mound's winners were Johnson (6-2, 6-3), Schafer (6-1, 6-0) and Axelrod (4-6, 6-4, 10-8).
The wins for Langdon and Wittkower capped perfect runs through district.
"They both had undefeated round robins, which we were very pleased to see," coach Langdon said.
Now the teams will gear up for the district tournament and potential second meeting in as many weeks.
"I liked what I saw in this match and hopefully we can keep it up next Friday," coach Langdon said. "But there were a number of matches that could have gone either way. I'm sure our guys are saying we could have pulled out a few more and had a more comfortable wins and they're saying they could have gotten a couple and completely turned it around. It's always close and I expect the same if we play again Friday."
Lewisville, meanwhile, enters the tournament as the No. 6 seed after narrowly losing to Ryan, 10-9, on Tuesday. The Farmers were disappointed to suffer the defeat, in particular after picking up a 6-1 advantage following doubles competition.
"The kids were very excited after winning six matches in doubles," said Manuella Rogers, Lewisville head coach. "I feel they didn't know how to deal with the emotions during their singles matches. They were all very nervous. Our team hasn't won a dual match in a long time and the kids didn't know how to deal with the pressure of being ahead on the game and having to play consistently to win their singles matches."
Still, Rogers was extremely pleased with the effort she saw.
"They tried really hard," she said. "They did everything they could to get a win but, unfortunately, Ryan came ahead of us. Of course I wish we could have won, but I am very proud of the kids since they have never been so close to winning a district match in a while. I know we are headed towards the right direction."
Additionally, Lewisville's JV team picked up a win over Ryan, 16-3.
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