Saints finding their groove with quartet of wins over busy week

After a tumultuous first couple of weeks to open the spring season, the St. Peter boys tennis team began to find a groove this week with five matches over the course of five days. With wins over Waconia, Worthington, New Prague and St. James and a lone loss to Mankato East, the Saints improved to 4-5.

The final match of the week came Monday evening when St. Peter traveled to St. James for a battle of the Saints. Having suffered a doubles competition loss to St. James to open the season, St. Peter aimed to keep turn around its fortune.

After going 3-1 in singles, the doubles No. 2 squad secured the victory for St. Peter with a 2-0 (6-4, 6-1) win.

The Saints next scheduled contest has them hosting New Ulm Thursday, April 18, with matches scheduled to begin at 4:30 p.m.

St. Peter — 4, St. James — 3

Singles

No. 1: Andrew Rivera (STJ) def. Ezekiel Ribar 2-1 (5-7, 6-2, 10-3)

No. 2: Luke Gilbertson (STP) def. Rylan Mezer 2-0 (6-2, 6-1)

No. 3: Quinn Dixon (STP) def. Xander Braun 2-0 (6-3, 6-3)

No. 4: Brayden Rothenberger (STP) def. Stefan Wenner 2-0 (6-3, 6-4)

Doubles

No. 1: Caleb Fast/Vince Braun (STJ) Eli Stoll/Jaxson Schafer 2-1 (4-6, 6-3, 11-9)

No. 2: Levi GIlbertson/Ashton Baker (STP) def. Cohen Dantlof/Noah Saver 2-0 (6-4, 6-1)

No. 3: Juan Cervantes/Jacob Espinosa (STJ) def. Hayden Stensrud/Jerry Soderlund 2-1 (7-5, 4-6, 10-8)