SEQUIM — After three straight 7-0 wins, the Port Angeles tennis team had to work hard to fend off a game Sequim squad 4-3 as the Riders’ doubles teams swept four matches.
The Wolves swept all three singles’ matches behind Nico Zingaro, Ryan Tolberd and Connor Bear, putting the Riders at a 3-0 deficit entering doubles’ play. Zingaro, Tolberd and Bear all won without losing a set as the Wolves gave the Riders a much tougher time than the first time the two teams met this year (a match Port Angeles won 6-1).
The Riders’ No 1 team of Milo Whitman/Wyatt Hall was able to win with relative ease, then Damon Gunderson and Michael Soule had a real battle with the Wolves’ Brenton Barnes and Sam Frymyer, winning a three-set match 6-1, 3-6 6-3.
The Riders’ No. 3 team of Seth Woods and Tanner Price had to fight hard to hold off Dallin Koch and Jackson Van DeWege 6-2, 7-6.
In the No. 4 doubles’ team, Port Angeles’ Caleb Flodstrom and Kam Noard completed the doubles’ sweep.
The hard-fought win has the 8-1 Roughriders technically tied for first place with North Kitsap, which is 7-0. Those two teams meet for the second time at Port Angeles on Oct. 9. The Vikings won the first match 6-1, but since then, Port Angeles has gone 36-5 in its matches.
Michael Dashiell.Olympic Peninsula News Group Port Angeles’ Reef Gelder returns a volley against Sequim’s Nico Zingaro. Though Zingaro won the match, the Roughriders won as a team as their doubles’ teams won all four of their matches. With the win, Port Angeles is tied for first in the Olympic League.
The Riders were set to play at Bremerton Thursday, but that match has been postponed due to rain.. Their next scheduled match is Tuesday, hosting a good Klahowya (6-2) team at 4 p.m.
Sequim (5-4) is in fifth place in the league. The Wolves likewise had a match against Klahowya canceled Thursday due to rain. They next play Monday at Chimacum.
Port Angeles 4, Sequim 3
Match Report
Singles
No. 1: Nico Zingaro (Seq.) def. Reef Gelder (PA) 6-2, 6-0.
No. 2: Ryan Tolberd (Seq.) def. Dru Clark (PA) 6-2, 6-4.
No. 3: Connor Bear (Seq.) def. Landon Seibel (PA) 6-3, 6-4.
Doubles
No. 1: Milo Whitman/Wyatt Hall (PA) def. Dustin Koch/ Henry Hughes (Seq.) 6-1, 6-1.
No. 2: Damon Gunderson/Michael Soule (PA) def. Brenton Barnes/Sam Frymyer (Seq.) 6-1, 3-6, 6-3.
No. 3: Seth Woods/Tanner Price (PA) def. Dallin Despain/Jackson Van DeWege 6-2, 7-6.
No. 4: Caleb Flodstrom/Kam Noard (PA) def. Silas Thomas/Zach McCracken (Seq.) 6-1, 6-2.
