MEN’S TENNIS – Forester Feed

The Forester men’s tennis team rallied to a 5-4 win over Holy Cross Saturday afternoon in come-from-behind fashion to improve to 10-7 on the year, 2-2 in spring action.

HU found themselves behind the eight-ball having lost all three matches in doubles play. But Eckert’s gritty crew regrouped in singles action to win the top five spots for the impressive comeback.

Next up for Huntington is a home match against Union on Friday at 4:00 p.m.

SINGLES RECAP
No. 1 – Ignacio Poncio (HU) def. JT Page (HC) 7-6, 6-2
No. 2 – Mariano Echevarria (HU) def. Dominic Gibson (HC) 6-4, 6-3
No. 3 – Niko Rongos (HU) def. Dylan Euzarraga (HC) 6-1, 6-7 (1-0)
No. 4 – Sebastian Salas (HU) def. Derek Wappel (HC) 6-0, 6-1
No. 5 – Giovanni Martinez (HU) def. Jake Brown (HC) 6-1, 7-5
No. 6 – Ben Beekman (HC) def. Brody Worl (HU) 6-2, 6-4, 6-1

DOUBLES RECAP
No. 1 – Page/Gibson (HC) def. Poncio/Echevarria (HU) 8-7
No. 2 – Wappel/Euzarraga (HC) def. Rongos/Salas (HU) 8-7
No. 3 – Brown/Beekman (HC) def. Giovanni Martinez/Illia Turaba (HU) 8-6