Tennis: Doubles teams help lead Dreads past Bedford (SEE WLAA-D photo gallery)

The Dexter tennis team held serve on its home court on Thursday afternoon against a competitive Bedford team in an SEC dual-meet. The Dreadnaughts won all four doubles matches to score a hard-fought 5-3 win over the visiting Kicking Mules. 

“So far, so good,” said Dexter coach Robert Smothers. “We have a big tournament at Fenton High School on Saturday that will start to shape our post-season aspirations. We have some big matches coming up over the next couple of weeks, and I’m excited to see how things unfold.”

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Smothers has liked what he has seen from his team – both on and off the court.

“We’ve had some really good practices lately, and the boys seem ready to go,” he said.

Here are the Bedford results:

Singles:

No. 1 – Jaxon Nejedlik, Temperance Bedford def. Carson Brandt, Dexter, 6-0 , 6-0 , -;

No. 2 – Connor Kniesteadt, Dexter def. Tyler Zapadka, Temperance Bedford, 1-6 , 6-2 , 10-7 ;

No. 3 – Vince Cole, Temperance Bedford def. Alex Gullekson, Dexter, 7-6 , 6-3 , -;

No. 4 – Carter Ryan, Temperance Bedford def. Drew Wetzel, Dexter, 6-2 , 6-0 , -;

 

Doubles:

No. 1 – Andrew Boydston, Dexter – Steven Merz, Dexter def. Taylor Burgermeister, Temperance Bedford – Donovan Pfeifer, Temperance Bedford, 6-0 , 6-1 , -;

No. 2 – Oliver Pham, Dexter – Nolan Lemke, Dexter def. Cain Cole, Temperance Bedford – Bryce Bialorucki, Temperance Bedford, 6-0 , 6-1 , -;

No. 3 – Cayden Capelli, Dexter – Gavin Heichel, Dexter def. Max Benore, Temperance Bedford – Malachi Gorzyca, Temperance Bedford, 6-0 , 6-1 , -;

No. 4 – Mason Portice, Dexter – Santiago Mendez, Dexter def. Gabe Armstrong, Temperance Bedford – Josh Knittle, Temperance Bedford, 6-3 , 6-0 , 

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