Behind three top-six finishes, Lindbergh takes second at state | Tennis

The Lindbergh boys tennis team placed second at the 2A state tournament last weekend. It is the second straight top finish for the team after tying for the title last year. The Eagles scored 17 points, behind only Interlake with 28 and ahead of Washington, with 12.

The Lindbergh boys tennis team placed second at the 2A state tournament last weekend. It is the second straight top finish for the team after tying for the title last year.

The Eagles scored 17 points, behind only Interlake with 28 and ahead of Washington, with 12.

Lindbergh’s boys doubles team of Adrian Villanueva and Sam Bayna placed fourth. The duo knocked off Nick Gigstad and Jeremy Teske of Ellensburg 6-2, 7-5, then lost to Interlake’s Joe Motto and Eric Radoi 6-4, 2-6, 6-2.

On the other side of the bracket, the duo beat Tumwater’s Ryan Gudbranson and Evan Gudbranson 6-3, 6-1, then Medical Lake’s Ismael Teshome and Jake Wesselman 6-0, 7-6 (3) in the 4th/7th game.

Also in the boys doubles tournament, Boris Oks and Bobby Huynh finished sixth. Oks and Huynh topped Lynden’s pair Nolan Wolffis and Luke Readron 6-2, 6-2, then took out Teshome and Wesselman 6-3, 6-2, before finally falling to Washington’s Daniel Yu and Josh Rasmus 6-3, 7-5. The two lost again to Reed Welch and EJ Troutman of Bellingham 6-3, 6-4 in the 3rd/6th game.

Freshman Alan Kwiatkowski took sixth. Kwiatkowski cruised through the first two rounds, beating Sehom’s Nick Smith 6-0, 6-0 and then Clarkston’s Drew Adams 6-4, 6-2. He went down against Luat Le 6-0, 7-6 (3) in the semifinals. Le, of Interlake, went on to take second. Kwiatkowski then fell again to Sehom’s Avery West 6-0, 6-2 in the 4th/6th match.

On the girls singles side, Quinn Osborn lost to Bianca Schley of Ephrata 6-3, 6-0, then again to Hockinson’s Michelle Chiou 6-3, 6-1.