Lincoln Academy boys’ tennis team successfully defended their KVAC title in a four and a half hour marathon match at Gardiner May 27. With the score tied at 2-2, the match came down to second singles between Cameron Blake and Brian Jortner.
The two battled for three and a half hours before Blake’s conditioning paid off and he emerged victorious. Blake lost the first set 2-6, then battled back to win 6-3,6-3.
“We almost had to call for darkness. Almost every point was decided by 20-30 stroke rallies. His comeback was unbelievable. All the prepping paid off,” coach Michael Blake said.
The Eagles won the match 3-2 to claim their fourth KVAC title in five years. “It was an amazing finals,” coach Blake said.
Lincoln wraps up their KVAC season with a 12-1 record, with their only loss of the season to Gardiner. Lincoln celebrated their victory by ringing the school bell Tuesday morning.
LA won all three of their singles matches. Jordan Friedland defeated Jared Hornacker 6-3,6-7,6-2 in three sets at first singles. Abe Hamilton handled Justin Lander 6-2,6-3 at second singles.
Brandon Blake and Patrick Williams lost to Mike Hersom and Travis Mason in three sets, 6-3,1-6,7-5 at first doubles. “They had a great match. They were up 5-4 and serving for match, but couldn’t quite pull it out,” coach Blake said.
Daniel Mayer and Isaac Vesery lost 0-6,2-6 to Joe Coughlan and Jordan Caradona at second doubles.
Jordan Friedland went undefeated in KVAC action at first singles, and Abe Hamilton undefeated at third singles. Cameron Blake finished the season with one loss at second singles, and that was against Gardiner the first go around.
