Gardiner Hands Eagle Tennis First Loss of Season

Lincoln Academy boys’ tennis won three of four matches this week to improve to 9-1. Gardiner handed the Eagles their first loss to season 3-2 on Tuesday. Jordan Friedland beat Jared Hornecker 6-3,6-0. Cam Blake lost to Brian Jortner 1-6,2-6. Abe Hamilton defeated Isaac Luken 6-1,6-2. Brandon Blake and Pat Williams lost 4-6,5-7 to Travis Mason and Mike Harson. Isaac Vessery and Daniel Mayer fell 2-6,1-6 to Jordan Caradona and Joe Coughlan.

State singlesFriedland and C. Blake worked their way through the state tennis singles playoffs last weekend to make the round of 32. Friedland went in as the number one seed and Blake the fifth seed. They will compete on May 28 in the next round of the playoffs. Hamilton just missed qualifying.Lincoln 5 – Belfast 0The Eagles swept the Lions five-zip on May 12. Friedland beat Onderj Slama 6-1,6-2. C. Blake beat Carson Beck 6-1,6-0. Hamilton topped Cassidy Alex 6-1,6-1. B. Blake and Williams topped Nelson Mandinado and Jim Nealey in three sets, 5-7,6-3,6-2. Vessery and Mayer defeated Tayler Peabody and Wes Sterrs 6-4,6-2.Lincoln 5 – MCI 0Lincoln blanked the Huskies May 14, 5-0. Friedland swept Chu 8-0. C. Blake beat Hoang 8-1. Hamilton topped Tran 8-1. Mayer and B. Blake topped Rwialai and Han 8-4. Vessery and Alex Hadik beat Glidden and Hwang 8-0.Lincoln 5 – Maranacook 0Lincoln picked up their third shutout of the week, sweeping the Black Bears Tuesday. Friedland beat Sean Daigle 6-2,6-0. C. Blake topped Jason Laporte 6-2,6-3. Hamilton defeated Matt Sorett 6-3,6-3. Williams and B. Blake beat Ben Timm and Paul Joslyn 7-5,4-6,7-5. Mayer and Vessery topped John Varney and Sam Bryant 7-5,6-4.