Wednesday’s high school tennis: Belchertown rallies to beat Amherst Regional

Staff reports

Published: 05-24-2017 10:02 PM

The Belchertown boys tennis team was on the verge of dropping its match with Amherst Regional on Wednesday.

But Jon Vinagre rallied to win at first singles, and the Orioles’ double teams followed suit for a 3-2 win over the Hurricanes.

Vinagre trailed 4-0 to Pat O’Connell in the second set, but rallied for a 6-2, 7-5 win.

Alec Morgado and Dennis Lelic then beat Andy Ni and Joey Green at first doubles 6-3, 6-3. Mike Laughner and Nolan Vogel beat Ethan Xu and Pat Cooper 7-6 (1), 6-3 at second doubles.

Austin Xiong (second singles) and Nathan Ji (third singles) won their matches for the Hurricanes.

Belchertown (17-2) visits Lee on Thursday for its last regular season match.

Amherst (8-7) will next play in the Western Massachusetts Division 1 Tournament.

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Boys tennis

Belchertown 3,
Amherst Regional 2

at Belchertown

First singles: Jon Vinagre (B) def. Pat O’Connell, 6-2, 7-5; Second singles: Austin Xiong (A) def. Cyrus Raines, 6-0, 6-2; Third singles: Nathan Ji (A) def. Noah Pare, 6-2, 6-0; First doubles: Alec Morgado & Dennis Lelic (B) def. Andy Ni & Joey Green, 6-3, 6-3; Second doubles: Mike Laughner & Nolan Vogel (B) def. Ethan Xu & Pat Cooper, 7-6 (1), 6-3

Records: Belchertown (17-2) Amherst (8-7)

East Longmeadow 3,
South Hadley 2

at Mount Holyoke College

First singles: Kabir Khuruna (E) def. Matt Gelinas 6-2, 6-0; Second singles: Vinson Duong (E) def. Connor Barbacki 6-2, 4-6, 6-1; Third singles: Ahn Nguyen (E) def. Bertram Thomas 6-0, 6-0; First doubles: Zach Kotfila & Gavin Lipp (SH) def. Nikolas Mushenko & Calvin Duong 6-4, 2-6, 10-5; Second doubles: Jake Remillard & Hunter Steinback (SH) def. Kevin Shield and Jake Brady 6-2, 6-3

Records: East Longmeadow (12-4), South Hadley (8-8)

Girls tennis

Frontier 4, Greenfield 1,

at Greenfield

First singles: Celia Speth (F) def. Jenna Silk 7-5, 6-2; Second singles: Liliya Geogista (G) def. Morgan Farrick 6-0, 6-1; Third singles: Tori Bowen (F) def. Leah Bosco 6-4, 6-3; First doubles: Anna Zera & Mary Laurens (F) def. Alyssa Garvin & Georgia Fowler 6-2, 6-3; Second doubles: Ashley Lavasseur & Ian Newman (F) Ana Blagadarenco & Emily Cavender 6-1, 6-0

Records: Frontier (11-2), Greenfield (6-4)

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