The Eagles put together one of their best matches of the season Tuesday night with a 4-1 varsity victory over an experienced New Castle team.
The Trojans entered with an 11-1 season record and a No. 5 ranking in District 4. Against a stronger schedule, Delta entered with a 3-4 record and a No. 3 ranking in D4.
Senior Kody Vest got things started with a 6-2, 6-3 victory over New Castle senior Leo Underhill at the top spot.
Freshman Luke Atkinson beat New Castle senior Matt Hastings 6-2, 6-1 at No. 3 singles.
The Eagles swept doubles, also, with Ben Miller/Brady Williams winning 6-1, 6-2 at the top spot and Aaron Elliott/Tyce Dishman blanking their opponents 6-0, 6-0 at No. 2 doubles.
Senior Owen Cupp tried to make it a sweep as he pulled out a 7-5 first-set victory over New Castle senior Vincent Farris. However, Farris came back to win the last two sets, 6-2, 6-2.
In the JV match, Delta dominated in a 13-1 victory with every player getting to compete.
The Eagles are now 4-4 overall and 3-1 in the HHC. The next match is Wednesday evening at Lapel at 5:15 p.m.
Complete results
Varsity
DELTA 4, NEW CASTLE 1
Varsity Singles
- Kody Vest (D) def. Leo Underhill (NC), 6-2, 6-3
- Owen Cupp (D) lost to Vincent Farris (NC), 7-5, 2-6, 2-6
- Luke Atkinson (D) def. Matt Hastings (NC), 6-2, 6-1
Varsity Doubles
- Brady Williams/Ben Miller (D) def. Austin Nunez/Cameron Hastings (NC), 6-1, 6-2
- Aaron Elliott/Tyce Dishman (D) def. Trenton Boughton / Dylan Blackford (NC), 6-0, 6-0
Junior Varsity
DELTA 13 , NEW CASTLE 1
JV Singles
- Colten Cruea won 8-2
- James Root won 8-0
- Kam Swoboda won 8-4
- Andrew Alexander won 8-2
- Jason Ogle won 8-4
- Hunter Reed lost 0-6
JV Doubles
- Bryce Carmichael/Ayden Mitchell won 8-0
- John Atkinson/Alex Smith won 8-0
- Kaden Crist/Graham Sieber won 8-1
- Daniel Tokar/Rylan Oliver won 8-2
- Jensen Moody/Jacob Williams won 8-0
- Maddox Weddle/Grant Durkovich won 6-2
- Owen Zacek/Reid Cardemon won 8-0
- Kiptyn Berry/Denys Krushenytskyi won 6-2