By Jacob Heid

Sports Editor

STEVENS POINT – The Stevens Point Area Senior High (SPASH) varsity boys’ tennis team opened its conference season on a high note on Apr. 13. 

A visit to SPASH by Wausau East in the April heat allowed the Panthers to pick off the Lumberjacks with a sweep.

Four singles and three doubles teams faced off throughout the afternoon. 

SPASH finished with a commanding win, beating Wausau West 7-0. 

No. 1 singles player Matt Davis played through his match with little stress. Davis cruised to a 6-2, 6-2 victory. 

The No. 1 Panther duo of seniors Jack Diekelman and Carter Gaede were the first to finish the first set, quickly winning 6-2.

They finished their match with a 6-3 second-set victory.

The three other singles players only lost a combined four games. 

SPASH senior Marek Woytasik finished Wausau East’s Isaac Harding in two sets, 6-1, 6-2, to gain another point for the Panthers at No. 2 singles. 

Mason DeBot nearly swept at No. 3 singles, winning 6-1, 6-0. 

Freshman Carson Slowinski rounded out singles play with a clean sweep. Slowinski claimed a 6-0, 6-0 victory over Wausau East’s Arjay Yang. 

The No. 2 and 3 doubles teams followed suit for SPASH. 

Senior Brock Chandonais and junior Jacob Lutgen took control of their match early, winning 6-0, 6-0, at No. 2 singles. 

Winston Hill and Adam Rust wrapped up doubles play with a 6-0, 6-2 win. 

A senior-heavy team starts its run at a three-peat of the Wisconsin Valley Conference.