Tennis: Pioneer (and Huron) knock off Dexter (see WLAA photo gallery)

Dexter walked off the bus on Tuesday and were greeted by sunshine, a strong breeze and a very good Pioneer boys’ tennis team. The Pioneers, who finished fifth at last year’s D-1 State Finals in Kalamazoo, have a young team after graduating a court full of talented seniors. Still, Pioneer is very, very good and only going to get better under longtime coach Tom Pullen.

As proof, the Pioneers defeated a strong Dexter team 8-0 in an SEC Red Division matchup. The Dreadnaughts have plenty of talent up and down the roster and, like Pioneer, will only improve as the season moves along in 2022.

SEE WLAA PIONEER PHOTO GALLERY HERE

Here are the results:

Singles:
No. 1 – Carson Strauss, Ann Arbor PIONEER def. Noah Enyedy, DEXTER , 6-3 , 6-3 , -;
No. 2 – Jose Alcocer, Ann Arbor PIONEER def. Diego Reyes, DEXTER , 6-0 , 6-2 , -;
No. 3 – David Loh, Ann Arbor PIONEER def. Andrew Guinta, DEXTER , 6-0 , 6-2 , -;
No. 4 – Henry EckHause, Ann Arbor PIONEER def. Connor Kniesteadt, DEXTER , 6-0 , 6-4 , -;

Doubles:
No. 1 – Gabriel Rodgers, Ann Arbor PIONEER – Douglas Le, Ann Arbor PIONEER def. Andrew Boydston, DEXTER – Steven Merz, DEXTER , 6-0 , 6-1 , -;
No. 2 – Wes Roberts, Ann Arbor PIONEER – Liam Kubaki, Ann Arbor PIONEER def. Ethan Norush, DEXTER – Alex Gullekson, DEXTER , 6-0 , 6-1 , -;
No. 3 – Adrian Alcaine, Ann Arbor PIONEER – Zachary Weiner, Ann Arbor PIONEER def. Jack Richards, DEXTER – Jack DeMerell, DEXTER , 6-0 , 6-0 , -;
No. 4 – Dylan Li, Ann Arbor PIONEER – Ryan Hong, Ann Arbor PIONEER def. Oliver Pham, DEXTER – Nolan Lemke, DEXTER , 6-0 , 6-0 , -;

SEE WLAA PIONEER PHOTO GALLERY HERE

Last week, Dexter lost to another good Ann Arbor team, Huron 7-1. Here are those results:

Singles:
No. 1 – Kevin Joo, Ann Arbor HURON def. Noah Enyedy, DEXTER , 6-2 , 2-6 , 6-2 ;
No. 2 – Sean Miao, Ann Arbor HURON def. Diego Reyes, DEXTER , 6-1 , 6-3 , -;
No. 3 – Sam Regenbogen, Ann Arbor HURON def. Andrew Guinta, DEXTER , 5-7 , 6-2 , 10-3 ;
No. 4 – Connor Kniesteadt, DEXTER def. Akshar Cowlagi, Ann Arbor HURON, 6-1 , 6-0 , -;

Doubles:
No. 1 – Ajay Dass, Ann Arbor HURON – Henri Douxami, Ann Arbor HURON def. Andrew Boydston, DEXTER – Steven Merz, DEXTER , 6-2 , 6-4 , -;
No. 2 – Max Parkin, Ann Arbor HURON – Kevin Zhang, Ann Arbor HURON def. Ethan Norush, DEXTER – Alex Gullekson, DEXTER , 6-0 , 6-0 , -;
No. 3 – Hassan Hejazi, Ann Arbor HURON – Warren Gunnar, Ann Arbor HURON def. Jack Richards, DEXTER – Jack DeMerell, DEXTER , 6-0 , 6-0 , -;
No. 4 – Nihar Gundala, Ann Arbor HURON – Trevor Nelson, Ann Arbor HURON def. Oliver Pham, DEXTER – Nolan Lemke, DEXTER , 6-0 , 6-1 , -;