The Chesterton boys tennis team picked up a solid 3-2 victory over Wheeler Tuesday night.

Kyle Grassel was the first Trojan off the court with a decisive 6-0, 6-1 victory over Jared Havens at No. 3 singles.

The other Chesterton singles victory came at No. 2 when Tyler Talsma outlasted Kevin Sison 6-4, 6-3.

“Tyler came back from down 4-1 in the first set to win five straight games,” Chesterton coach Mike Stiles said. “Once he went on top in the second set, he stayed there.”

The match was tied at 2-all with just play at No. 2 doubles to finish.

Chesterton’s Ben Andrews and Manhar Grewal won the first set with relative ease 6-2, but dropped the second set 7-5 even though they had three match points.

“Ben and Manhar came up with the clinching point,” Stiles said. “Wheeler overcame three match points to win the second set and it would have been easy for Ben and Manhar to get down.

“They didn’t and held up to win the third set 6-2.”

Chesterton 3, Wheeler 2

AT WHEELER

Singles – 1. Dan Crawford (W) def. Dylan Harmison 6-2, 6-1; 2. Tyler Talsma (C) def. Kevin Sison 6-4, 6-3; 3. Kyle Grassel (C) def. Jared Havens 6-0, 6-1.

Doubles – 1. Scott Hadley/Jacob Jessen (W) def. Sean Harmison/Kevin Kokesh 6-1, 6-0; 2. Ben Andrews/Manhar Grewal (C) def. Bryan Vignall/Kyle Long 6-2, 5-7, 6-2.

Records – Chesterton 2-1, Wheeler 2-1.

Junior Varsity

Chesterton 5, Wheeler 3

The Chesterton junior varsity tennis team improved to 2-0 on the season with a 5-3 victory over Wheeler Tuesday night.

Singles’ winners for the Trojans included Scott Homner (No. 1) and Alexander Hanson (No. 3).

Doubles’ winners were Alexander Buff/Ankur Chawla (No. 1), Ben Mullin/Ryan Tarnowski (No. 2) and Andy Hanson/Jack McCrum (No. 3).

Chesterton 5, Wheeler 3

AT WHEELER

Singles – 1. Scott Homner (C) def. Kyle Ribordy 8-0; 2. Alex Dials (W) def. Siva Muthusamy 8-3; 3. Alexander Hanson (C) def. Christian Koch 8-0.

Doubles – 1. Alexander Buff/Ankur Chawla (C) def. Eric Hadley/Dylan Fish 8-1; 2. Ben Mullin/Ryan Tarnowski (C) def. Jordan Long/Joe Jesson 8-2; 3. Andy Hanson/Jack McCrum (C) def. Eric Hadley/Dylan Fish 6-1; 4. Alex Dials/Christian Koch (W) def. Justin Marshall/Drew Bazan 6-2; 5. Jordan Long/Joe Jessen (W) def. Ryan Hopkins/Patrick Teall 6-4.

Posted 8/27/2008