Triton Tennis Team Downs Rochester 4-1
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
BOURBON - As the old saying goes, "What goes around comes around."
Tuesday night Triton's boys tennis team hosted Tippecanoe Valley, a 3A school from the Three Rivers Conference, and lost the match 4-1. Art Blackmer picked up the lone win for the smaller school Trojans.
Wednesday night Triton hosted Rochester, a school of the same size and conference as Valley, but reversed the outcome of the night before and topped the Zebras 4-1.
"It was a tough loss to Valley the night before," said Triton coach Janet Beam. "The kids wanted it but not bad enough. We had a long weekend because of Labor Day, but the kids came back much better against Rochester."
Blackmer, Triton's No. 1 singles player, turned in the first score of the evening Wednesday, a 6-1, 6-0 win over Andy Jansing.
Beam said she has a lot of faith in Blackmer, and being the lone senior on the team, he is the obvious leader. Blackmer beat Valley's Drew Shafer 5-7, 6-3, 6-4 on Tuesday.
"He's the leader, which he should be," said Beam. "He's the most experienced and our only senior. He's a role model for the rest of the team, and there's a lot of pressure on him, but I can depend on him."
Some of the pressure seemed to be off Blackmer in last night's match. Jansing never appeared to be mentally aware of what was going on in the match. A couple, believed to be Jansing's parents, watching the No. 1 singles match said there was no way he could win because he didn't have his head in the game.
The win upped Triton's overall season record to 3-3. Beam was asked if at the beginning of the season this is where she saw her team.
"I thought maybe we'd be 4-2," said Beam. "I thought there was a match in there we should've won, but we have such a young team. They hustle but they just don't have the fine tuned skills, but they're really not that far off."
The lone win for Rochester came at the No. 2 singles spot where Steven Caswell topped Seth Bowers 6-2, 6-3.
Triton will now move into the Northern State Conference portion of its schedule. The Trojans will host conference rival Bremen on Monday, New Prairie on Tuesday and Jimtown on Thursday.
TRITON 4, ROCHESTER 1
Singles
No. 1 - Art Blackmer (T) def. Andy Jansing 6-1, 6-0
No. 2 -ÊSteven Caswell (R) def. Seth Bowers 6-2, 6-3
No. 3 - Bryan Wilcox (T) def. Matt Bean 5-7, 6-1, 6-2
Doubles
No. 1 - Kent Roberts & Matt Yankovich (T) def. Mitch Anderson & Adam Tatter 6-1, 7-5
No. 2 - Aaron Shafer & Matt Craft (T) def. Dave Cameron & Evan Grady 6-3, 6-1
JV - Rochester 4, Triton 1
Singles
No. 1 - Ryan Spencer (R) def. Shawn Cretcher 2-6, 6-4, 6-4
No. 2 - Kyle Falke (R) def. Josh Nifong 7-6, 6-1
No. 3 - Travis Slone (T) def. Kyle Wilson 6-4
Doubles
No. 1 - Brian Funk & Kyle Wilson (R) def. Cory Ellinger & Rusty Heckaman 8-4
No. 2 - Charles Vandenbossche & Adam Albright (R) def. Mark Smith & Wes Jeffers 6-0 [[In-content Ad]]
BOURBON - As the old saying goes, "What goes around comes around."
Tuesday night Triton's boys tennis team hosted Tippecanoe Valley, a 3A school from the Three Rivers Conference, and lost the match 4-1. Art Blackmer picked up the lone win for the smaller school Trojans.
Wednesday night Triton hosted Rochester, a school of the same size and conference as Valley, but reversed the outcome of the night before and topped the Zebras 4-1.
"It was a tough loss to Valley the night before," said Triton coach Janet Beam. "The kids wanted it but not bad enough. We had a long weekend because of Labor Day, but the kids came back much better against Rochester."
Blackmer, Triton's No. 1 singles player, turned in the first score of the evening Wednesday, a 6-1, 6-0 win over Andy Jansing.
Beam said she has a lot of faith in Blackmer, and being the lone senior on the team, he is the obvious leader. Blackmer beat Valley's Drew Shafer 5-7, 6-3, 6-4 on Tuesday.
"He's the leader, which he should be," said Beam. "He's the most experienced and our only senior. He's a role model for the rest of the team, and there's a lot of pressure on him, but I can depend on him."
Some of the pressure seemed to be off Blackmer in last night's match. Jansing never appeared to be mentally aware of what was going on in the match. A couple, believed to be Jansing's parents, watching the No. 1 singles match said there was no way he could win because he didn't have his head in the game.
The win upped Triton's overall season record to 3-3. Beam was asked if at the beginning of the season this is where she saw her team.
"I thought maybe we'd be 4-2," said Beam. "I thought there was a match in there we should've won, but we have such a young team. They hustle but they just don't have the fine tuned skills, but they're really not that far off."
The lone win for Rochester came at the No. 2 singles spot where Steven Caswell topped Seth Bowers 6-2, 6-3.
Triton will now move into the Northern State Conference portion of its schedule. The Trojans will host conference rival Bremen on Monday, New Prairie on Tuesday and Jimtown on Thursday.
TRITON 4, ROCHESTER 1
Singles
No. 1 - Art Blackmer (T) def. Andy Jansing 6-1, 6-0
No. 2 -ÊSteven Caswell (R) def. Seth Bowers 6-2, 6-3
No. 3 - Bryan Wilcox (T) def. Matt Bean 5-7, 6-1, 6-2
Doubles
No. 1 - Kent Roberts & Matt Yankovich (T) def. Mitch Anderson & Adam Tatter 6-1, 7-5
No. 2 - Aaron Shafer & Matt Craft (T) def. Dave Cameron & Evan Grady 6-3, 6-1
JV - Rochester 4, Triton 1
Singles
No. 1 - Ryan Spencer (R) def. Shawn Cretcher 2-6, 6-4, 6-4
No. 2 - Kyle Falke (R) def. Josh Nifong 7-6, 6-1
No. 3 - Travis Slone (T) def. Kyle Wilson 6-4
Doubles
No. 1 - Brian Funk & Kyle Wilson (R) def. Cory Ellinger & Rusty Heckaman 8-4
No. 2 - Charles Vandenbossche & Adam Albright (R) def. Mark Smith & Wes Jeffers 6-0 [[In-content Ad]]