{"id":6462,"date":"2026-04-28T18:16:34","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T18:16:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/?p=6462"},"modified":"2026-04-28T18:16:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T18:16:34","slug":"mtown-avenges-only-loss-tops-mendo-3-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/?p=6462","title":{"rendered":"M’town avenges only loss, tops Mendo 3-2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Mustangs can wrap up Coastal Mountain Conference North tennis title with win Tuesday<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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HIDDEN VALLEY LAKE >> The Middletown High School tennis team not only helped itself in a big way Monday afternoon, but the Mustangs also got some unexpected help in their drive for a third straight Coastal Mountain Conference North tennis title at the Hidden Valley Lake courts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Middletown avenged a 4-1 loss earlier this season to Mendocino with a hard-fought 3-2 victory that included a pair of three-set victories and one three-set loss. Middletown head coach Tony Hart said that Mendocino also had to forfeit an earlier win, so the Mustangs now lead the CMC North at 10-1 to Mendocino\u2019s 9-2. If they win Tuesday at home against Fort Bragg, they\u2019ll claim the undisputed championship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBoth teams were pulling for their players, and even though it was late and cold there, there was great energy and sportsmanship from both sides,\u201d Hart said. \u201cIt is what high school tennis is all about. Mendo has a great team and excellent players.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Middletown won both doubles matches to pull out the victory. Nalu Johnson and Luis Pamatz, undefeated on the season, beat Lea Vadspals and Gabi McElroy 6-3, 6-1 in first doubles while Anthony Lopez and Jasiah Pike rallied from a set down to beat Vale Guthier and Eli Griffin 1-6, 6-4, 6-4 in second doubles, which decided the match in dramatic fashion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnthony and Jasiah went down 6-1 in the first and I though it was over,\u201d Hart said. \u201cThey rallied with strong net play by Jasiah and won the second set. So, with the lights on and the league championship on the line, they played the third set.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Added Hart, \u201cAnthony made some great shots, and Jasiah served his best game of the year to pull it off in the third (set) for an emotional win,\u201d Hart said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All three singles matches were battles. Mendocino\u2019s Max Oathey beat Will Hoskins 6-1, 7-5 in first singles. In second singles, Middletown\u2019s Harrison Brown rallied for a 3-6, 7-5, 6-1 win over Enzo Abuliak while Mendocino\u2019s Leo Hinkle outlasted Leland Pike 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 in third singles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHarrison took the second set and rolled in the third for the win,\u201d Hart said. \u201cHe is a competitor and refuses to let himself give in. He served excellent and handled one of the best serves in the league in Enzo.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pike\u2019s battle in third singles almost went his way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLeland won the second set and was up 4-2 in the third, but just couldn\u2019t hang on,\u201d Hart said. \u201cHe is just getting his feet wet in singles and will be our No. 2 next year, and this was valuable experience.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mustangs can wrap up Coastal Mountain Conference North tennis title with win Tuesday Lake County Sports on Facebook HIDDEN VALLEY LAKE >> The Middletown High School tennis team not only helped itself in a big way Monday afternoon, but the Mustangs also got some unexpected help in their drive for a third straight Coastal Mountain […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[91,19,90],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6462"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6462"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6462\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6463,"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6462\/revisions\/6463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}