Boys tennis: Individuals fall in section tournament, season's over

The 2011 boys tennis season came to an end at the Section 3AA individual tournament, held last week at the Lakeville Lifetime Fitness. No one from the Woodbury or East Ridge teams competing in the singles or doubles brackets qualified for the state tournament.

The seventh-seeded Woodbury doubles team of Jake Sajevic and Jason Lu compiled a 3-2 record at the section tournament, earning fourth place overall to lead the way. In singles, play Woodbury's sixth-seeded senior Dennis Zhou won two matches before being taken down in the quarterfinals.

For East Ridge, singles players Zekeria Nigatu and Vishaal Gupta each won one sectional match before being eliminated.

In other action, Woodbury's Matt Shubert and the doubles team of Zack Moore and Jan Groth, along with the East Ridge tandems of Wilmar Tropezado and Greg Sharrow and Brandon Hickey and Joaquinn Valdes also competed in the section tournament.

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