By Andy Hutchison

The Staples High boys tennis team posted wins over FCIAC rivals Ridgefield and New Canaan, but fell to Greenwich, during a busy week of action on the courts.

Staples, the defending Class LL state tennis champion, scored a 5-2 victory over host Ridgefield on April 10, bouncing back from a season-opening 5-2 loss to visiting Avon, a non-conference opponent, on April 4.

The Wreckers edged visiting New Canaan, 4-3, behind two wins each in singles and doubles play on April 11. 

Staples then was blanked 7-0 at Greenwich on April 13.

The team is back in acton Monday, April 17, with a 4 p.m. visit to Danbury.

Results from the Ridgefield and New Canaan matches  follow:

Staples 5, Ridgefield 2

Singles

1. Caleb Pajak (R) def. Alex Guadarrama (S) 4-6, 6-2, 6-1

2. Kyle Song (R) def. Lucas Ceballos-Cala (S) 5-7, 6-4, 6-3 3. Shreyas Gorre (S) def. Ryan Crawford (R) 6-3, 6-2

4. Alex Cozzolino (S) def. Aakarsh Patel (R) 6-0, 3-6, 6-1

Doubles
1. Hayden Frey / Jared Even (S) def. Ignas Panavas / Alex Prokopczyk (R) 6-1, 7-5
2. Mattie Guadarrama / Patrick Tesoriero (S) def. Carson Driscoll / Sean Khanna (R) 6-2, 6-2

3. Holden Dalzell / Henry Matar (S) def. Alex Pajak / Matt Ratnavel (R) 6-1, 7-6(5)

Staples 4, New Canaan 3

Singles
1. Jackson Mountford (NC) def. Hayden Frey (S) 6-0, 6-1
2. Shreyas Gorre (S) def. Kevin Zuo (NC) 6-4, 6-4
3. Nick Brillo (NC) def. Mattie Guadarrama (S) 6-3, 1-6, 6-2
4. Alex Cozzolino (S) def. Rowan Richey Elliot (NC) 6-3, 6-2

Doubles
1. Avery Cotton / Nate Smock (NC) def. Alex Guadarrama / Jared Even (S) 0-6, 6-2, 6-4
2. Lucas Ceballos-Cala / Patrick Tesoriero (S) def. Julian Doshi / Jack McDonough (NC) 6-2, 6-7 (4), 6-0
3. Holden Dalzell / Henry Matar (S) def. Tommy Fox / Johnny Konidadris (NC) 6-3, 7-6 (4)

Andy Hutchison has been covering school sports — including Staples athletics — as well as news and feature stories in Fairfield County, since the 1990s. Learn more about us here.