By Andy Hutchison

FAIRFIELD — Coming off a 5-2 win over visiting Trumbull last Thursday, the Staples boys tennis team hit the courts Saturday to resume a match against Fairfield Warde previously halted by rain — and continued their winning ways.

Staples prevailed 6-1 and improved to 11-2 overall heading into Monday’s 4 p.m. home match with Danbury.

In the win over Trumbull, No. 3 singles player Alex Cozzolino defeated Peter Bahr 6-4, 2-6, 6-3 and No. 4 player Kieran Anand beat Andre Esperitu 6-1, 6-0.

In doubles play, the top tandem of Mattie Guadarrama/Hayden Frey defeated Neel Jakka/Johnnie Iacci 6-0, 6-0; No. 2 Jared Even/Clint Graham got past Josh Jacob/Jackson Sanderson 6-7, 7-6, 10-8, and No. 3 Aleko Vergakis/Shreyas Gorre defeated Rithik Gunda/Jason Orlick 6-3, 6-4

Against Warde, No. 1 player Noah Wolff defeated Rohan Quarve 6-0, 6-1; No. 2 Brett Lampert beat Matt Perman 6-0, 6-1; No. 3 Vergakis defeated Will Bentley 6-1, 3-6, 6-2

On the doubles courts, Staples picked up three more victories. Guadarrama/Frey beat Tyler Feinstein/Culm Johnston 6-0, 6-1; Even/Graham defeated Jonah Amster/Pranav Quarve 2-6, 6-1, 10-7, and Robert Jacob/Anand beat Ellis/Ben Feinstein 6-1, 2-0 (retired).

The Wreckers, following Monday’s match with Danbury, are scheduled to visit St. Joseph of Trumbull on Tuesday and Westhill of Stamford on Thursday, both at 4 p.m. The originally scheduled season opener at Avon has now tentatively been rescheduled to 11 a.m. Saturday at Staples. After that, the team moves on to the postseason. (Game schedules are subject to change; click for the latest updates.)  Andy Hutchison has been covering school sports — including Staples athletics — as well as news and feature stories in Fairfield County, since the 1990s.