
By Andy Hutchison
WESTPORT — Winners of 10 consecutive matches, the Staples boys tennis team cruises into the postseason flying high.
As the No. 3 seed, the Wreckers host No. 6 Wilton in Tuesday’s FCIAC Tournament quarterfinals. Staples previously defeated Wilton 6-1 on April 23. The winner advances to the semis Thursday (times to be announced).
The Wreckers defeated Danbury 7-0 at home last Monday. Results of the match follow:

Singles: 1. Noah Wolff (S) def. Andre Ilardi (D) 6-0, 6-0. 2. Brett Lampert (S) def. Jose Zambrano (D) 6-1, 6-1, 3. Robert Jacob (S) def. Will Sweeney (D) 6-1, 6-0. 4. Kieran Anand (S) def. Adi Josyula (D) 6-0, 6-2.
Doubles: 1. Mattie Guadarrama/Hayden Frey (S) def. George Pesantez/Jorge Saquinaula (D) 6-0, 6-0. 2. Jared Even/Clint Graham (S) def. Zach Wright/Ethan Kennedy (D) 6-0, 6-0. 3. Aleko Vergakis/Alex Cozzolino (S) def. Jack Bolles/Ronald Lazo (D) 6-0, 6-0.
Last Tuesday, Staples visited St. Joseph of Trumbull and was victorious 7-0. Results:
Singles: 1. Noah Wolff (S) def. William Kibby (SJ) 6-0, 6-0. 2. Brett Lampert (S) def. Juan Pablo Reyes (SJ) 6-0, 6-0. 3. Staples won by default. 4. Staples won by default.
Doubles: 1. Lucas Ceballos-Cala/Shreyas Gorre (S) def. Tommy Rizzitelli/Dominic Bray (SJ) 6-0, 6-1. 2. Kieran Anand/Alex Cozzolino (S) def. Mark Jia/Braiden Smith (SJ) 6-0, 6-1. 3. Staples won by default.
The Wreckers defeated Westhill of Stamford 5-2 in an match Thursday. Results:
Singles: 1. Noah Wolff (S) def. Rachit Jha 3-6, 6-4, 6-2. 2. Ryan Karam def. Brett Lampert (S) 6-4, 6-4, 3. Vishal Nayak def. Kieran Anand 6-0, 6-0. 4. Robert Jacob (S) def. Rohan Sahu 6-2, 6-7, 10-3.
Doubles: 1. Mattie Guadarrama/Hayden Frey (S) def. Vadanya Paliwal/Jonah Rosenberg 6-7, 6-2, 7-6. 2. Lucas Ceballos-Cala/Aleko Vergakis (S) def. Eli Schwartz/Marcus Jakes 6-1, 6-7, 6-2. 3. Jared Even /Clint Graham (S) def. Jake Lipkin/Aryan Sadiq 6-0, 6-3.

Staples finished the regular slate with a 5-2 victory over Avon at home Saturday. Results:
Singles: 1. Liam Hovorka (A) def. Noah Wolff (S) 6-1, 6-1, 2. Ryan Hovorka (A) def. Brett Lampert (S) 6-4, 6-4, 3. Lucas Ceballos-Cala (S) def. Vishant Kandipilli (A) 6-4, 6-4, 4. Robert Jacob (S) def. Charles Schaff (A) 6-1, 6-3.
Doubles: 1. Mattie Guadarrama/Hayden Frey (S) def. Aadarsh Senthil/Myles Paquette (A) 6-4, 6-3, 2. Jared Even/Clint Graham (S) def. Ethan Klotz/Preston Abshire (A) 6-0, 6-0, 3. Aleko Vergakis/Shreyas Gorre (S) def. Johnathan Green/Aditya Thakar (A) 8-0 (pro set scoring).
(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.


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