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Mansfield's Brett Goverman (Staff photo by MARK STOCKWELL)




FRANKLIN - A new racquet and a new day resulted in a pair of key victories for the King Philip Regional High boys' tennis team in a 3-2 verdict over Mansfield High Thursday in a Hockomock League match at Dean College.

KP's No. 2 singles player Harrison David arrived with a new racquet and lost just three games to Mansfield's Will Condon in winning his match. KP's No. 1 doubles team of sophomores Jake Archibald and Alex Huth avenged a straight set, 22-game loss to Mansfield's Mark Capitanio and Andrew Colwell, winning a decisive, straight-set match, losing just four games.

Brett Goverman carved out a 21-game victory over KP's Duncan Yarworth in the feature No. 1 singles match. KP (12-5, 11-5), which avenged a 3-2 loss at Mansfield earlier in the season, is off until a non-league match Tuesday at Ashland. The Hornets (13-4) are off until a non-league match Thursday at Milton.

The MIAA Tournament-bound Bombardiers of ATTLEBORO (10-5, 5-2) dealt Dartmouth a 4-1 setback as sophomore No. 3 singles player Chris Gulino secured a three-set victory, taking the third set 6-2. James Bensson lost just five games in taking his No. 1 singles match for AHS, while Craig Eastman and Mark Morin won a 22-game, straight set match at No. 1 doubles for the second team point. The Bombardiers entertain Seekonk Monday.

Mike McGee pulled out a three-set victory at the No. 2 singles spot, winning the decisive third set 6-1 to give BISHOP FEEHAN (11-1) its decisive third team point in a 3-2 decision at Latin Academy. Elias Chahine lost just one game in taking his No. 3 singles match for the Shamrocks, who next meet Somerset Monday.
Three of the five matches went to three sets as DIGHTON-REHOBOTH downed SEEKONK 3-2 in the renewal of their South Coast Conference rivalry. It came down to No. 2 doubles, where the Falcons' Greg Mihailides and Jake Woodard outlasted Seekonk's Nick Caron and Ryan Meunier 6-7 (7-5 tiebreaker), 6-4, 6-4. D-R (8-5, 8-4) is idle until May 26 at home against Somerset. Seekonk visits Attleboro Monday.

Kevin Fisher and Pat Hillman won their respective No. 2 and 3 singles matches in hard-earned straight set victories to give NORTON (7-10, 5-10) a 3-2 decision over Hopkinton in a Tri-Valley League match. Fisher won a pair of 6-3 sets, while Hillman was stretched to 21 games in taking his match. Norton visits Ashland Monday.

King Philip 3, Mansfield 2: Brett Goverman (M) def. Duncan Yarworth 7-5, 6-3; Harrison David (KP) def. Will Condon 6-1, 6-2; Tyler Burks (KP) def. Jeff Ivas 6-0, 6-1; Alex Huth-Jake Archibald (KP) def. mark Capitanio-Andrew Colwell 6-2, 6-2; Jeremy Carroll-Jordan Sandberg (M) def. Jeff Greenwood-Sean Maguire 7-5, 6-2.North Attleboro x, Foxboro x: .

Attleboro 4, Dartmouth 1: James Bennson (A) def. Tomas Rodriques-Monreal 6-2, 6-3; Tigran Gasparyan (A) def. C.J. Merchant 6-7 (7-4), 6-1, 6-3; Chris Gulino (A) def. Pat DaCosta 6-3, 3-6, 6-2; Mark Morin-Craig Eastman (A0 def. James Baptista-John Eisenberg 6-4, 7-5; Ben Waldemann-John Ludino (D) def. Peter Nguon-Brett Currier 6-7 (7-4), 6-1, 6-3.

Bishop Feehan 3, Latin Academy 2: Colin Dixon (LA) def. Alex Restivo, 6-3, 6-1; Mike McGee (BF) def. Kyle Kinch, 6-4, 3-6, 6-1; Elias Chachine (BF) def. Mike Federoux, 6-1, 6-0; Kadeem Collins-Yves Singelatary (LA) def. Kyle Nyskohus-Mark McGwin, 6-4, 7-6 (10-8); Ross Pini-Kevin Acheson (BF) def. Steve Flores-Edlis Bizhoti, 6-2, 6-3.

Dighton-Rehoboth 3, Seekonk 2: Ben Noble (S) def. Nate Fuller 6-3, 7-5; Charles Beyrouthy (S) def. Eric Klinkhamer 2-6, 6-4, 6-3; Brendan Martin (D) def. Rick Silva 6-1, 0-6, 6-4; Jeff Anderson-Mike Evans (D) def. Ryan Brask-Brian Perkins 6-3, 6-1; Greg Mihailides-Jake Woodard (D) def. Nick Caron-Ryan Meunier 6-7 (7-5), 6-4, 6-4.

Norton 3, Hopkinton 2: Alex Dwyer (H) def. Dan Chung, 6-0, 6-2; Kevin Fisher (N) def. Sam Riga, 6-3, 6-3; Pat Hillman (N) def. Tyler Wilson, 7-5, 6-3; Martin Gallagher-Kevin Li (H) def. Kevin Sands-Chris Brooks, 6-0, 6-0; Ryan Kok-Zack Schleicher (N) def. Miguel Landano-Andy Ryan, 6-1, 6-3.


 


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