Leavenworth boys' tennis start at home - Leavenworth Times

The Leavenworth boys’ tennis team opened up the 2012 season this week with back-to-back home meets Tuesday and Wednesday.

First, on Tuesday, the Pioneers welcomed Olathe South, Olathe North and Blue Valley Southwest. Moritz Kaletta held the top spot for LV in singles and didn’t disappoint as he won all three of his matches. He began with a 8-7, 7-5 tiebreaker victory against South’s Michael Serwatka and then defeated North’s Chris Kinzel 8-1 and Southwest’s Conner Davis 8-2.

“Moritz did not lose a match Tuesday which was definitely the bright spot,” Leavenworth coach James Vanek said. “He had the close first match but then really looked good in the next two.”

Josh Benard was the Pioneers’ No. 2 singles player and he fell 8-0 to Conner Petty from Olathe South, 8-1 to Askshay Prabhushankar of Olathe North and 8-2 to Austin Rottinghaus from Blue Valley Southwest.

The Leavenworth No. 1 doubles duo consisted of Brent Gersema and Noah Easterling, who went winless on the day. They lost 8-2 to South’s Brandon Edwards and Tyler Green, 8-5 to North’s Derek Bradshaw and Arnav Singh and 8-1 to Southwest’s Jeff Stevens and Niklas Hagenback.

Phil Tracy and Wesley Barbee, the Pioneers No. 2 doubles set, suffered the same winless streak, yet competed well in its final two matches of the day. Against South’s Brad Garcia and Young Lu the squad lost 8-0, yet versus North’s Dalton Bradley and Forrest Goyer, as well Southwest’s Dharam Patel and Pavan Kota, the LV pair fell by a score of 8-5.

“We had a couple of close doubles matches there, which is good for the first match of the year,” Vanek said. “The effort is there from everyone, but a lot of these teams are just ahead of us because they play year round, so we just need to keep working on improving, improving, improving every day.”

On Wednesday, the Pioneers hosted Shawnee Mission West. It was a rough day for the boys in blue as every Leavenworth competitor lost to its Vikings counterpart.

In singles, Kaletta was dropped 8-0 by Vinny Pham, Tracy tumbled 8-2 to Kevin Cao and Easterling was tripped up 8-1 to Brett Niese. Barbee suffered a 8-1 loss to Kyle Nelsen, Josh Benard slipped up 8-1 to Alex Hand and Michael Rielly was toppled by Brian Smith 8-1.

During doubles action, Kaletta and Easterling lost 8-0 to Cao and Niese while Tracy and Barbee dropped their match 8-0 to Pham and Hand. Benard and Rielly suffered a 8-2 loss to Nelsen and Smith.

“It might not show in the results but we are improving,” Vanek said. “We haven’t reached our peak yet, and that’s fine because we need to peak at the end of the season and just keep getting better week by week leading up to then.”

The Pioneers will next compete at Olathe East on Tuesday at 3 p.m.

The Leavenworth boys’ tennis team opened up the 2012 season this week with back-to-back home meets Tuesday and Wednesday.

First, on Tuesday, the Pioneers welcomed Olathe South, Olathe North and Blue Valley Southwest. Moritz Kaletta held the top spot for LV in singles and didn’t disappoint as he won all three of his matches. He began with a 8-7, 7-5 tiebreaker victory against South’s Michael Serwatka and then defeated North’s Chris Kinzel 8-1 and Southwest’s Conner Davis 8-2.

“Moritz did not lose a match Tuesday which was definitely the bright spot,” Leavenworth coach James Vanek said. “He had the close first match but then really looked good in the next two.”

Josh Benard was the Pioneers’ No. 2 singles player and he fell 8-0 to Conner Petty from Olathe South, 8-1 to Askshay Prabhushankar of Olathe North and 8-2 to Austin Rottinghaus from Blue Valley Southwest.

The Leavenworth No. 1 doubles duo consisted of Brent Gersema and Noah Easterling, who went winless on the day. They lost 8-2 to South’s Brandon Edwards and Tyler Green, 8-5 to North’s Derek Bradshaw and Arnav Singh and 8-1 to Southwest’s Jeff Stevens and Niklas Hagenback.

Phil Tracy and Wesley Barbee, the Pioneers No. 2 doubles set, suffered the same winless streak, yet competed well in its final two matches of the day. Against South’s Brad Garcia and Young Lu the squad lost 8-0, yet versus North’s Dalton Bradley and Forrest Goyer, as well Southwest’s Dharam Patel and Pavan Kota, the LV pair fell by a score of 8-5.

“We had a couple of close doubles matches there, which is good for the first match of the year,” Vanek said. “The effort is there from everyone, but a lot of these teams are just ahead of us because they play year round, so we just need to keep working on improving, improving, improving every day.”

On Wednesday, the Pioneers hosted Shawnee Mission West. It was a rough day for the boys in blue as every Leavenworth competitor lost to its Vikings counterpart.

In singles, Kaletta was dropped 8-0 by Vinny Pham, Tracy tumbled 8-2 to Kevin Cao and Easterling was tripped up 8-1 to Brett Niese. Barbee suffered a 8-1 loss to Kyle Nelsen, Josh Benard slipped up 8-1 to Alex Hand and Michael Rielly was toppled by Brian Smith 8-1.

During doubles action, Kaletta and Easterling lost 8-0 to Cao and Niese while Tracy and Barbee dropped their match 8-0 to Pham and Hand. Benard and Rielly suffered a 8-2 loss to Nelsen and Smith.

“It might not show in the results but we are improving,” Vanek said. “We haven’t reached our peak yet, and that’s fine because we need to peak at the end of the season and just keep getting better week by week leading up to then.”

The Pioneers will next compete at Olathe East on Tuesday at 3 p.m.

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