The Levelland varsity tennis team got a massive win last weekend over Seminole, 13-6 to clinch a playoff spot for the third time in four years. “We cannot express how proud and excited we are for this group of student-athletes,” said Levelland Head Coach Jeff Braziel. “As coaches, we have watched this group work day in and day out since June with the goal of making it back to the playoffs.”
“It brings me so much joy to see all that work pay off,” continued Braziel. “From the leadership of our upperclassmen who contributed to eight of those wins or the bright future we saw in six matches where a sophomore or freshman contributed to the win.”
The Pack truly came together tonight for an overall great team win,” he concluded.
Highlights Results: Elizabeth Sanchez stayed perfect with her and Zoe Lara rolling through second line girls doubles 2-1.
Sanchez also had a dominant performance in singles winning in straight sets 1-0 for the 10th win sealing the victory for the Loboettes.
The win gave Sanchez a team best record of 28-0 on the year.
Evalyn Jasso took home two victories.
The first came with her mixed partner Nathan Ellis by winning in dominant fashion, before taking home her second win at two line girls singles, which moved her career win total to 96.
Brady Houston finished the match up in exciting fashion with a third set tiebreaker victory.
After losing the first set 4-6, Brady found himself fighting from behind in the second to get to 6-6 and playing a tie breaker for the set. Staying cool and collected, Brady won the second set with a tiebreaker score of 7-4. The second set win set Brady up with a chance to win the match in a third set tiebreaker.
It was not long before Brady found himself behind 4-9, but even with his opponent having 5 match points, he stayed calm and won 7 straight points to win the match by the final score of 4-6, 76(4),11-9.
Other wins where as follows 2 line boys doubles Martin Nieland and Brady Houston.
3 line Boys doubles Ryeton McMahan and Michael Canon.
Three line girls doubles Jasmin Mendoza and Daisy Perez. Three line boys singles Luis Castaneda . Four line boys singles Nathan Ellis.
Three line girls singles Zoe Lara.
Four line girls singles Nadia Perez.
Six line girls singles Jasmin Mendoza.