Farmington held its own early but as the match wore on Simley began to dominate play in a 7-0 non-conference loss Wednesday, Apr. 27, at the Boeckman Middle School courts.
"I had hoped we would turn at least a few matches after having lost 0-7 to them last year," Farmington coach Jack Olwell said. "We have improved greatly in that year but many of their players have as well."
Tyler Olsen put up the best fight in singles play, losing 2-6, 6-7 (3) at the fourth position.
"This was Tyler's first varsity singles match and it took him a set for him to find a comfort zone," Olwell said. "He nearly took his opponent the distance with a well-played second set."
Both the second doubles team of Jeff Zakoskie/Brian Waldbillig and the third tandem of Austin Tremmel/Austin Rau held first set leads before fading down the stretch.
"We had some good efforts," Olwell said, "but perhaps the continuous weather breaks over the past weeks have played havoc with the gains we had been making. In any case, we never got up very much steam."
Simley 7 Farmington 0
No. 1 singles Ben Cline lost 1-6, 2-6
No. 2 singles Seth Roberts lost 2-6, 3-6
No. 3 singles Ivan Rodriguez lost 1-6, 2-6
No. 4 singles Tyler Olsen lost 2-6, 6-7 (3)
No. 1 doubles Peter Folz/Topher Kirchmann lost 0-6, 1-6
No. 2 doubles Jeff Zakoksie/Brian Waldbillig lost 4-6, 1-6
No. 3 doubles Austin Tremmel/Austin Rau lost 4-6, 1-6
