Farmington (1-3) gave unbeaten Chanhassen (3-0) all it could handle in a 5-2 Missota Conference dual meet loss played Thursday, Apr. 21, in Chanhassen.
Tiger coach Jack Olwell said the match was a competitive one that could have gone either way.
"We put quite a scare in them," Olwell said. "We had three matches that went three sets and we were leading in all of them before falling late and pulling out only one. It was fun being in a position to win and it was a great match to watch."
The Farmington three-set victory went to Ben Cline who posted a come-from-behind 3-6, 6-2, 6-4 win at first singles.
"Ben lost the first set but won decisively in the second and then went up 3-0 in the third," Olwell said. "But his opponent changed strategies and won four games in a row. Ben had plenty of chances to fold but showed a lot of mental toughness in refusing to break."
The other Farmington win came at first doubles where the duo of Peter Folz and Tyler Olsen prevailed 6-2, 6-4 in a marathon match lasting more than two hours.
"Peter played the match of his career with great ground strokes and Tyler was solid at the net and on the baseline," Olwell said.
The second doubles paring of Jeff Zakoskie and Brian Waldbillig and the third tandem of Austin Tremmel and Colton Sanders each lost tough three-set decisions.
Chanhassen 5 Farmington 2
No. 1 singles Ben Cline won 3-6, 6-2, 6-4
No. 2 singles Blake Olmscheid lost 2-6, 2-6
No. 3 singles Topher Kirchmann lost 0-6, 1-6
No. 4 singles Ivan Rodriguez lost 0-6, 1-6
No. 1 doubles Peter Folz/Tyler Olsen won 6-2, 6-4
No. 2 doubles Jeff Zakoskie/Brian Waldbillig lost 5-7, 6-4, 4-6
No. 3 doubles Austin Tremmel/Colton Sanders lost 3-6, 6-4, 5-7
