The boys’ varsity tennis team swept Seekonk for its first win of the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletics Association tournament Tuesday afternoon. The team plays Dover-Sherborn at 2 p.m. Wednesday at home in the semifinals.
The opening south section division three quarterfinals match lasted just under an hour.
Senior co-captain Justice Yennie at third singles blanked Seekonk’s Brandon Picket 6-0, 6-0. Minutes later seniors Ryan Sawyer and Justin Smith went 6-1, 6-0 against Brandon Costa and Michael Ferreira at second doubles.
Ten minutes later the first doubles pair of senior Jackson McBride and junior Patrick McCarthy locked up the Vineyard victory, beating Timothy Braunsdorf and Joseph Gagliardi 6-0, 6-0.
Seniors Kent Leonard and Natty Schneider finished off the day with wins at second and first singles respectively. Leonard went 6-1, 6-0 against Colby Dressler, while Schneider was 6-1, 6-1 over Maxfield Hagenburg.
The girls' tennis team saw its season come to an end Tuesday with a close 3-2 loss to undefeated number one seed Cohasset.
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