Austin boys’ tennis edges Albert Lea 4-3 Tuesday

The Austin Packers boys’ tennis team was in Albert Lea Tuesday for a Big 9 match with the Tigers, and the Packers swept the singles matches on their way to a 4-3 win.

Joey Schammel at No. 1 singles for Austin downed Shine Thu of the Tigers in straight sets 6-2, 6-0, and Cole Hebink outdueled Caleb Hanson of Albert Lea in three sets at No. 2 singles 6-4, 1-6, 6-4.  Max Larson, who moved up from No. 4 to No. 3 singles for Austin downed Adam Semple of the Tigers 6-2, 6-2 and Thomas Garry, who moved from second doubles to No. 4 singles for the Packers defeated Will Doppelhammer of the Tigers in straight sets 6-1, 6-1.  Austin came close to picking up wins and first and second doubles, but the Tigers were able to pull out two three-set wins in those matches and won at third doubles in straight sets.

Austin will be back in action at home on Friday versus Fairmont in a non-conference matchup, with the action set to start at 4:30 p.m.

AUSTIN SENIOR HIGH – 4, ALBERT LEA SENIOR HIGH – 3,

Singles:
No. 1 – Joey Schammel, AUSTIN SENIOR HIGH def. Shine Thu, ALBERT LEA SENIOR HIGH, 6-2, 6-0 -;
No. 2 – Cole Hebrink, AUSTIN SENIOR HIGH def. Caleb Hanson, ALBERT LEA SENIOR HIGH, 6-4 , 1-6 , 6-4 ;
No. 3 – Max Larson, AUSTIN SENIOR HIGH def. Adam Semple, ALBERT LEA SENIOR HIGH, 6-2, 6-2, -;
No. 4 – Thomas Garry, AUSTIN SENIOR HIGH def. Will Doppelhammer, ALBERT LEA SENIOR HIGH, 6-1, 6-1 , -;

Doubles:
No. 1 – Jack Doppelhammer, ALBERT LEA SENIOR HIGH – Dylan Carlson, ALBERT LEA SENIOR HIGH def. Eric Stencel, AUSTIN SENIOR HIGH – Owen Carroll, AUSTIN SENIOR HIGH, 4-6 , 6-3 , 6-3 ;
No. 2 – Alex Olson, ALBERT LEA SENIOR HIGH – William Isaacson, ALBERT LEA SENIOR HIGH def. Michael Garry, AUSTIN SENIOR HIGH – Marcos Castro, AUSTIN SENIOR HIGH, 6-7 , 6-1 , 6-3 ;
No. 3 – Cannon Kermes, ALBERT LEA SENIOR HIGH – Gurang Dual, ALBERT LEA SENIOR HIGH def. Quinton Grimley, AUSTIN SENIOR HIGH – Timothy Perez, AUSTIN SENIOR HIGH, 6-2 , 6-4 , -;