Delta High School Tennis

VS

Shelbyville

Wednesday, September 4th at 4:45 p.m.

Win 4 - 1

Singles led the way on Wednesday evening as the Eagles topped Shelbyville 4-1 in a Hoosier Heritage Conference match.

The makeup match was played at a neutral site, the New Castle courts.

Senior Kody Vest, senior Owen Cupp and freshman Luke Atkinson swept the singles by a combined score of 36-4.

At No. 2 doubles, sophomore Colten Cruea collected his first career varsity victory by teaming with junior Aaron Elliott for a 6-2, 6-4 win.

Shelbyville gained its lone point at No. 1 doubles where the Golden Bears’ duo of Aiden Smith and Wyatt Armstrong defeated juniors Brady Williams and Ben Miller, 6-2, 6-3.  Smith, a junior, competed in the IHSAA State Doubles finals a year ago.

In the JV match, Delta cruised to a 6-3 victory.

The Eagles are 2-2 overall and 2-1 in the HHC.  Next up will the annual Fort Wayne Carroll Invitational on Saturday.  The Eagles will play 23rd-ranked Cathedral in the opening round at 9 a.m.

The full bracket:

#7 Homestead vs DeKalb
#23 Cathedral vs Delta

#21 Carroll vs Alexandria
#8 Hamilton Southeastern vs. Canterbury

Complete results

Varsity
DELTA 4 SHELBYVILLE 1

Varsity Singles

  1. Kody Vest (D) def. Prickett (S), 6-2, 6-1
  2. Owen Cupp (D) ldef. Laycock (S), 6-1, 6-0
  3. Luke Atkinson (D) def. Sellers (S) 6-0, 6-0

Varsity Doubles

  1. Brady Williams/Ben Miller (D) lost to Smith/Armstrong (S), 2-6, 3-6
  2. Aaron Elliott/ Colten Cruea (D) def. Hartman/VanWyc (S), 6-2, 6-4

Junior Varsity
DELTA 6, SHELBYVILLE 3

JV Singles

  1. Roman Ashcraft won 6-1
  2. Jacob Williams lost 4-6
  3. Denys Krushenytskyi won 6-0
  4. Daniel Tokar won 6-1
  5. Kiptyn Berry won 6-2
  6. Hunter Reed lost 0-6

JV Doubles

  1. Bryce Carmichael/Ayden Mitchell wpn 6-1
  2. Kam Swoboda/Kaden Crist won 6-0
  3. Jason Ogle/Maddox Weddle lost 6-7 (4)
Location New Castle HS courts