Standout Capital High School boys tennis doubles duo Torin Biswas and Brooks Bezanson lived up to their fifth-seeded billing, as they finished in fifth place at the Puget Sound League Tournament this weekend in Tacoma.
The Cougars duo earned a first-round bye straight through to the double-elimination bracket, and they defeated Gig Harbor’s Benton Huish and Cooper Giovanini 6-2, 6-3, in the Round of 16.
Biswas and Bezanson fell in the quarterfinals 6-1, 6-2, to Bellarmine’s Carter Kessler and Colm Miller. They bounced back with three straight wins, including a come-from-behind 3-6, 6-2, 6-3, victory over Gig Harbor’s Crew Barrett and Ryder Turnley in the fifth/sixth match.
River Ridge senior doubles duo Nick Dumitrescu and Cole Von Rueden also advanced to the quarterfinals after beating Mount Tahoma’s Kingston Nguyen and Trevor Thai in the single-elimination bracket and then Silas’ Orion Oudomsouk-Lindsey and Zach Paik 3-6, 6-3, 6-1, in the Round of 16. The Hawks’ 11th-seeded duo fell to Bellarmine third-place finishers Ben Kwiatkowski and Wyatt Philbrick 6-1, 6-3, in the quarterfinals and to Barrett and Turnley in an elimination match.
North Thurston junior Matthias Tenkley made it to day two with a 6-0, 6-4, win in the first round elimination bracket over Mount Tahoma’s Billy Thou. Tenkley, the ninth seed in the singles bracket, lost to Bellarmine’s Finnian Miller 7-5, 6-3, in the Round of 16 and was eliminated by Lincoln’s Jonathan Tran 6-2, 6-1.
North Thurston doubles duo Samual Dedekam and Collter McKay also survived into day two with a 7-5, 7-6, gutsy win over Lakes’ Henry Hagman and Marciano Ellis-Fernandez in the single-elimination bracket. The Rams duo fell to league runners-up Avery Svabenik and Holling Svabenik of Gig Harbor 6-2, 6-0, in the Round of 16 and were eliminated in the consolation round 6-0, 6-3.
Capital’s Camden Marshall and Eli Horton were both eliminated in the single-elimination round of the singles bracket, as were River Ridge’s Lucas Manter and Wyatt Riecke and Timberline’s Dustin Dye. Capital’s Logan Oestreich and Stephen Belgau, as well as Shane Nguyen and Alex Gross of River Ridge and Cooper Dewitt and Jameson Quantrell of Timberline, were eliminated in the single-elimination round of the doubles bracket.
The District 3 3A Tournament will be held from Wednesday, Oct. 28 through Thursday, Oct. 29 at the Boeing Employees Tennis Center in Kent.
