Thrilling third singles match leads Tumwater to road win over River Ridge

A non-league matchup between Tumwater and River Ridge came down to third singles Monday afternoon, and Thomas Williams came up clutch to give the Thunderbirds a 3-2 win in a tiebreaker. Williams defeated River Ridge’s Lucas Manter 7-5, 5-7, 10-5.

Tumwater swept both doubles matches. Malachi Vuong and River Herron survived a late rally from Shane Nguyen and Alex Gross in first singles to win 6-0, 6-4. Dane Wyrick and Jude Rauscher outlasted Matthew Yi and Kai Peterson 6-3, 7-6, in another narrow match. 

In first singles, River Ridge’s Cole Von Rueden rolled to a 6-1, 6-0, victory against Tumwater’s Harrison Chang, and River Ridge’s Nicholas Dumitrescu defeated Tumwater’s Josh VanGorkum 6-4, 6-0.