The Ionia boys varsity tennis team opened its season on Friday hosting a quad with teams from Alma, Grand Ledge and East Kentwood.  It was a great day of tennis with the Bulldogs having success and playing a number of close, three set matches.

First singles Christian Miller went 1-2 on the day losing tough matches to Alma, 6-3,7-6 (7-4) and East Kentwood 6-1,6-1 before playing his best of tennis of the day in defeating Grand Ledge in a pro set 8-2.  Second singles Cole Petersen also went 1-2 on the day defeating East Kentwood 6-7 (2-7), 7-5 and 10-8, then losing to Grand Ledge 6-2, 4-6, 4-10.  Third singles Jake Whitney went 2-1 defeating Grand Ledge 7-5, 6-1, beating Alma 6-1,6-0, before losing his last match to East Kentwood 3-8.  Fourth singles Nolan Lundstrom lost two tough matches in his first action as a singles player.  Losing to East Kentwood 3-6, 6-3, 13-11 and losing to Grand Ledge 6-0,6-0.

First doubles Jude Gregory and Ryan Lee went 3-0 on the day defeating East Kentwood 6-3,6-1, beating Grand Ledge 6-3,3-6, 10-5 and finishing the day beating Alma 8-0.  Second doubles Riley Yokum and Jaxon Palmer went 2-1 beating Grand Ledge 6-3,6-2, beating Alma 6-0,6-1 before losing to East Kentwood 8-4.  Third doubles Mason Clark and Myles Perrien also went 2-1 defeating Alma 6-1,6-2, beating East Kentwood 6-2,6-0 before losing to Grand Ledge 8-4.  

Ionia played without a fourth doubles and did not pick up any points at that spot.

The tennis team will be back in action on Wednesday, August 21st, the first day of school, when they travel to Greenville for the first dual meet of the year.  Monday's match with Hastings has been postponed to a later date.