West Bend East High School 6 Hartford High School 1

WEST BEND EAST HIGH 6, HARTFORD HIGH 1

West Bend East defeated Hartford in the opening match of the conference season on Tuesday at West Bend.  Drama was high at the two singles and one doubles positions.  East won at both spots, but required three sets to do so.  At one doubles seniors and captains Ben Johnson and Andrew Steiner fought through a second set slump to close out the match in decisive fashion, while Colton Harris had to come back from down 5-3 in the third set tiebreak.  Hartford picked up their win at four singles, where Kevin Kreuser won in two solid sets.

Singles
No. 1 — Alberto Loro, EAST HIGH, def. Carlo Kneissl, 6-1, 6-4; No. 2 — Colton Harris, EAST HIGH, def. Aaron Nytes, 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (6); No. 3 — Jordan Ketter, EAST HIGH, def. Andy Tiefenthaler, 6-1, 6-0; No. 4 — Kevin Kreuser, HARTFORD HIGH, def. Adam Gumm, 6-2, 7-5;

Doubles
No. 1 — Andrew Steiner-Ben Johnson, EAST HIGH, def. Matt Melsheimer-Tanner Brault, 6-1, 5-7, 6-2; No. 2 — Joseph Michels-Ethan Wedemayer, EAST HIGH, def. Joe Klosowski-Ethan Nieskes, 6-1, 6-1; No. 3 — Brock Albiero-Hunter Lemler, EAST HIGH, def. Nathan Melsheimer-Kris Bender, 6-4, 6-0;