Brunk breaks Shenandoah's all-time wins record, Mustangs sweep in Atlantic
Shenandoah senior Teagan Brunk broke Shenandoah tennis' all-time match wins record Wednesday, April 29, at the Atlantic Tournament. His three doubles wins gave him 99 for his career, passing Andrew Lawrence.
It was a historic day for the Shenandoah boys tennis program and their No. 1 player, Teagan Brunk, Wednesday, April 29, in Atlantic.
Brunk’s three wins in doubles competition gave him 99 match wins for his career combining singles and doubles, a total that is now the most in program history, passing Andrew Lawrence’s 98.
Brunk and Lucas Sun teamed up to win the No. 1 doubles title at the Atlantic Trojan Team Invitational. All four Shenandoah entries won their respective bracket giving the Mustangs a perfect 32 points and the team championship.
Luke Daoust earned the No. 1 singles title, Matt Holmes won at No. 2 singles and the team of Ryan Lawrence and Levi Rystrom were champions at No. 2 doubles.
The Shenandoah boys tennis team won all four bracket championships Wednesday, April 29, sweeping the Atlantic Tournament title. From left: Luke Daoust, Lucas Sun, Ryan Lawrence, Teagan Brunk, Levi Rystrom and Matt Holmes.
Shenandoah’s 32 points beat out the tie for second place between Atlantic and Abraham Lincoln, who scored 25 points each. The Mustangs beat the Lynx in the championship match in three of the four brackets.
Brunk and Sun dropped just four total games in their three matches, two of them came in the opening set as they beat Thomas Jefferson’s Christian Hennessy and Thi Aung 6-2, 6-0. A 6-1, 6-0 win over Kaleb Sebeniecher and Dillan Rydberg of Red Oak in the semifinals followed before ending with a win over Abraham Lincoln’s Cooper Schaa and Miles Vander Velde 6-1, 6-0 in the final.
Daoust had little trouble at No. 1 singles, losing just five games over six sets. He opened with a 6-0, 6-1 win over Carson Matthews of Audubon and then best Dylan Cutshall of Glenwood 6-0, 6-2 in the semifinals. Daoust finished with a 6-1, 6-1 victory over Abraham Lincoln’s Hunter Albertus in the championship match.
Holmes was also dominant in his three matches at No. 2 singles, losing four games total. He beat Glenwood’s Gideon Davis 6-1, 6-0 in the opener and then downed Atlantic’s Michael Hocamp 6-2, 6-0 in a semifinal. It was another Shenandoah/Abraham Lincoln final and this one also easily went to the Mustangs, as Holmes downed Alex German 6-1, 6-0.
Lawrence and Rystrom had the toughest time of Shenandoah’s four entries as they were pushed in a couple sets but still won all six. They beat Abraham Lincoln’s Oliver Juranek and Nick Kaupa 6-2, 7-5 in the opening round and then beat Glenwood’s Graham Newberry and Myles Longmeyer 6-0, 6-2 in a semifinal. The championship match against Atlantic’s Montgomery Smith and Brock Goodrich was a 7-5, 6-2 win for Shenandoah.
The Mustangs haven’t lost a single match in eight straight competitions with their only match losses coming at the season-opening tournament in St. Joseph, Missouri. They return home Monday, May 4, for a triangular against Creston and Harlan.
