meet at Eau Claire Regis ….

meet at Eau Claire Regis on May 11.

Medford 4, Ashland 3

The biggest wins came from the players in the bottom flights in the lineup Friday in Medford’s 4-3 non-conference win over the Ashland Oreockers.

In their 2023 home opener, the meet’s outcome came down the number-three doubles and number-four singles matches.

In the doubles match, Reimann and Hill let a close first set get away 7-5, but they regrouped and played well the rest of the way, winning the final two sets 6-4, 6-3 to take the match.

In the flight-four singles match, Gehrke closed things out with a 6-1, 6-1 win to seal the deal in his first varsity match.

“He’s a freshman in his first match and for him to win that is big,” head coach Kyle Ranum said after the meet.

Balciar won his flight-one singles match with Harry Diesberg 6-1, 6-2 and Damm won his match handily 6-0, 6-1. Klingbeil fell victim to a big momentum swing in his number-three match. After taking the first 6-0, he dropped the second set 6-2 and lost a close third set 6-4.

Axon and Lundy lost a close match to Ashland’s Austin Vyskocil and Bodee Mikkonen, who Ranum said is a statecaliber team. Cale Schulz and Jude Stark won their number-two match 7-5, 6-3.