THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Wednesday, May 31, 1995 TAG: 9505310619
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: C5 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: BY JAMI FRANKENBERRY, CORRESPONDENT
DATELINE: NORFOLK LENGTH: Short : 43 lines
Woodbridge won four of six singles matches to beat Maury, 6-3, in a Group AAA boys tennis quarterfinal Tuesday. The Vikings (16-1) advance to the state semifinals at the University of Richmond on Friday.
Maury (15-1) played without its No. 4 player, Ryan Bose, for disciplinary reasons.
``We obviously missed him,'' Maury coach John Brinkman said. ``But it was still a close match and could have gone either way.''
The Commodores got singles victories from Gary Johnson at No. 5 and Jay Lara at No. 6. Johnson topped Jason Wild, 6-2, 7-5, while Lara defeated Jason Nevit, 6-1, 6-4.
Johnson and Lara also teamed for a three-set victory over Wild and Nevit at No. 3 doubles.
``It made us play more intense,'' Lara said of Maury's 4-2 deficit before his doubles match. ``Even after we lost the second set, we felt like we were still in control.''
Woodbridge won the top four singles matches as David Terrill stopped Ben Perry, 3-6, 6-1, 6-2, at No. 1, and Derrick Wafford upended Rob Brown, 6-3, 5-7, 6-1, at No. 2.
The Vikings' Jeff Gotherman bested Ross Hoffman in straight sets at No. 3 singles, and Tom Huisking won a 6-3, 6-0 decision over Nick Bruno at No. 4.
At No. 1 doubles, Terrill and Wafford won a first-set tie-breaker, 10-8, and rallied from a 1-0 deficit to take the second, 6-2, against Perry and Bruno.
``By far this was our toughest match,'' Perry said. ``(Terrill and Wafford) had some good serves, but our returns could have been a little better.''
Gotherman and Huisking came back after losing the first set, 6-3, to take a third-set tie-breaker from Brown and Hoffman. by CNB