Bremen wins 2nd regional
CULVER - It didn’t take long for Bremen to clinch their second straight regional tennis title, defeating Peru, 4-1.
The Lions’ #1 doubles team of Shay Kyser and Mason Porter made quick work of their opponents and the #2 doubles team of Camden Hickman and Max Varner were second in the clubhouse with a straight-set win.
Not much later #3 singles Mariano de Leon made it official with team win number three dispatching his opponent 6-1, 6-3.
“We couldn’t believe we won it last year and this year we knew we had a shot,” said Bremen head coach Kevin Hickman. “This group of seniors like each other, they play a lot, they do everything that we ask of them and they respond. They are a special
group of kids. We’d never won a regional before and now to have two in a row is unthinkable really.”
With the team trophy already in the bag, #1 singles Carson Miller and #2 singles Dawson Hickman knew - like everybody in attendance - that the Lions were advancing. Both had tough first sets but rebounded to scratch out the second set of their matches to force a third.
Hickman finally succumbed to Peru’s Ben Beckham 6-1, 4-6, 6-3.
Meanwhile Miller - in a match that lasted close to two and a half hours finally scratched his way to a 2-6, 6-3, 7-5 win over Peru’s Ian Potts.
“I think our top five are right there and somebody has to play #1 and Carson takes that burden on,” said Hickman. “He beat a really great player.”
Bremen will now face Munster in semi-state Saturday at noon.
• BREMEN 4, PERU 1 At Culver Regional final
SINGLES: 1. Carson Miller (B) def. Ian Potts (P) 2-6, 6-3, 7-5; 2. Ben Beckman (P) def. Dawson Hickman (B) 6-1, 4-6, 6-3; 3. Mariano de Leon (B) def. Gavin Eldridge (P) 6-1, 6-3. DOUBLES: 1. Shay Kyser/mason Porter (B) def. Jackson Rogers/ Lucas Slagel (P) 6-2, 6-3; 2. Camden Hickman/max Varner (B) def. Jakob Gray/ben Duckwall (P) 6-1, 6-2.