Linn-Mar rattled off five straight wins in singles and blanked Washington, 5-0, Saturday in a Class 2A substate boys tennis meet at Coe.

Linn-Mar clinched the win with five match wins and that ended the meet. The Lions (14-2) advance to the substate semifinals May 21 against Cedar Falls at Washington. That match is at 9 a.m. The substate finals are scheduled for 2 p.m. against either Marshalltown or Iowa City West. Marshalltown beat Waterloo West, 5-1, Saturday to adavance.

"We came out ready to play today.  Nobody wanted their season to end today and it showed," Linn-Mar Coach Cris Wundram said. "Cedar Falls will be a tough match for us next weekend but we're all excited to move on and we'll start getting ready for Cedar Falls come Monday."

Washington ended its season at 12-3. The Warriors played without Charlie Hammond and Mitch Blades, who were disqualified for unsportsmanlike conduct during doubles play at Thursday's district meet. Hammond and Blades were the Warriors' top two singles players and top doubles team during the season.

Linn-Mar 5, Cedar Rapids Washington 0

Singles
Brady Anderson (LM) def. Clayton Hoyt, 6-2, 6-1
Tyler McCann (LM) def. Mitch Anderson, 6-3, 7-5
Gavin Young (LM) def. Cole Rhatigan, 6-1, 6-0
Blake Young (LM) def. Alex Intlekofer, 6-1, 3-6, 10-6
Dillon Einck (LM) def. Neel Ghosh, 6-1, 6-1