The Kennedy boys tennis team trimmed Xavier, 5-4, in a tight Mississippi Valley Conference tennis meet at Xavier Saturday.

Six of the nine matches were decided by tiebreakers. Kennedy won four of the tiebreakers to win the match.

Jimmy Cunningham, Kyle Butler, Corey Duncan and Matt Jontz won their singles matches against Xavier.

Kennedy lost to Linn-Mar, 9-0, in its first meet Saturday.

Xavier lost to Iowa City West, 9-0, in its other meet.

Singles

1. Brady Anderson (LM) def. Quinn Jamrock, 6-0, 6-2

2. Tim Paulson (LM) def. Jimmy Cunningham, 6-0, 6-0

3. Trevor McCann (LM) def. Kyle Butler, 6-1, 6-1

4. Ben Myers (LM) def. Corey Duncan, 6-2, 6-1

5. Kyle Brendes (LM) def. Matt Jontz, 6-1, 6-2

6. Shane Skvor (LM) def. Connor Crippes, 6-1, 6-2

Doubles

1. Anderson/McCann (LM) def. Jamrock/Cunningham, 6-1, 6-4

2. Myers/Brendes (LM) def. Butler-Jontz, 6-0, 6-7, 1-0

3: Greg Speis/Kathir Pandian (LM) def. Max Frank/Brad Zimmerman, 6-0, 6-2

Kennedy 5, Xavier 4

Singles

1. Kyle D'Mello (X) def. Jamrock, 6-1, 6-3

2. Cunningham (CRK) def. Ben Curley, 6-4, 7-6

3. Butler (CRK) def. Chris Schirm, 4-6, 6-4, 1-0

4. Duncan (CRK) def. Jack VonKampen, 5-7, 6-1, 1-0

5. Jontz (CRK) def. Blake Magill, 4-6, 6-3, 1-0

6. Grant Gibney (X) def. Crippes, 6-2, 3-6, 1-0

Iowa City West 9, Xavier 0

Singles

1. Blake Oetting (ICW) def. Kyle D'Mello, 6-0, 6-1

2. Jiung Jung (ICW) def. Ben Curley, 6-0, 6-0

3. Trent Schneider (ICW) def. Chris Schirm, 6-0, 6-0

4. David DiLeo (ICW) def. Jack VonKampen, 6-0, 6-1

5. Karl Wenzel (ICW) def. Blake Magill, 6-0, 6-0

6. Adam Dellos (ICW) def. Grant Gibney, 6-0, 6-0

Doubles

1. T.Schneider/A.Dellos (ICW) def. D'Mello/Curley, 6-2, 6-1

2. DiLeo/Wenzel (ICW) def. Schirm/VonKampen, 6-1, 6-0

3. Cole Schneider/B.Dellos (ICW) def. Charlie Esker/Ryan Jasper, 6-0, 6-1