Xavier Boys Tennis

Kennedy boys trim Saints, 5-4

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

Xavier boys top Prairie in tennis

Kyle D'Mello defeated Connor Anthony at No.1 singles Tuesday, 6-1, 6-0, as the Xavier Saints topped Prairie, 5-1, in a Mississippi Valley Conference

tennis meet at Prairie.

The doubles competition was rained out.

Xavier 5, Prairie 1

Singles

1. Kyle D'Mello (X) def. Connor Anthony, 6-1, 6-0

2. Ben Curley (X) def. Blake Larsson, 6-1, 6-1

3. Chris Schirm (X) def. Conor Wiesender, 6-0, 6-1

4. Jack VonKampen (X) def. Jason Niccolls, 6-1, 4-6, 10-7

5. Blake Magill (X) def. Brandon Bruhn, 6-1, 6-4

6. Evan Gaskill (P) def. Grant Gibney, 6-0, 6-1

D'Mello helps Saints top Wahawks

Kyle D'Mello won a marathon tiebreaker at No.1 singles Saturday as the Xavier Saints defeated Waterloo West, 8-1, in a Mississippi Valley Conference meet at Xavier.

D'Mello won the tiebreaker against Jacob Meyer, 15-13, after they split the first two sets.

Ben Curley, Chris Schirm, Jack VonKampen and Grant Gibney also won their singles matches for the Saints.

Xavier 8, Waterloo West 1

Singles

1. Kyle D'Mello (X) def. Jacob Meyer, 7-6, 2-6, 15-13

2. Ben Curley (X) def. Seth Christensen, 4-6, 6-1, 10-8

3. Chris Schirm (X) def. Ben Bullerman, 6-3, 6-1

4. Jack VonKampen (X) def. Ben Christensen, 6-4, 6-1

5. David Schneider (WW) def. Blake Magill, 7-6, 6-1

6. Grant Gibney (X) def. Dane Hurst, 6-3, 4-6, 10-8

Doubles

1. D'Mello/Curley (X) def. Meyer/Christensen, 6-3, 7-6

2. Schirm/VonKampen (X) def. Schneider/Hurst, 6-2, 6-3

3. Charlie Esker/Ryan Jasper (X) won by forfeit.

Saints sink Wahlert, 6-3 in boys tennis

The Xavier Saints broke up a tie through singles play with three straight doubles wins to down Dubuque Wahlert in Mississippi Valley Conference action Tuesday in Cedar Rapids.

The Saints' Kyle D'mello, Jack VonKampen and Blake McGill all picked up singles for victories.

Xavier 6, Dubuque Wahlert 3

Singles

Kyle D'mello(X) def. Jackson Takes(DW) 6-1 6-0

Cam Long(DW) Ben Curley(X) 3-6 7-5 4-10

Will McDonald(DW) def. Chris Schirm(X) 4-6 6-1 8-10

Jack VonKampen(X) def. John Ott(DW) 6-4 5-7 10-7

Tom Auge(DW) def. Grant Gibney(X) lost to  2-6 1-6

Blake Magill(X) def. Franz Becker(DW) 6-4 6-1

Doubles

D'mello/Curley(X) def.Takes/ Long(DW) 6-2 6-4

Schirm/VonKampen(X) def. Will McDonald / Michael Scherr(DW) 6-2 6-2

Gibney/Jasper(X) def. Tom Auge / Franz Becker(DW) 6-3 6-1