The Becker Bulldog boys tennis team captured the Granite Ridge Conference title by beating Pine City Thursday in their second-to-the-last match of the year. The ‘Dawgs finished 5-0 in the GRC and are 18-3 overall, tying a school record for most wins in a single season.
Becker also beat Duluth East, Anoka and Aitkin this week.
Becker 7, Pine City 0
The boys dropped just two games in singles Thursday at home on Parent’s Night.
“(The guys) came out focused and ready to compete,” said Head Coach Hokan Bengtson. “A sign of a top team is consistency and our guys are starting to show signs of that trait. We have a chance to do something special this year in the playoffs.”
#1 singles: Jacob Lukkarila (BB) beat Parker Sell (PC), 6-2, 6-0; #2 singles: Branden Roemer (BB) beat Tanner Wicktor (PC), 6-0, 6-0; #3 singles: Tyler Lindquist (BB) beat Nate Webster (PC), 6-0, 6-0; #4 singles: Daniel Garcia (BB) beat Logan Johnson (PC), 6-0, 6-0.
#1 doubles: CJ Howard and Andrew Schneider (BB) beat Jared Kotek and Jonah Bergstrom (PC), 6-2, 6-3; #2 doubles: Caleb Quernemoen and Johnny Crocker (BB) beat Dusty Bergstrom and Beau Steele (PC), 6-4, 6-2; #3 doubles: Jordan Bonsante and Brady Gruenhagen (BB) beat Jacob Lindblom and Alex Laven (PC), 6-0, 6-2.
Becker 7, Aitkin 0
The Bulldogs swept the Gobblers in straight sets.
#1 singles: Lukkarila (BB) beat Josh Carlberg (AG), 6-2, 6-1; #2 singles: Roemer (BB) beat Joel Fremling (AG), 6-0, 6-0; #3 singles: Garcia (BB) beat James Much (AG)), 6-1, 6-3. #4 singles: Schneider (BB) beat Hunter Westerlund (AG), 6-2, 6-0;
#1 doubles: Howard and Lindquist (BB) beat Jacob Hagestuen and David Curtiss (AG), 6-1, 7-5; #2 doubles: Quernemoen and Crocker (BB) beat Jaren Johnson and Nathan Hagesteun (AG), 6-3, 6-0; #3 doubles: Bonsante and Gruenhagen (BB) beat Tucker Schwartz and Kade Hopperstad (AG), 6-1, 6-1.
Becker 6, Anoka 1
The Bulldogs swept in singles and lost just at #1 doubles to notch another win.
#1 singles: Lukkarila (BB) beat Sam Skoglund (AT), 6-0, 6-3; #2 singles: Roemer (BB) beat Noah Hjelle (AT), 6-0, 6-3; #3 singles: Lindquist (BB) beat Matt Orr (AT), 6-1, 6-1; #4 singles: Garcia (BB) beat Nick Amundson (AT), 6-1, 6-0.
#1 doubles: Howard and Schneider (BB) lost to Blake Perry and Darrin Gable (AT), 2-6, 4-6; #2 doubles: Quernemoen and Crocker (BB) beat Max Hayes and Joel Wagner (AT), 6-4, 6-3; #3 doubles: Bonsante and Gruenhagen (BB) beat Nick Spiering and Owen Maloney (AT), 6-4, 6-2.
Becker 5, Duluth East 2
Becker went 2-2 in singles play while sweeping the three sets in doubles.
#1 singles: Lukkarila (BB) beat Elliot Schneider (DE), 6-1, 6-3; #2 singles: Roemer (BB) beat Nolan Humphreys (DE), 6-1, 6-2; #3 singles: Garcia (BB) lost to EJ Hietala (DE), 6-1, 1-6, 3-6; #4 singles: Schneider (BB) lost to Reece Patten (DE), 5-7, 1-6.
#1 doubles: Howard and Lindquist (BB) beat Luke Hietala and David Holliday (DE), 6-4, 6-1; #2 doubles: Quernemoen and Crocker (BB) beat Michael Sutherland and Dylan Junker (DE), 6-7(6-8), 6-2, 7-6(7-1); #3 doubles: Bonsante and Gruenhagen (BB) beat Ty Kruger and Tristan Bombardier (DE), 6-2, 6-0.
Up Next
The boys travel to Mound-Westonka Monday to close out the regular season. The Section 8AA playoffs begin May 22-23.
