The Niles tennis team dropped an 8-0 decision to perennial powerhouse Portage Central in a Big 16 West Division match Thursday.

The Mustangs, ranked No. 5 in Division 2, completely dominated the Vikings in sweeping the singles flights.

Portage Central lost just five games in singles.

Niles’ Brad and Matt Miller had the most competitive match of the day against Vevake and Sahil Tandon at No. 1 doubles. The Tandons defeated the Millers 6-3 and 6-4.

 

Portage Central…8

Niles…0

Singles

1. Ben Orwin (PC) d. Michael Geiger 6-1, 6-0; 2. Nathan Tsui (PC) d. Rob Lundberg 6-0, 6-0; 3. Ian Chu (PC) d. Micah Weigel 6-0, 6-4; 4. Ben Behrens (PC) d. Cody Yoder 6-0, 6-0

 

Doubles

1. Vevake Tandon-Sahil Tandon (PC) d. Matt Miller-Brad Miller 6-3, 6-4; 2. Pranit Sunkara-Michael Tarn (PC) d. Derek Brown-Nick Borkowski 6-1, 6-2; 3. Joey Liu-Kyle Wang (PC) d. Matt Lee-Jake Ruelle 6-2, 6-3; 4. Subhodh Kotekal-Kevin Zhu (PC) d. Sam Queisi-Jacob Ganus 6-1, 6-1