Match Results

Match Summary:

Corey Guen was impressive with an 8-0 singles victory at #1.  Corey’s increased pace on his serve and his experience were keys to victory.  At #2 Ryan Posternak relied on a heavy topspin forehand and serve to control the match from start to finish.  At #6 singles, Tyler Russ earned his first Varsity tennis victory with an 8-2 win.  Tyler’s forehand was an effective weapon throughout his match. 

            In doubles, Exeter won all three but showed there was plenty of room for improvement.  McNaughton and Russ showed solid communication and comfort with each other in light of playing their first match with each other.  Exeter will travel to Central on Monday. 

Match Summary:

            Exeter improved to 2-0 with an 8-1 victory over Central.  Exeter’s depth was shown as Lietz, McNaughton, and Russ all won 8-0 in efficient fashion.  Chip used a well balanced attack to defeat his opponent, showing tremendously consistency and the ability to finish points at net.    At #1 singles, Corey Guen has not dropped a game yet.  With the match in hand at the end of singles, Exeter was able to get some new players in at #2 and #3 doubles.  Alex Vacca and Chas Rickabry used solid net play and limiting unforced errors to win 8-4.  Exeter will host Nashua North on Wednesday.

Match Summary:

Exeter improved to 3-0 in their home opening win vs. Pinkerton Academy 9-0.  Exeter was especially impressive with 8-1 wins in all three doubles positions.  Using a new combination in all three doubles, each doubles team showed a lot of potential promise.  Cloyd and McNaughton’s steady play with great net play meshed well.  Lietz’s big forehand and Russ’s athletic net play posed problems with their opponent at #2 doubles.  At #1 doubles, Guen and Posternak used solid serves to dictate a majority of points.  Fine tuning player positioning, movement, and communication are the next steps for the doubles team to improve.  Exeter will host Merrimack on Thursday.

Match Summary:

            Exeter improved to 4-0 with an 8-1 victory vs. Merrimack.  Exeter dominated every singles match.  Corey Guen reached a milestone winning his 50^th career victory.  The milestone is especially meaningful since Corey has played #1 singles and #1 doubles for the last two seasons.  In doubles, MacDonald and Schleicher showed good poise and focus to win at #1 doubles 8-4.  At #3 doubles, Darmody and Rickarby won easily 8-0.

Match Summary:

Exeter improved to 5-0 with a 9-0 victory at Alvirne. Exeter was especially dominant in singles, losing only 6 combined games.   Players did a great job adjusting to the windy conditions by changing their court positions depending on the wind direction.  Exeter will host Spaulding on Monday.

Match Summary:

            Exeter improved to 6-0 with a 9-0 victory vs. Spaulding.  Exeter only dropped three games total.  Exeter players did a great job playing to their level of expectations throughout the match.  Kenny Schleicher and Ben MacDonald both won their first singles matches of the year.  Exeter is off until Monday when they will host Nashua South. 

Match Summary:

Exeter improved to 7-0 with a 8-1 victory over Nashua South.  Corey Guen had his best win of the season facing his first real test of the season.  Corey trailed 5-6 but was able to use the breeze to his back to win 2 games in a row on the changeover.  Corey attacked the forehand corner of his opponent creating multiple forced errors.  At #1 doubles, Corey and Ryan Posternak looked especially sharp in doubles.  Improved communication and better player movement by Ryan Posternak has made Corey and Ryan into formidable team.  Ryan’s movement has been a significant improvement since the start of the year.  Chris Lietz, Tyler Russ, and Chip McNaughton won easily at 4, 5, and 6 singles continuing their undefeated singles season.  Chip’s added power was a nice addition to his game which he hopes to continue throughout.  Exeter will host Memorial on Wednesday. 

Match Summary:

Exeter improved to 8-0 with a 8-1 victory over Memorial.  Corey Guen and Ryan Posternak were both impressive in victories.  Corey showed how much he improved from last season when he lost to the same player 8-6.  Chip and Tyler continued their dominance at the end of the line-up with 8-0 victories.  At #3 doubles, Chris and Tyler showed excellent character in fighting back from a 6-7 deficit to win 9-8 in a tiebreaker.  Exeter will travel to Winnacunnet on Friday.

Match Summary:

Exeter improved to 9-0 with a 8-1 victory over Winnacunnet.  The best match of the day was at #1 singles where Corey played against a player who was very similar in physical make-up and style.  Both players hit heavy balls from the baseline in match with many long rallies.  Corey was able to withstand a comeback, showing tremendous poise and calmness during some rough spots in the match.  Ty Cloyd and Chip McNaughton played another great doubles match.  Using solid volleys and deep returns by Ty, Chip and Ty continued their undefeated season as partners.  Exeter will face its toughest challenge to date when they travel to one loss Concord on Monday.

Match Summary

Exeter improved to 10-1 with a 8-0 victory over Salem before the rain came to end the match.  Exeter used a senior heavy line-up to defeat Salem.  Seniors Corey Guen, Kenny Schleicher, Alex Vacca, and Jack Darmody all won single matches.  Seniors Tyler Russ, Darmody, and Chas Rickarby all picked up doubles wins as well.  Exeter will host Nashua North tomorrow at 4pm. 

Match Summary:

Exeter improved to 11-1 with a 9-0 over Nashua North.  Exeter played a different line-up than most matches but still was able to come away with an impressive 9-0 victory.  Marc Cochran and Chas Rickarby won their first Varsity singles matches in their career.  Ryan Posternak won for the first time at #1 singles.  Ty Cloyd and Chip McNaughton continued their undefeated doubles season with a 8-0 win at #2 doubles.  Exeter will travel to Londonderry on Monday in a critical match-up for playoff seeding.

Match Summary: 

Exeter boys’ tennis improved to 12-1 on the season with an important road victory at Londonderry, the defending State Champions.  Londonderry was without their #1 player Harrison Max due to an injury, but still proved to be a great opponent.  The first four singles matches were hotly contested.  Great points were made on both sides.  At #4 singles, Chip McNaughton trailed 1-6.  For a player who has never lost, Chip found himself in a position he was not use to.  But to the credit of his character and resolve, Chip did not panic.  Chip became more patience in his play.  Chip was able to pull off an unbelievable comeback to win 9-7.  At #3 singles, Chris Lietz led 7-2 before dropping five consecutive games.  However, Chris was able to pull out the victory in a tiebreaker 9-7.  At #2 singles, Ryan lost a nail-biter 8-6 as no player ever went up by more than one game in the match.  At #5 and #6, Ty Cloyd and Tyler Russ demonstrated the depth of the team by winning easily in both matches.  Corey and Ryan won the clinching fifth point 8-6 at #1 doubles.  Ryan Posternak served his best match of the year allowing for Corey to finish off some easy net points.

Match summary:

Exeter finished the regular season 12-2 with a 8-1 loss to undefeated Bedford.  Tyler Russ continued his perfect season in singles by winning 8-4.  Tyler used a strong forehand and attacking net game to win.  Exeter will likely get either #3 seed or #4 seed and host a quarterfinal match on Tuesday at 4pm. 

Quarterfinal Match Summary:

Exeter advanced to the semifinals with an impressive 9-0 victory against Timberlane.  Exeter will travel to #2 seed Concord on Thursday at 4pm.  Exeter was sharp and focus in singles, as 5 our of the 6 singles player for Exeter got off to early lead.  Ty Cloyd trailed 3-0 at #5 singles but was able to fight back and win 8-5.  Ryan Posternak was especially sharp at #2 singles using a good serve and the ability to scramble to win 8-2.  Exeter kept the momentum going into doubles sweeping all three. Ty Cloyd and Chip McNaughton played excellent against a doubles team that had only loss once all season.  Chris Lietz went over the 50 career win mark as well. 

Semifinal Match Summary:

Exeter tennis avenged a regular season loss to Concord by winning 7-2 propelling Exeter to its fifth straight Division I tennis final.  Exeter won 5 out of 6 singles matches to close out the match before doubles.  Ryan Posternak, Chris Lietz, and Ty Cloyd each won matches where they had loss only two weeks earlier.  Chris Lietz got off to a 7-0 lead and Ty Cloyd came back form 4-7 deficit to win the clinching 5^th point.  Exeter will now face #1 seed Bedford on Tuesday at Manchester West.