The Douglas Bulldog tennis team climbed to No. 3 in the latest power rankings after posting wins over Amphi, Catalina and Cholla last week.
 Bruce Whetten/Douglas Dispatch DJ Campas, playing No. 1 singles for the Bulldogs won all three of his matches last week as the third ranked Bulldogs posted wins over Amphi, Catalina and Cholla. |
DJ Campas, playing No. 1 singles for Douglas, won his match 3-6, 6-2, 10-2.
Joe Owen, playing in the No. 2 spot, posted a 6-1, 6-1 win.
Joaquin Nunez playing at No. 3 singles, was a 6-4, 6-0 winner and George Watkins was a 6-1, 6-1 winner at No. 4 singles.
Brandon Young, playing in the No. 5 singles spot, lost his match 6-0, 7-6 (7-5 tiebreaker).
Casey Hoyack, playing at No. 6 singles, won his first set 6-4 but then lost the next two 2-6, 7-10.
In doubles Campas and Owen were 8-3 winners, Watkins and Young won 8-1 and Nunez and Hoyack fell 3-8.
The Bulldogs then beat Catalina 9-0 on a windy afternoon in Douglas on Thursday before downing Cholla 8-1 on Friday.
Campas won both his singles matches 6-2, 6-1 and 6-0, 6-0.
Owen shutout his opponent both days winning all four sets 6-0.
Nunez beat Cholla 6-1, 6-0 and took the first set from Cholla 6-1 before dropping the next two 5-7, 2-10.
Watkins won three of his four sets by 6-0 scores and one other score was 6-3.
Spencer Grijalva returned to the team in the No. 5 spot and won by forfeit vs. Cholla and beat Catalina 6-0, 6-1.
Young was a 6-1, 6-1 winner against Catalina and a 6-1, 6-0 winner against Cholla.
In doubles Campas and Owen beat Catalina by forfeit and then posted an 8-0 win.
Owen and Grijalva beat Catalina 8-2 while Watkins and Young were 8-0 winners while Nunez and Hoyack beat Cholla 8-5 and Watkins and Young won their doubles match by forfeit.
In JV play Hoyack was an 8-1 winner against Catalina, John Owen was an 8-0 winner and Ben Rivera and Lucas Grijalva fell 6-8 in doubles.
Owen and Grijalva posted 8-1 and 8-6 wins against Cholla. The same duo was an 8-3 winner in doubles.
Douglas’ coach Katie Walker said overall it was a good week for her kids.
“I felt they remained focused all week and concentrated on playing each opponent as they came,” she said.
The Bulldogs, 5-0, are off this week for spring break and Coach Walker is hoping her team can maintain its focus when it returns to play March 23 when Douglas heads to Sahuarita for a key Gila Regional match.
The coach gave her team off Monday and Tuesday but will return to practice today and continue through the rest of the week.
“These kids have goals on what they want to accomplish this year,” she said. “I expect these kids to maintain their focus when we return to league play.”
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