Houlton boys sixth in tennis standings

The Houlton tennis teams split with host Penobscot Valley on Saturday and host Van Buren last Wednesday.
As of Tuesday morning, the Houlton boys team is sixth in the Class C Heal Point standings as of Tuesday morning, with the top 10 teams in the playoffs. The preliminary matches are June 1, with the quarterfinals on June 3; semifinals on June 5 at the higher-seeded team’s home court, while the EM  championship on June 9 will be at Colby College.    On Saturday, PVHS girls defeated Houlton, 4-1, with Houlton’s only win coming to Ashley Hannigan by forfeit.
Houlton players on the losing side were: Kelsey Fitzpatrick, 8-1 to Jordan Faloon and Megan Gerath, 8-6 to Myranda Tash. Daisy Torres/Courtney Bragan fell to Kristina Hallett/Cassandera Thibeault, 8-6 and Lizzy Garcia/Maggie Garcia fell to Kristie Mackin/Mook Vinaiphat.
The Houlton boys defeated PVHS, 5-0, as Cody Woods defeated Adam Brown, 8-0; Craig Thomas topped Dylan Morin, 8-0 and Jordan Russell overtook Will Lloyd, 8-6. D.J. McGary/Avery Kibler and Jacob McGuffin/Nick Carmichael both won by forfeit.
The Shire boys defeated the Crusaders, 4-1, with Houlton’s Zach Harvey defeating Matt Vick, 8-4 and Tyler Delano overtaking Eric LaPlante, 9-8 (7-2), while Woods/Thomas topped Mark Levasseur/Brandon Ouellette, 8-4 and Kibler/Russell defeated Nick Violette/Derrick Rossignol, 8-4.
Houlton’s only loss was when Nathan LaPointe bested Luke Anderson, 8-6.
The Houlton girls were defeated 5-0 by Van Buren, as Hiba Bilal was defeated 8-1 by Haley Lizotte; Fitzpatrick suffered an 8-1 loss to Natasha Bourgoin and Gerath fell 8-4 to Kaitlin Parent.
In doubles, Torres/Ashley Hannigan fell 8-1 to Jen Ouellette/Kristy Leonard and Courtney Bragan/Liz Garcia were defeated 8-6 by Victoria Rouix/Ashley Martin.