CHAPEL HILL — East Chapel Hill continued to display its power in the 3A Big Eight Conference in boys tennis with a 9-0 thrashing of Northwood last Monday afternoon in Chapel Hill.
Northwood dropped to 3-5 in the league with the loss and to 5-5 overall while East Chapel Hill improved to 7-1 in the Big Eight and to 9-1 overall.
The host Wildcats struck early when Rahul Singh bested Sam Earnshaw 6-2, 6-1 at No. 1 singles before Andrew Ahn bested Garrett Gordon 6-2, 6-1 at No. 2, and Josh Facello strolled past Oliver Poteete 6-2, 6-1 at No. 3.
East Chapel Hill continued to roll as Ritvik Jhalawad cruised past Oliver Poteete 6-0- 6-1 at No. 4 before Feliz Zhao took down Ryan Christensen 6-2, 6-1 at No. 5, and Rama Varansi blanked Drew Sipe 6-0, 6-0 at No. 6.
With the match clinched, the Wildcats completed the sweep of the Chargers by taking all three double’s contests.
At No. 1, Harris Marsland teamed up with Facello to take down Tate Clark and Gordon 8-3 before Jhalawad and Varanasi doubled up Christensen and Sipe 8-4 at No. 2.
East Chapel Hill capped off the 9-0 win when Anathy Murthy and Zhao blanked Lorenti and Nick Barlett 8-0 at No. 3.