Monday afternoon, in 90* heat, the Varsity Mens Tennis team fought mightily against the Otsego Dawgs.  At 1st Singles, Christian Sieffert played a tough opponent and came up just short 2-6, 4-6.  Jackson Chesley cruised to a 6-1, 6-1 victory at 2nd Singles.  Andrew Murphy had a slow start, but fought back to take the second set  (7-6), which set up a 10-point tie break to decide the match.  In the end, Otsego came out on top, with the tiebreaker score being 3-10.  Nolan Ritz also cruised to a 6-0, 6-0 win at 4th singles.  In the doubles flights, Mark Musgrave and Elijah Dollarhide fell 2-6, 1-6, to a consistent Otsego team.  The new 2nd doubles team of Brett Bultsma and Kaden Coughlin also played an even match into a 2nd set tie-breaker, with the final score ending at 4-6, 6-7 (7-9) in favor of Otsego.  Another tie-breaker-deciding match was played at third doubles by Brady Atwell and Elijah Kincaid, this time with Wayland taking the win!  Elijah and Brady shook off a slow first set, losing 4-6, by taking the second set 6-4, setting up another tie-breaker to decide the match.  Brady and Elijah took no mercy and won the tie break with a decisive 10-5 score.  At 4th doubles, the freshmen pair of Austin Graham and Chase Robinson fell 2-6, 1-6.  As the match score ended 3-5 in favor of Otsego, these players know that just a few points in any of the games or any of the tie-breakers may have changed the overall score in Wayland's favor.  This was a well fought match for a team that is learning that each game in each match is important.  Next up: traveling to Plainwell on Wednesday, 8/26.