High school tennis result: Bluffton boys at Beaufort

Bluffton 4, Beaufort 3: The Bobcats’ tandem of Matthew Ball and Alex Swetnam prevailed in the decisive doubles match, knocking off Beaufort’s Mitchell Russell and Chris Hoogenboom by an 8-2 count.

A tight afternoon throughout featured three matches that went to third-set tiebreakers, with Beaufort capturing two. Griffin Stone outlasted Swetnam in No.2 singles in a 10-6 third set, and the doubles team of Paul Winland and Ben Straut won a 13-11 marathon over Bluffton’s Garrett Nitz and Jonathan White.

The Bobcats countered with Stone Aerni’s third-set win over Hoogenboom. Ball captured the No.1 singles matchup in straight sets over Mitchell, and Joe Welch also won his singles match.

This story was originally published April 26, 2017 at 11:40 AM with the headline "High school tennis result: Bluffton boys at Beaufort."