3A boys tennis: Rowland Hall goes back-to-back for 20th championship

SALT LAKE CITY — One of the winningest boys' tennis programs in Utah prep history added another piece of hardware to the trophy case Saturday at Liberty Park.

Eric Lu and Andrew Murphy each won a singles title, and the double steam of Henry Damico and Eric Brown added a championship in second singles as Rowland Hall swarmed to 65 team points and repeated as 3A boys' tennis champions at Liberty Park.

It's the 20th state title all-time for the Winged Lions, the second-most in state history and just two behind Grantsville for the most since the Utah High School Activities Association sanctioned the sport in 1963.

Mack Moore won in second singles to lead Waterford to second place with 45 points, followed by Ogden (33), Juab (22) and Richfield (21) in the top five.

3A boys tennis state tournament

First singles

Semifinals

• No. 1 Eric Lu, Rowland Hall def. No. 5 Camden Killian, Grantsville, 6-1, 6-0
• No. 2 Kyler Williams, Juab def. No. 3 Spencer Christnesen, Ogden, 6-2, 6-4

Championship

• No. 1 Lu, Rowland Hall def. No. 2 Williams, Juab, 6-2, 6-1

Second singles

Semifinals

• No. 1 Mack Moore, Waterford def. No. 12 Rowan Nielsen, Grantsville, 6-1, 6-2
• No. 2 Hans Baker, Rowland Hall def. No. 6 Patrick Barnes, Juab, 6-1, 4-6, 6-0

Championship

• No. 1 Moore, Waterford def. No. 2 Baker, Rowland Hall, 6-2, 6-4

Third singles

Semifinals

• No. 1 Andrew Murphy, Rowland Hall def. No. 4 Hunter Moore, Richfield, 6-1, 6-0
• No. 2 John Winn, Ogden def. No. 3 Rowan Hodell, Waterford, 4-6, 6-3, 7-5

Championship

• No. 1 Murphy, Rowland Hall def. No. 2 Winn, Ogden, 6-3, 6-3

First doubles

Semifinals

• No. 1 Preston Jenkins/Liam Reddy, Waterford def. No. 4 Oren Moore/Jacob Jones, Grand, 6-3, 6-2
• No. 2 Will Damico/Duke O'Neill, Rowland Hall def. No. 3 Jacob Sheffield/Gavin Holliday, Ogden, 6-4, 6-2

Championship

• No. 1 Jenkins/Reddy, Waterford def. No. 2 Damico/O'Neill, Rowland Hall, 6-2, 6-3

Second doubles

Semifinals

• No. 5 Samuel Ondrus/Spencer Reeves, Ogden def. No. 1 Shayan Pandit/Nathan Kwon, Waterford, 6-3, 6-4
• No. 2 Henry Damico/Eric Brown, Rowland Hall def. No. 3 James/Perschon/Ari Juluson, Richfield, 6-3, 6-3

Championship

• No. 2 Damico/Brown, Rowland Hall def. No. 5 Ondrus/Reeves, Ogden, 6-4, 7-5

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