{"id":7834,"date":"2017-03-24T12:48:09","date_gmt":"2017-03-24T12:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/?p=7834"},"modified":"2017-03-24T12:48:09","modified_gmt":"2017-03-24T12:48:09","slug":"boys-tennis-maranatha-dominates-valley-christian-in-olympic-league-showdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/?p=7834","title":{"rendered":"Boys Tennis: Maranatha Dominates Valley Christian in Olympic League Showdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>From Staff Reports:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>In a match-up of Olympic League unbeatens, with both teams coming into the match with impressive strings of wins, this contest was for the league lead. MHS swept last year&#8217;s head-to-head contests, but two of them were 9-9 and were determined by games.<\/p>\n<p>The Minutemen got out to an early lead, finishing the first round of play, 5-1. #1 singles, Matt Alleman, got his stiffest test of the year, narrowly winning a hard-fought set against Valley&#8217;s #1, Caleb Soto, 6-4. #2 singles, Bryan Lin, and #3 singles, Jake Scott, both had convincing 6-0 wins, while #1 doubles, Drew Sierra\/Billy Tan, and #2 doubles, Matt Leiva\/Michael Mathews both had convincing opening sets, 6-2 and 6-1.<\/p>\n<p>Riding strong momentum into the second round, MHS blanked the Crusaders, 6-0, securing the Minutemen a victory, 11-1, before finishing with a 15-3 final score. 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