Grey Ghosts Fall To Top Ranked Lexington

The top seeded Lexington Minutemen swept ninth seeded Westford Academy 5-0 at home on Monday,  not dropping  a single set in their outser of the Grey Ghosts (11-7) from the MIAA Division 1 North Sectional Tournament.

LHS will continue sectional tournament play in the Quarterfinal round at home against No. 4 Andover High School on Wednesday. The two teams already met once this season, a 4-1 victory for the Minutemen.

In the No. 1 singles position, Ben Tso defeated Westford Academy’s Brandon Holman 6-0, 6-0. At No. 2, the Minutemen’s Mark Pronchick defeated Kevin Chen 6-2, 6-3, in what was the closest singles match of the afternoon.

David Herrera rounded out the singles competition in the No. 3 slot with a 6-0, 6-2 win over Westford’s Chris Alto.

There was more of the same in the doubles competition. Lexington won 7-5, 6-2 at No. 1 doubles, behind Dan Maffa and Preston Wu. They defeated the Grey Ghosts’ Jameson Bigham and Corey Yu.

Finally, at No. 2 doubles, the Minutemen’s Jonah Bader and Harry Nichols defeated Henry Jiang and David Colomb 6-2, 6-0.

The Ghosts end their season at 11-7 while Lexington climbs to 21-1.