Mercersburg defeated visting Hun (Princeton, NJ) 5-2 in a Mid-Atlantic Prep League boys' varsity tennis match played indoors at the Hale Field House March 25 due to the wet spring weather.

Hun took the top two singles matches, but the Blue Storm swept 3-6 and took two of the three doubles contests to earn the doubles point. Max Zhang '26 had a big win at #4, coming from behind after dropping the first set and taking a tough tiebreaker 10-7.

Results

Singles

#1 Leyton Shaw (H) def. Arnav Pallapothu '23 (M), 6-0, 6-0
#2 Kevin Jaeger (H) def. Logan Butts '23 (M), 6-2, 6-3
#3 Oscar Su '25 (M) def. Andrew Zhang (H), 6-2, 6-0
#4 Max Zhang '26 (M) def. Brent Doherty (H), 3-6, 6-4 (10-7 tiebreak)
#5 Simon Brennan '26 (M) def. Julien Arsenault (H), 6-1, 6-1
#6 Zane Arky '23 (M) def. Brendan Kelso (H), 6-1, 6-3

Doubles

#1 Shaw/Doherty (H) def. Pallapothu/Jamie Talley '23 (M), 8-3
#2 Butts/Su (M) def. Zhang/Jaeger (H), 8-5
#3 Zhang/Brennan (M) def. Jonah Shapiro/Brendan Scileppi (H), 8-6

Mercersburg (1-1 overall, 1-0 MAPL) hosts State College (PA) Area high school on Thursday, March 30 at 4:30 pm.