- April 25, 2024
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The Bulldogs repeated as county champs over Matanzas. Photos by Jeff Dawsey
Markku Gomos serves up the perfect shot in his singles match. Photo by Jeff Dawsey
Arthur Lao returns a backhand in his No. 1 match. Photo by Jeff Dawsey
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The Flagler Palm Coast Bulldogs repeated as county champs after the Matanzas Pirates conceded the foregone concluded victory on Thursday, Mar. 2, at the Palm Coast Tennis Center.
Before the rainy weather forced match stoppages, the Bulldogs had already won every match and were near victories in others.
In the boys competition, FPC’s Eric Berenblit and Markku Gomos beat Arthur Lao and Matthew Marcusky 8-3 in the No. 1 doubles match. Igor Sokolov and Wanyea Barbel also beat Will Hall and Josh Gaynor 8-3. In the No. 1 singles match, Berenblit beat Lao 8-
"We're strong right now, but we should be a lot stronger in the future."
PER BERG, FPC head tennis coach
1, and Kyle Alves beat Chris Crusson 8-3 in the No. 5 match.
Gomos v. Hall (3-3), Sokolov v. Marcusky (5-4) and Barbel v. Josh Gaynor (7-1) were all rained out.
In girls play, twins Victoria and Veronika Goncharova defeated Patricia Gillespie and Kirkconnell 8-4 in the No. 1 doubles match, and Nina Walls and Kaitlyn Bodo FPC over Susie Rodriquez and Elise Zitka 8-2 in the No. 2 match. In singles competition, Meghan McVey shut out Kiara Thompson 8-0, and Veronika Goncharova v. Gillespie (6-1), Victoria Goncharova v. Kirkconnell (2-1), Nina Walls v. Zitka (6-4) and Bodo v. Rodriquez (6-1) were all rained out.
With the wins, the Lady Bulldogs remain undefeated at 6-0, and the boys go to 5-1 on the season. Head coach Per Berg calls this bunch his best team in his six seasons.
“Eric is the best kid I’ve ever had, and he’s just a freshman,” Berg said, “and our girls aren’t great, but we have a lot of depth. We’re beating teams, because our No. 3, 4 and 5 are winning. We’re strong right now, but we should be a lot stronger in the future.”
