Spring Lake (5-12-2) defeated Traverse City St Francis (6-13-2) by a 5-3 score on August 18th, leaning on a balanced effort across singles and doubles. The teams split the four singles matches, but Spring Lake took three of the four doubles courts to secure the dual meet. At No. 1 singles, Traverse City St Francis’ Casey Jackson (1-2) held off Spring Lake’s Alex Dull (1-2) 6-3, 4-6, 10-5 in the day’s closest singles match. Spring Lake answered with straight-set wins at No. 2 and No. 3 singles, as James Priddy beat Gavin McClellan 6-1, 6-3 and Landry McManus topped Luke Davis by the same score. Spring Lake also got key doubles points from Pranay Patel and Alex Richards at No. 1 doubles, a 6-4, 7-5 win over Joel LaDuke and Tristan Durkin. The most dramatic doubles result came at No. 2, where Caleb Cress and Colin Barendse outlasted Jojo Zayaz and Joey Dunphey 5-7, 6-2, 10-8 after dropping the opening set. The meet gave Spring Lake another result in a season that has been marked by plenty of close team scores. Spring Lake - 5, Traverse City St Francis - 3, Singles: No. 1 - Casey Jackson, Traverse City St Francis def. Alex Dull, Spring Lake, 6-3 , 4-6 , 10-5 ; No. 2 - James Priddy, Spring Lake def. Gavin McClellan, Traverse City St Francis, 6-1 , 6-3 , -; No. 3 - Landry McManus, Spring Lake def. Luke Davis, Traverse City St Francis, 6-1 , 6-3 , -; No. 4 - Jake Bixby, Traverse City St Francis def. Owen Thom, Spring Lake, 6-0 , 6-0 , -; Doubles: No. 1 - Alex Richards, Spring Lake - Pranay Patel, Spring Lake def. Joel LaDuke, Traverse City St Francis - Tristan Durkin, Traverse City St Francis, 6-4 , 7-5 , -; No. 2 - Colin Barendse, Spring Lake - Caleb Cress, Spring Lake def. Joey Dunphey, Traverse City St Francis - Jojo Zayaz, Traverse City St Francis, 5-7 , 6-2 , 10-8 ; No. 3 - Nickolaus Goodwin, Traverse City St Francis - Gus Buell, Traverse City St Francis def. Abram Primm, Spring Lake - Jack Davis, Spring Lake, 2-6 , 6-3 , 10-3 ; No. 4 - Colin Vansingel, Spring Lake - Everett Brown, Spring Lake def. aiden simon, Traverse City St Francis - noah finch, Traverse City St Francis, 7-5 , 6-3 , --- ;