The Saugus boys’ tennis team secured its third win of the Foothill League season on Tuesday over the Hart Hawks, 10-8, and fifth overall win of the regular season.
In singles play, the Hawks (1-4, 1-3) and Centurions (5-3, 3-2) split the points and went 5-4 across all three rounds.
For the Hawks, Nixon Liescheidt won in each of his three matchups in singles play, 6-2, 6-0, 6-0 and was the biggest performer for Hart on Tuesday.
The Centurions relied on strong play from Grant Schlotfelt and Joaquin Veizaga, who each won two matches.
In the first round of doubles play, the Centurions won 2-1 with the pairings of Augustine Siepak and Mykhail Tezai and Cayden Varney and Samuel Payne winning their respective matches.
In the second round, the Saugus paring of Michael Soto and Sean Harper picked up a win over the Hart pairing of Kenzie Viantono and Micah Selwa.
The Centurions completed the total team win in the third round of doubles play with the lone win for Saugus coming from the pairing of Harper and Soto winning 7-6 over the Hart duo of Ross Smith and Sham Molla.
The Centurions picked up their fifth win of the season and will look to build upon their momentum with a road matchup against the Grizzlies at Golden Valley High School.
The Hawks fall to 1-3 in Foothill League play and play again at home Thursday against the visiting Castaic Coyotes.
Both games are set to begin at 3 p.m.
After Tuesday’s games, here are scores from around the Foothill League:
West Ranch 12, Valencia 6: The West Ranch Wildcats (5-1, 5-0) picked up their fifth win of the season and remained unbeaten in league play with a victory over the Valencia Vikings (2-3, 2-1).
The Wildcats play again on Tuesday, March 17, at Hart High School against the Hawks with the first set to begin at 3 p.m.
Golden Valley 17, Canyon 1: The Golden Valley Grizzlies (5-2, 3-1) picked up their third Foothill League win of the season over the Canyon Cowboys (1-6, 0-4) on Tuesday.
The Grizzlies have won five games throughout the season and play their next league match on Thursday at home against the visiting Saugus Centurions at 3 p.m.
The Cowboys will look to bounce back on Thursday on the road against the Valencia Vikings with first set scheduled for 3 p.m.