Inglemoor defeats Bothell, 4-3, in final conference match | Prep boys’ tennis

The Inglemoor High boys' tennis team came up with two clutch wins to beat Bothell in the KingCo Conference finale on Wednesday, Sept. 28 at Inglemoor High School.

The Inglemoor High boys’ tennis team came up with two clutch wins to beat Bothell in the KingCo Conference finale on Wednesday, Sept. 28 at Inglemoor High School.

Bothell held a 3-2 lead going into the final two doubles matches, but Inglemoor took both competitions. Max Chiang and Edward Yang beat David Lew and Abi Chandra in three sets, 6-4, 3-6, 6-0.

Ray Fung and Patrick Bi then won the No. 3 doubles match 6-1, 6-3 over Bothell’s Justin Jones and Hank Melse to clinch a 4-3 victory for Inglemoor.

The Vikings finished the conference schedule at 5-1 for a second-place finish in the conference standings. The loss dropped Bothell to 3-3 and into a tie with Skyline for fourth.

On Wednesday, Bothell’s Andrew Schueller defeated Inglemoor’s Fred Huyan in the No. 1 singles match, 6-2, 6-3, and Bothell’s Joe Yamauchi won the No. 2 singles match 6-4, 6-4 over Athil George.

Inglemoor’s James Peng won 6-3, 3-6, 6-0 over Aditya Iyer in the No. 3 singles match, and Inglemoor’s Alex Wang won the No. 4 singles match 6-3, 6-0 over Dylan Kato.

Bothell’s Darrin Niel and Ted Liu won the No. 1 doubles match, 7-5, 6-2, over Inglemoor’s Eric Zhu and Brian Xie.

Next, Bothell is scheduled for a pair of nonconference matches against Sammamish and Interlake on Oct. 4 and Oct. 6, respectively.

Inglemoor is scheduled for nonconference matches against Liberty and Juanita.

The KingCo Conference tournament is set for the following week.