WHITEHALL — Whitehall's doubles teams continued to enjoy a strong start to the season, but it wasn't enough to deliver a Coastal Conference win Wednesday, as visiting Ludington took the match 5-3.
The Orioles won all four singles matches, mostly in dominating fashion, to overcome impressive work by the Viking doubles flights, who won three of four matches and came up just short in the fourth.
The top two doubles pairs, Patrick Cole/Ian Sampson and Jon Hall/Myles Welch, each rallied from first-set defeats to secure wins. Cole/Sampson won 3-6, 6-1, 10-3, and Hall/Welch picked up a 1-6, 6-4, 10-6 win.
At No. 4 doubles, Evan Thomas/Elijah Roberge scored a two-set win, 6-2, 6-4.
Whitehall's No. 3 doubles pair, Adam Sikkenga/Remington Whelpley, fought hard in a close match, but ultimately Tyler Albrecht/Landon Killips were able to make a few more big shots and earned a 7-6(1), 6-4 win to secure the team victory for Ludiington.
