Tennis: Lower Merion proves dominance over Wissahickon

LOWER GWYNEDD >> Mark Daniels has been working a two-year plan to get his Wissahickon boys tennis team into the PIAA playoff. One of keys to his plan is scheduling top-notch talent for his team to play. It doesn’t get much tougher than what was on the Trojans plate Wednesday — a matchup with the defending state champion Lower Merion.

“It wasn’t about a win or loss because we knew it was going to be tough to beat these guys,” Daniels said. “It was about playing tough and heart out there and not going away quick.”

Ben Wolfe was the only Wissahickon singles player to capture a victory on the afternoon as his opponent Thibault Vernier had to default after the first set that was won by Wolfe 6-1. Wissahickon secured a doubles victory as the No. 4 team of Thomas O’Farrell and Anthony Lee defeated Aseda Adebamgbe and Harrison Axelrod, but the defending state champs were too much as they defeated the Trojans 5-2.

“Ben Wolfe, even though his guy got hurt, he was playing pretty well,” Daniels said. “I think he would have beaten him regardless, he’s been training pretty hard.”

“Fourth doubles had a nice win because they were down 3-5 in the first set and came back in the first set. That’s what we wanted to do, show fight like that.”

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Lower Merion’s’s top seed Matt Chen sends a backhand to Wissahickon’s Andrew Tran during the match on Wednesday, Apr. 6, 2016. (Bob Raines/Digital First Media)