Martlets Scrimmage Hall

The Martlets kicked off our dual match season with a 6-1 win against Hall High School. Doubles began with 5 doubles matches. Jack Pickett ‘26 and Noah Maltby ‘28 were first off the court with an efficient win 8-0 at #3 doubles. Alex Brown ‘27 and Will Henry ‘26 also won 8-0 at #2 doubles, with Alex’s baseline play and consistency setting up Will at the net. Liam Hibbard ‘27 and Finn Hocking ‘26 got off to a slightly slow start at #1 doubles, but rebounded nicely to close an 8-3 win. Crosby Cutler ‘27 and Xavier Kahn ‘27, and Archie Downing ‘29 and Daniel Frid ‘27 got wins at exhibition doubles matches with scores of 8-5 and 6-4 respectively. The scene shifted to singles and the Martlets played a shortened format of 2 sets to 4 games. Will Henry ‘26 got the Martlets off to a good start with a 4-1;4-2 win at #4 singles. Liam Hibbard ‘27 followed at #1 singles. After a quick first set, he fought from a break down in the second against a tough left handed player before dominating that set breaker 7-2 for a 4-1;5-4(2) win. Finn Hocking ‘26 followed with a 4-0;4-0 win at #3, he was far too consistent for his hard hitting opponent and also had some excellent drop shots. Jack Pickett ‘26 fought hard in his match against a very consistent opponent at #6. After dropping the first 2-4, he rebounded to take the second quickly 4-1. The breaker was a tight affair, with the Hall player just edging Pickett out for a 10-8 win. Noah Maltby ‘28 got the Martlets back on track with a 4-2;4-2 win at #5 singles. Alex Brown ‘27 finished off the afternoon with a third set breaker in at #2. After going up 3-0, he held on to take the first set 4-2. His opponent made some strong adjustments which forced Brown to drop the second set 0-4. After a slight adjustment to up the aggressiveness, he took a back and forth third set breaker 10-7. The Martlets performed well in their first dual match as a team, and look to keep up the momentum as we travel to Choate.