Back on Top! Myrtle Beach boys tennis claims another state championship

Myrtle Beach boys tennis got its championship back this weekend.

The Seahawks defeated Riverside, 4-2, to win the Class 5A Division II championship on Saturday that started in one venue and finished in another.. The championship started at the Cayce Tennis Center but moved to University of South Carolina Indoor Courts after heavy rain in the morning.

The Seahawks’ match was supposed to start at 11 a.m. but they finally took the court at around 3:30 p.m. after the Class 4A championship ended.

Myrtle Beach jumped out quickly as Wyatt Anderson defeated Eric Zhou, 6-0, 6-4, at No. 5 singles.

With the championship tied at 1-1, the Seahawks rattled off three straight victories to clinch their third championship in the past four seasons. Myrtle Beach boys tennis has now won 13 state championships in program history, second behind Christ’s Church’s 24. This was the first championship in Class 5A after the Sehawks moved up in SCHSL realignment.

No. 2 Ashiv Patel defeated Hadden Otay 6-1, 6-1 and the doubles team of Gage Van Wagner and Kenneth Gunter defeated Thomas Belflower and Cooper Pauls, 7-5, 7-5. No. 4 Foster Cahill defeated Jaehun Kwak 6-4, 6-4 to seal the victory and get revenge for the Seahawks, who lost to Riverside in last year’s championship match.

SCHSL Boys Tennis Championships

Class 3A: Oceanside Collegiate 6, Clinton 0

Class 4A: AC Flora 5, Bishop England 1

Class 5A Division I: JL Mann vs. Wando, ppd, to Thursday at USC Indoor Courts

Class 5A Division II: Myrtle Beach 4, Riverside 2