Freedom’s boys’ tennis team added three victories to its season record, defeating Whitehall 4-3, Northampton 5-2, and Pleasant Valley 5-2 last week.

In the Patriots’ match against the Zephyrs on an extremely windy day, it was Freedom’s Ross Sonnenblick and Aidan Bodeo-Lomicky who broke a 3-3 tie by winning their number one doubles match 6-3, 6-3.

“We’ve practiced a lot of doubles together, and we’re feeling very confident, but at the same time, we can’t let ourselves get complacent,” said Sonnenblick. “In general, in serves, we need better discipline.”

Earlier in the match, Bodeo-Lomicky defeated Jeremy Lim 6-1, 6-0 at number one singles, and Sonnenblick defeated Gavin Meyers at two singles 6-1, 6-1.

“It’s good if you’re on one side because of the way the wind is blowing, but it’s bad on the other,” said Bodeo-Lomicky. “This [wind] is the best experience for it.”

At number three singles, Freedom’s Ronak Desai lost in three sets to Alex Rohn 6-3, 5-7, 4-6.

Freedom’s Jon Fiorentino and Jonathan Chu won at number two doubles over Max Nuscher and Nick Rohn 7-6, 6-4.

“We started off pretty good,” Fiorentino said. “Then they won the next four, and then we won the next four. We made stupid mistakes that could have been avoided; easy volleys we couldn’t put away.”

The second set victory was a combination of Freedom’s focus and Whitehall’s fatigue.

“We were really on our service game,” said Chu. “One [player from Whitehall] was kind of breaking, but he had an unbelievable serve when he got it in. He aced us twice.”

Fiorentino and Chu are new partners with Chu moving up from four doubles last season.

“You can definitely see the difference in skill, but changing feels natural because you grow as a player during the year,” Chu said. “It’s so mental. You learn so much.”

At number three doubles, Freedom’s Austin Negron and Joel Veneracion lost to Eric Poon and Jordan Saliby 5-7, 2-6, and at number four doubles, Freedom’s Justin Szaro and Chris Fereno lost to Hazem Abdelelaal and Nick Demyan 4-6, 5-7.

“The toughest part of our schedule is behind us,” said Sonnenblick. “Our first three opponents [Nazareth, Parkland, Emmaus] were quite a handful. We were trying to get our footing while at the same time playing.”

Now, the Patriots feel that with a comprehensive team effort, they can be successful.

“If we stay competitive and focused, it will yield positive results,” Sonnenblick said.