Bend High won three of five matchbreaker sets Tuesday at Mountain View before topping the Cougars 6-2 in a highly competitive boys Intermountain Conference tennis dual.

“I don’t think I’ve ever played a match with five matchbreakers,” Lava Bear coach Grant Ludwick said. “To win three of five, that’s encouraging. Matchbreakers are kind of a flip of a coin, it being the first to 10 points. … The kids were really battling mentally.”

Shane Sehgal defeated Mountain View’s Imran Wolfenden 7-6 (6), 6-7 (7), 10-6 in No. 4 singles; Bend’s Cameron Tulare and Josh Woodland rallied past Blake Miller and Bryce Tipton 5-7, 6-4, 10-6 in No. 1 doubles; and Zach Hite and Derek Miller knocked off the Cougars’ Brooks Larraneta and Albert Kolodziejczyk 7-5, 4-6, 10-7 in the No. 2 doubles match.

Mountain View’s two matchbreak winners were Seth Atkinson at No. 2 singles and the Cougars’ No. 4 doubles duo of Josh Billeter and Chad Schoenborn.

“Zach and Derek at No. 2 doubles, they haven’t lost yet this year,” Ludwick said about his two sophomores. “They’ve got great chemistry. We should get some good tennis out of them this year and the next couple of years.”

Federico Puga led the way for Bend with a 6-1, 6-4 victory over Philip Atkinson in the No. 1 singles match. The Lava Bears also posted a win at No. 3 singles when freshman Aaron Banquer-Glenn held off Cougar junior Quintan Smith 7-6 (3), 6-2.

“It was a good match, tough because it was so cold and windy with the occasional snow flurry,” Ludwick said. “It kind of takes away from both sides, but we’re happy to get the win.”