ROCHELLE — Rochelle sophomores Juan Montemayor and Hector Garcia came up big for the Hubs varsity tennis team on Tuesday when the boys squared off against the LaSalle-Peru Cavaliers in Northern Illinois Big 12 Conference action.

With the match tied 2-2, Montemayor and Garcia defeated LaSalle-Peru’s No. 2 doubles pair of Jalen Depenbrach and Noah Konczak by a score of 7-5, 6-4 to give Rochelle it’s first conference victory of the season. The win bumps the Hubs up to 4-7 overall.

Junior Noah Griffith entered Tuesday’s match with the Cavaliers having won each of his first nine matches in singles play. LaSalle-Peru’s Sam Pantoja stood in the way of win No. 10, but Griffith had no issues getting Rochelle on the board, beating Pantoja 6-0, 6-0 to remain perfect on the season.

Also picking up a point for the Hubs was junior Kevin Zheng, who took down LaSalle-Peru’s Connor Cofoid by a score of 6-3, 6-2 to give Rochelle a 2-0 sweep in singles competition. In doubles play, senior Bryan Garcia and junior Jesus Nava fell to Mason Clark and Matt Adams by a score of 0-6, 1-6.

The Cavaliers tied the match at 2-2 when Nathan Newman and Alex Ponce defeated Rochelle junior Ozzy Fulgencio and sophomore Chris Jones 6-0, 6-3. But Montemayor and Garcia squashed LaSalle-Peru’s comeback effort with their two-set victory.

Frosh/Soph

The Hubs freshman-sophomore tennis team fell to LaSalle-Peru by a score of 4-1, with freshmen James Doering and Max Torres picking up Rochelle’s long point with a 10-7 victory over Nick Langloss and Ray Reed in doubles play.

Freshman Ben Hickey and sophomore Emilio Nava took the court in singles play, with both players battling hard but falling by scores of 8-10. Freshmen Luis Vasquez and Alexis Quintanilla played a tight match in No. 1 doubles, falling by a score of 8-10. Sophomores Diego Lopez and Nate Castro had a strong outing as well, losing 9-11 to LaSalle-Peru’s Sam Obermiller and Colton Yeruski.