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North Andover's dream run through the Division 2 North tourney came to a sudden stop after Winchester issued the Knights a season-ending 5-0 loss.

The sixth-seeded Knights (15-5) won three tourney matches before yesterday's exit in the sectional finals.

All the other matches were finished and North Andover and Cambridge were tied with a trip to the Division 2 North final on the line.

North Andover's Mike Terranova, a junior playing first singles, was the last set of the day. His game was tied 1-1, and with the other action complete, the attention of the entire court turned to the last set of the day.

Battling against a tough opponent, nagging calf cramps and 50 vocal Malden fans, Sherwin Yamin's stirring victory at second singles earned North Andover a 3-2 victory and a berth in the Division 1 North semifinals. Trailing 5-0 in the final set, Yamin fought off three match points to win seven straight games in a near-three-hour marathon.

Sophomore Andrew Smith and freshman Kyle White got North Andover off to a quick start with a 6-0, 6-3 win at second doubles and the Knights rolled past Malden Catholic, 5-0, in their tourney opener. Sherwin Yamin made it 2-0 with a convincing win at second singles and Mike Terranova clinched the win as he rolled at No. 1.

North Andover boys tennis ended its regular season on a high note yesterday, winning its fifth straight match with a 5-0 victory over North Reading. 

Alex Hammond won his No. 3 singles match 6-0, 6-0.

The unbeaten Pentucket boys tennis team blanked North Andover 5-0, the highlight being the win first doubles Nick Giannino and B.G. Smith. They were blanked 6-0 in the first set but won the second set on a tiebreaker and then prevailed 6-1 in the clinching set.

Freshman Kyle White stepped up to first doubles and teammed with Ross Boyle for a 7-6, 7-5 win. They helped North Andover blank Lynnfield 5-0.

Sophomore Alex Hammond won his sixth tennis match in a row, remaining unbeaten for the season and his career, in North Andover's 5-0 blanking of Wilmington. Freshmen Kyle White and Eric Alpert also played well in winning at second doubles.

North Andover's Andrew Smith and Kyle White earned three straight victories to take the title at No. 2 doubles as the Scarlet Knights earned second as a team at the Cape Ann League Open. Pentucket took first as a team.

In their first varisty meet, freshmen Cam Hall and Justin Daly combined to win No. 2 doubles and fellow freshman newcomer Kyle While teamed with Alex Durfee to take No. 1 doubles as North Andover downed Amesbury 5-0.