After two straight shutout losses, the Ballard High School boys tennis team made some positive gains in a 5-2 loss to Juanita Oct. 8.

Ballard's Neal Berg blanked his Juanita opponent in their singes match, winning in two games by a score of 6-0 in each.

Charles Beaudoin had almost as much success for the Beavers in his singles match, winning in two games by scores of 6-1 and 6-0.

While the doubles teams of Duncan Moore and Nate Hegerberg and Alec Barrett-Wilsdon and Nelson Cooper lost their matches, each took their opponents to three games.

Ballard (1-7) has three matches left in the season. The next is against Lake Washington at 3:30 p.m. on Oct. 13 at Lake Washington High School.