By Steve Bigham

DANBURY – The Newtown High School boys’ tennis team made quick work of Immaculate Monday afternoon, losing a total of just 10 games against the struggling Danbury club.

The Nighthawks, on the other hand, are far from struggling these days and sported a 8-1 record heading into Wednesday’s match against New Milford.

And Coach Marty Margulies is still talking about Matt Beres’ fine performance last week over Masuk’s Jeff Kramer at fourth singles. Beres won 6-2, 4-6, 6-2 in an entertaining match that featured more than a few head-over-heels plays by the Newtown senior. But it was not Beres’ physicality that impressed his coach.

“He was up against a player who had exactly the same playing style. It came down to a question of concentration, a question of mental power. Matt stayed focused longer and harder. That made the difference,” Margulies said. “It’s always easy to beat a player when you’re physically superior, but when it comes down to concentration, it takes an awful lot of staying power to win that way.”

Beres remains undefeated at fourth singles, while Zack Miller and Jon Perachio remain unbeaten at first and second singles, respectively. Also unbeaten is the first doubles team of Matt McFadden and Peter Stephenson.

Newtown 7, Immaculate 0

Singles: Zack Miller (N) def Kirk Shapack 6-0, 6-0; Jon Perachio (N) def Chris Steiner 6-0, 6-0; Sean O’Mahoney (N) def Steve Vain 6-1, 7-6 (7-1); Matt Beres (N) def John Robertson 6-1, 6-1. Doubles: Pete Stephenson/Matt McFadden (N) def Andy Reilly/John LaValley 6-0, 6-0; Steve Danyew/Jason Garbarino (N) def Joe Yakal/Brian Stascaro, 6-0, 6-0; Mike Burns/Ben Nash (N) def Paul Bayer/Martin Bayer 6-2, 6-0.

Newtown 7, Masuk 0

Singles: Miller (N) def Matt Leis 6-0, 6-0; Perachio (N) def Marcus Svensson 6-0, 6-0; O’Mahoney def Tony Pane 6-2, 6-1; Beres (N) def Jeff Kramer 6-2, 6-4, 6-2. Doubles: Stephenson/McFadden (N) def Aaron Doshi/Mark Weindling 6-2, 6-4; Danyew/Garbarino (N) def Dadim Kharaz/Ashton Bullock 6-4, 3-6, 6-0; Aaron Johnson/Tom Hunt (N) def Matt Schulman/Jason Maur 6-0, 6-3.

Newtown 7, Jonathan Law 0

Singles: Miller (N) def Alex Moe 6-3, 6-2; Perachio (N) def Kevin Wright 6-0, 6-0; O’Mahoney (N) def Miles Holley 6-0, 6-0; Beres (N) def Tarance Brunou 6-0, 6-3. Doubles: Stepehenson/McFadden (N) def Paul Lusterboughs/Cole DeRosa 6-2, 6-4; Danyew/Garbarino (N) def Haroon Ramza/Dan Hanchmer 6-1, 6-0; Hunt/Burns (N) def Don Palmer/Min Liu 6-3, 6-0.