Freedom High School’s boys tennis team advanced to the Virginia AAA State semifinals following a 5-0 home victory against Frank W. Cox High School in the quarterfinal round May 29 in South Riding.

The Eagles - Cedar Run District and Northwest Region champions this season - improved to 22-0 with Tuesday’s win. Wesley Wong, Alex Cragg, Brian Park, Varun Kulkarni and David Choi each won their singles matches in straight sets for the Eagles.

Freedom - coached by John Bell - will play Central Region champion Deep Run in the state semifinals June 1 at Huntington Park in Newport News. Match is scheduled to start at 9 a.m. Deep Run defeated Robinson, 5-0, in the state quarterfinals.

The state championship match is set for June 2, 9 a.m. also at Huntington Park.

Freedom 5, Cox 0
#1 Wesley Wong def. Tyler Searcy 6-2, 6-4
#2 Alex Cragg def. Wil Timberlake 6-3, 6-0
#3 Brian Park def. Zach Tuckman 6-3, 6-1
#5 Varun Kulkarni def. PJ Costello 6-1, 6-1
#6 David Choi def. Joey Maddox 6-0, 6-1

#4 Tin Nguyen-Phan trailed Robert Crocker when the match was suspended after Freedom had secured the five victories necessary to advance.