Lawrence High's Sam Allen lines up a return during a dual against Bishop Seabury Academy, Friday, April 1, 2016 at Lawrence High.

It wasn’t ideal weather, with strong gusts of wind and chilly air, but Lawrence High’s boys tennis team made the most of it Friday.

The Lions cruised to an 8-1 victory in a dual against Bishop Seabury at LHS, sweeping all six of the singles matches. Elliott Abromeit and Cooper Wright won matches in singles and doubles without dropping a game.

It’s only the second meet of the season for the Lions, who took third place at the Emporia Invitational on Tuesday. But with a long list of returners, they’ve played well despite the conditions.

“For us to be able to mentally stay in every point and win some matches has been huge,” LHS coach Chris Marshall said. “I think it will help us down the road, building some confidence.”

At No. 1 doubles, LHS juniors Sam Allen and Brendan Connor fought to a 8-5 win against Seabury’s top pairing of Thomas Silvestri and Jared Lange.

Allen started playing with Connor last summer at the Jayhawk Tennis Center. The two, who went to elementary school together, play off of each other’s strengths. Allen prefers to play at the net, drilling forehand and backhand winners. Connor plays well on the baseline and has a serve that is a strong mix of power and spin.

For Allen, who had never played year-round, the summer practices have made it easy to play alongside Connor.

“It’s made a huge difference,” Allen said. “Getting out there on the court, even in offseason when you’re not going to Jayhawk or you’re not playing with a team, just going out there with Brendan and hitting, that’s made a huge difference.”

Allen rolled to an 8-1 victory at No. 2 singles, and Connor was an 8-2 winner at No. 3 singles.

“We started off a little rough there, but we got it back together,” Marshall said. “The key thing is finishing strong and ending on a good note. Sam played some really, really singles, so I was pretty impressed with that.”

Along with 8-0 wins from Abromeit (No. 1 singles) and Wright (No. 4 singles), Graham Edmonds cruised to an 8-1 victory at No. 6 singles, and Cameron Guy won 8-1 at No. 5 singles in the last match of the day.

Edmonds and Guy moved up from the junior-varsity lineup, and Marshall noted they “really helped us out.”

It was the first matches of the season for the Seahawks, and they picked up their lone win at No. 3 doubles where Thomas DiZerega and Jack Edmonds combined for an 8-7 (7-5) victory, though Edmonds said he needs to work on straightening out his backhand and forehand.

“I think that’s huge, honestly,” Seabury coach Andrew Konetzni said of the No. 3 doubles win. “I think that was their No. 1 doubles JV team, but that’s a good win for us. They are good opponents, at least, so I think that helped our self esteem and everything.”

The Seahawks were without their top singles player, Noah Yoshida, but were just happy to get back on the courts.

“We’ve only had, like, two practices. They got a two-week-long spring break, so next week we’re going to get after it,” Konetzni said. “Cruddy weather, but we had a good time and got some matches under their belt, which is good.”

Singles

No. 1 — Elliott Abromeit, LHS, def. Thomas DiZerega, BSA, 8-0

No. 2 — Sam Allen, LHS, def. Jared Lange, BSA, 8-1

No. 3 — Brendan Connor, LHS, def. Jack Edmonds, BSA, 8-2

No. 4 — Cooper Wright, LHS, def. Rodrigo Mija, BSA, 8-0

No. 5 — Cameron Guy, LHS, def. Austin Dominguez, BSA, 8-1

No. 6 — Graham Edmonds, LHS, def. Carter Claxton, BSA, 8-1

Doubles

No. 1 — Allen-Connor, LHS, def. Lange-Thomas Silvestri, BSA, 8-5

No. 2 — Abromeit-Wright, LHS, def. Dominguez-Claxton, BSA, 8-0

No. 3 — Edmonds-DiZerega, BSA, def. Kellan Russell-Guy, LHS, 8-7 (7-5)