The Renton Indians battled to wins in the first and second singles matches, but it was not enough to beat the league-leading Hazen Highlanders, who stayed unbeaten Friday with a 5-2 win at Hazen.

Renton’s Oscar Cruz picked up a point for the Indians int he first singles match, defeating David Vaisar 6-2, 6-0.

In an evenly-matched second singles pairing, Renton’s Conner Anselme and Hazen’s Dylan Kittay traded sets before Anselme was able to come out on top 7-6, 6-7, 10-8.

In third singles, Hazen’s Sohil Shah dropped the first set to Renton’s Darius Felder, but was able to comeback to win the match 3-6, 6-0, 10-6, while in fourth singles, Hazen’s James Chen beat David Huynh 6-2, 6-2.

In doubles play, the Hazen team of Justin Nguyen and SonLam Nguyen beat Howard Ho and Sameer Apolalhaliem 6-1, 6-2 while the second team of Nathan Nagel and Alan Li beat Renton’s Tony Vo and Kendrick Untalan 6-1, 6-1. Hazen’s third doubles team of Tyler Holm and Will Thordarson won by default.

Hazen is now 5-0 on the year and 4-0 in the Seamount League. The Highlanders are scheduled to play at Kennedy Catholic today, Monday, and home against Lindbergh on Friday.

Renton falls to 0-4 on the season and are schedule to play at Foster on Wednesday and at Highline on Friday.