LEWISTON – Matt Letourneau has been in his share of tight spots.

A senior, and a three-sport athlete, Letourneau has been on both the winning and losing end of many critical touchdowns, goals and game-points.

And while many of those scoring chances were likely technically more important, his most recent gut-check moment brought about a smile just as wide, and a holler just as loud.

After dropping the second set to Mt. Ararat’s Josh Dennison, Letourneau took a 2-0 lead in the third, but faced two break points at 15-40.

He roared back, slid by Dennison to take a 3-0 lead and cruised to a 6-0 victory in the third, helping Lewiston to a 3-2 match win over the visiting Eagles.

“In any sport, in any scenario, when you’re up 2-0, the next one is always the biggest, to make it 2-1 or 3-0,” Letourneau said. “Down 15-40, to battle back and take that game from behind, that just killed his morale.”

The Blue Devils kept alive nearly-five-year-long winning streak, and are now 87-1, including the playoffs, under coach Ron Chicoine.

Even though he split sets, Letourneau was surprisingly calm.

“He caught me off-guard a little bit,” Letourneau said. “I was playing too defensively, and he took it to me. I just came out in the third and started attacking him and taking it to him.”

“I like multi-sport athletes because they’re mentally tough,” Chicoine said. “These guys, when they get to tennis, they’re excited about it, and they don’t get down. They coach themselves.”

In the teams’ previous meeting this season, Lewiston also escaped with a 3-2 win, though the Eagles (10-2) in that match won at No. 1 and No. 2 singles while dropping both doubles points to the Devils (12-0).

“That was the difference this time,” Mt. Ararat coach Don Foley said. “That was the flip-flop this time.”

Ben McDonough made sure Tuesday’s match didn’t follow the same pattern.

“It was in the back of my mind since I lost to him the last time,” McDonough said. “I knew I had to come out and play better than I did last time. It was all about being consistent.”

McDonough took care of Mt. Ararat’s Nate Rohman in straight sets, 6-4, 6-2, to earn Lewiston’s first point.

Devyn Cote and Eric Hall officially clinched the match at No. 1 doubles for Lewiston moments after Letourneau’s marathon ended, defeating Andy Tufts and Josh Bryant easily, 6-1, 6-1.

“We just had to relax, focus on our own match, get another point under our belt and hope that one of the other matches still on the court pulled one out, too,” Cote said.

Alex Chicoine and Scott Gagne, playing their first match together at second doubles, struggled in the first set, won the second but faltered in the third. Adam Levesque and Ryan Kittle toughed out that third set, to earn Mt. Ararat’s second point with a 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 victory.

“It was a match-time decision how I was going to set my doubles,” Chicoine said. “I might have been better keeping them like I originally had them.”

In a rare dual home match, the Lewiston girls also faced the Eagles Tuesday, and walked away with a 5-0 win. The longest match of the afternoon came at No. 2 singles, where Julia Bergeron survived in a 6-1, 6-7 (5), 6-1 marathon with Abby Levesque of Mt. Ararat.

The Lewiston girls are also undefeated on the season at 12-0.