Marshfield’s boys tennis team completed an unbeaten regular season and capped off preparations for the district tournament by beating host North Bend 6-2 in the second Civil War match of the season on Tuesday.

The Pirates begin play at district on Thursday in Springfield, with hopes of qualifying several players for the Class 5A state tournament.

First, though, they had a little celebrating to do — gathering in a circle to cheer their success. Marshfield was the only team in the district, which includes the other Midwestern League schools and Ashland, to go unbeaten, with only a tie with Churchill blemishing the Pirates' record. The Lancers lost to Ashland, a team Marshfield beat.

“It’s amazing,” said Josh Bott, one of seven seniors on the roster. “We never would have seen this coming.”

Four years ago, the group went through a winless season. All but two of the seven freshmen on that team stuck with the sport, and improved greatly.

“Every year, we just worked harder and got better,” Bott said. “Now we’re at the point where we’ve played a lot of tennis.”

Marshfield coach Paula Massie has been thrilled by the improvement of her squad, and gives all the credit to the boys.

“They deserve it,” she said. “The reason we’ve gone undefeated is we’re a deep team.”

Marshfield had too much depth for North Bend in the season finale on Tuesday.

The Bulldogs got singles wins by Cody Ferguson and Duy Tang, but the Pirates won the rest of the matches, including a pair of three-set contests in singles.

Zaq Jones, another of the fourth-year seniors, outlasted North Bend’s Kory Isley 5-7, 7-5, 6-3. David Stys beat North Bend’s Taylor Strand 1-6, 7-5, 6-0.

Marshfield was dominant in doubles, getting straight-set wins by the squads of Brandon Benson and Brogan Trull, David Perrin and Jamey Moriarty, Brealan Mosieur and Markus Boesl, and Andre Van Rooyen and Jeff Stephens.

Now the Pirates will see how they can fare at the district tournament, which is spread over two weeks.

The first three rounds will be played Thursday, with everyone who wins three times advancing to the semifinals next week and getting a guaranteed berth for the state tournament.

Massie has high hopes for Marshfield’s doubles teams, led by Benson and Trull, who are seeded second and have a first-round bye.

“Brogan and Brandon have a good shot,” she said. “And I believe Jamey Moriarty and David Perrin have a chance, too.”

She also thinks Mosieur and Boesl could do well.

“I really think we can come through with a lot of our doubles players,” she said.

The road will be much tougher for the singles players.

Marshfield freshman Jon Massie, who has played No. 1 all year, did not get one of the four seeds and likely would face Thurston’s Jeff Forrest, the No. 4 seed, in the second round, after Forrest has a bye. Forrest edged Massie in a close match last week.

Jones, Marshfield’s No. 2 player, also would face a seeded foe in the second round, against Churchill’s Chase Thomet, the No. 3 seed.

The district championship is determined entirely based on points accumulated at the season-ending tournament.

The Pirates would like to push Churchill for the title.

“I’m excited,” Benson said. “I think a lot of people on our team can perform well at district.”

“We’ve got the potential to give Churchill a run for their money,” added Bott. “They haven’t had a lot of competition for a long time.”

North Bend’s district tournament, meanwhile, is a week away and will be held in Medford this year.

Ferguson, the Bulldogs’ top player, kept his season record perfect with a 6-0, 6-0 win over Massie.

The senior won the state title as a freshman and finished second as a sophomore. He also advanced to state last year, but didn’t reach the placing rounds.

North Bend’s other win came at No. 3 singles, where Duy Tang beat Bott, 6-4, 7-5.

With the rainy weather conditions that have plagued the South Coast this spring, the Bulldogs played just their second home match outside this spring.