The Warhawks made a case for a spot in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Division III rankings with their play Saturday, February 23.  The unranked Warhawks lost to #16 Kalamazoo College 6-3, then turned the tables later in the day to defeat #21 Calvin College 5-4.

(click on the schedule link to the Kalamazoo match to see those results)

UW-Whitewater 5, Calvin College 4
Ricky Tilton, CC, def. Alex Lowe (Oswego, IL/Oswego), WW, 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 (4)
Marcus Zeilstra, CC, def. Gianandrea Heyer (Lugano, Switzerland/Bellinzona HS), WW, 6-3, 6-2
John Reed (Madison/Lafollette), WW, def. Steve DeMaagd, CC, 7-5, 4-6, 6-0
Daniel Glinert, WW, def. Mike Goorhouse, CC, 6-2, 7-6 (4)
Dave Stefanik, WW, def. Matt De Vlieger, CC, 3-6, 7-5, 7-5
Andrew De Vlieger, CC, def. Tim Moller (Stevens Point/Stevens Point Area High School), WW, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4

Lowe/Heyer, WW, def. Tilton/Zeilstra, CC, 8-4
Glinert/Erich Palecek (Franklin/Greendale), WW, def. DeMaagd/Goorhouse, CC, 9-7
A. De Vlieger/Andrew Rescorla, CC, def. Reed/Stefanik, WW, 8-5

John Reed (Madison/Lafollette) leads UW-W in victories, with seven (7-4), with Kelvin Caiati (Greendale/Greendale) owning the best winning percentage at 5-2.  Saturday's matches were the first pairing for Lowe and Heyer, and they went 2-0.  Lowe has also partnered with Robin Borg (Stockholm, Sweden/Njudungs Tennis Academy) for a 6-2 record at one doubles.

UW-Whitewater is 5-3 in dual matches.

UW-W will play at Grinnell College (IA) Friday, February 29 at then Coe College (IA) Saturday, March 1.  The next home match for the Warhawks will be Saturday, March 8 at 9:30 a.m. with Elmhurst College visiting Kachel Fieldhouse.

For additional information:
Frank Barnes, UW-W tennis coordinator