The UW-Whitewater men's tennis team defeated Grinnell College 5-4 Friday, February 29th in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.  The Warhawks are ranked seventh in the Central Region and the Pioneers are ranked fifteenth. 

Singles
#1- Alex Lowe (Oswego, IL/Oswego), WW, def Dan LaFountaine, GC, 6-3, 6-4
#2- Juan Carlos Perez Borja, GC, def Gianandrea Heyer (Lugano, Switzerland/Bellinzona HS), WW, 6-3, 6-4
#3- Johnny Reed (Madison/LaFollette), WW, def Nathaniel Fox, GC, 7-6, 6-7, 6-4
#4- DJ Warden, GC, def Danny Glinert (Madison/Edgewood), WW, 6-4, 6-7, 7-6
#5- Timmy Moller, WW, def Sam Raife, GC, 6-1, 6-1
#6- Ian Hintz (Burlington/Burlington), WW, def Jordan Lee, GC, 6-4, 7-6

Doubles
#1- Fox/LaFountaine, GC, def Lowe/Heyer, WW, 8-2
#2- Warden/Perez Borja, BC, def Erich Palecek (Franklin/Greendale)/Glinert, WW, 8-6
#3- David Stefanik (Oak Creek/Oak Creek)/Kelvin Caiati (Greendale/Greendale), WW, def Lee/Daniel Malarkey, GC, 8-5

UW-Whitewater also competed Saturday against Coe College, falling to the Kohawks 2-7.

UW-W will travel to Madison on March 7th to take on Luther College at Nielsen Tennis Stadium at 3:30 p.m.  The next home match for the Warhawks will be Saturday, March 8 at 9:30 a.m. with Elmhurst College visiting Kachel Fieldhouse.-

For more information:
Frank Barnes, UW-W coach
Men's tennis website:  http://www.uwwsports.com/index.asp?path=mten