Whitewater faced two nationally ranked teams today at the Nielsen Tennis Center in Madison, Wisconsin. Luther College defeated UW-Whitewater 5-4 in the first of two matches. Luther College was ranked twenty-seventh in the Division III poll by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association. Eighteenth ranked University of Chicago toppled UW-Whitewater 7-2 in the night match.
Luther College 5, UW-Whitewater 4
singles
1. Scott Sundstrom, LC, def. Danny Glinert (Madison/Edgewood), WW, 6-2, 6-0
2. Kelvin Caiati (Greendale/Greendale), WW, def. Harrison Whiteley, LC, 6-4, 6-2
3. Utsab Rijal, LC, def. Michael Harmatys (Brookfield/Brookfield), WW, 6-4, 5-7, 6-1
4. Max Busch, LC, def. Erik Scanlan (Libertyville, IL/Libertyville), WW, 6-3, 6-1
5. Max Piepkorn, LC, def. Kyle Halweg (Waunakee/Waunakee), WW, 7-6 (8), 7-5
6. William Krieger (Hartland/Arrowhead), WW, def. Aaron Gendron, LC, 6-3, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (3)
doubles
1. Glinert/Caiati, WW, def. Sundstrom/Rijal, LC, 8-6
2. Scanlan/Ian Hintz (Burlington/Burlington), WW, def. Whiteley/Busch, LC, 8-5
3. Piepkorn/Gendron, LC, def. Harmatys/Logan Covelli (Racine/Washington Park), WW, 8-4
Sundstrom, playing flight one for Luther, is ranked twenty-fourth in Division III.
University of Chicago 7, UW-Whitewater 2
singles
1. Will Zhang, UC, def. Danny Glinert (Madison/Edgewood), W, 6-2, 6-1
2. Jan Stefanski, UC, def. Kelvin Caiati (Greendale/Greendale), WW, 6-2, 6-4
3. Tawa, UC, def. Erik Scanlan (Libertyville, IL/Libertyville), WW, 6-2, 6-3
4. Johnathan Alexander, UC, def. Kyle Halweg (Waunakee/Waunakee), WW, 6-2, 6-2
5. Troy Brinker, UC, def. Will Krieger, WW, 2-6, 6-3, 10-8
6. Harrison Abrams, UC, def. Ian Hintz (Burlington/Burlington), WW, 6-3, 6-2
doubles
1. Glinert/Caiati, WW, def. G. Brinker/ Saltarelli, UC, 9-8 (9-7)
2. Hintz/Scanlan, WW, def. Tawa/Alexander, UC, 9-8 (7-5)
3. T. Brinker/Stefanski, UC, def. Miller/Covelli, WW, 8-1
Zhang, University of Chicago's number one player, is ranked twelfth in Division III.
This is just the second and third match of the of the season for UW-W. The Warhawks opened with a loss against the Division I University of Wisconsin-Madison.
UW-Whitewater, looking for a return trip to the NCAA III championship tournament, will play next February 12-13. The Warhawks will host Wheaton College (IL) at the Four Lakes Athletic Club in Elkhorn, Wisconsin at 5:00 Friday, then move in to the Kachel Fieldhouse for two matches Saturday. Saturday's schedule has UW-W facing Hope College at 1:00 and UW-Oshkosh at 5:00.
For additional information: Frank Barnes, UW-W coach
