UW-Whitewater, ranked eighth in the latest Intercollegiate Tennis Association central region poll, defeated 12th ranked Grinnell College 6-3 on Monday in Orlando, Florida.  The 'Hawks improve to 10-4 in dual matches this season.

The top three singles spots went to a third set or a tiebreaker in the tight match, and all three doubles matches were close with no team winning by more than four games.  UW-W's Andrew Bayliss (Sheboygan/North) and Ethan Niquet (Waukesha/Marquette) each won their 15th matches in singles play and are tied for the team lead in wins.

Singles
#1 - Juan Carlos Perez Borja (GC) def. Andy McGlashen (Southampton, England/) (UW-W) 6-2, 6-7 (7-4), 6-3
#2 - Andrew Bayliss (Sheboygan/North) (UW-W) def. Dmitriy Glumov (GC) 6-3, 5-7, 6-4
#3 - Mitch Osborne (Crystal Lake, IL/Central) (UW-W) def. Martin Dluhos (GC) 6-2, 7-6 (2)
#4 - Byron Balkin (Madison/Memorial) (UW-W) def. Colin Johnson (GC) 6-0, 6-3
#5 - Ethan Niquet (Waukesha/Marquette) (UW-W) def. Ishan Bhadkamkar (GC) 6-1, 6-3
#6 - Daniel Nellis (GC) def. Will Krieger (Hartland/Arrowhead) (UW-W) 6-3, 6-3

Doubles
#1 - Perez Borja/Glumov (GC) def. Osborne/Balkin (UW-W) 8-5
#2 - Bayliss/Niquet (UW-W) def. Johnson/Michael Cole (GC) 8-6
#3 - Erik Scanlan (Libertyville, IL/Libertyville)/Charlie Miller (Marengo, IL/MCHS) (UW-W) def. Bhadkamkar/Dylan Gumm (GC) 8-4

UW-W will compete again on Monday night at 6:30 against Oglethorpe University.  The Stormy Petrels are 9-1 so far this season.

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