Ethan Niquet (Waukesha/Marquette) won the decisive match in a 5-4 Warhawk victory over Luther College on Tuesday in Orlando, Florida.

The Warhawks were down 4-2 and had to win their last three singles matches, each in a superbreaker, to defeat the Norse.

Another crucial match was at the one doubles slot where Byron Balkin (Madison/Memorial) and Mitch Osborne (Crystal Lake, IL/Central) rallied from being down 0-4 against the number nine ranked team in the central region by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association to win by a score of 8-5.  The Warhawks are now 12-4 in dual matches this season.

Singles
#1 - Scott Sundstrom (LUT) def. Andy McGlashen (Southampton, England/) (UW-W) 6-4, 6-1
#2 - Andrew Bayliss (Sheboygan/North) (UW-W) def. Harrison Whiteley (LUT) 3-6, 6-0, 10-4
#3 - Ramesh Karki (LUT) def. Mitch Osborne (Crystal Lake, IL/Central) (UW-W) 6-2, 6-3
#4 - Byron Balkin (Madison/Memorial) (UW-W) def. Nick Mozena (LUT) 4-6, 6-4, 10-8
#5 - Ethan Niquet (Waukesha/Marquette) (UW-W) def. Samriddh Burman (LUT) 6-1, 4-6, 10-7
#6 - Tyler Zinnecker (LUT) def. Erik Scanlan (Libertyville, IL/Libertyville) (UW-W) 6-3, 6-4

Doubles
#1 - Osborne/Byron Balkin (Madison/Memorial) (UW-W) def. Karki/Sundstrom (LUT) 8-5
#2 - Bayliss/Niquet (UW-W) def. Max Piepkorn/Tyler Zinnecker (LUT) 9-8 (5)
#3 - Whiteley/Mozena (LUT) def. Scanlan/Charlie Miller (Marengo, IL/MCHS) (UW-W) 8-6

UW-Whitewater will compete again on Thursday in two matches in Orlando.  The first match is against Merrimack College at 8:00 am and the second match is at 3:30 pm against Calvin College.

For additional information, Frank Barnes