After fifteen straight dual match wins, the Warhawk men's tennis team saw their streak come to an end by dropping a match to Division I UW-Green Bay 7-0 on Sunday.  However, the Warhawks followed up their first loss in over a month with an 8-1 victory over St. Norbert.  Both matches were played on the campus of UW-Green Bay.  The scoring for the match against UW-GB used the Division I format where a team must win two of three doubles matches to earn a point.

In the first match against Green Bay, the Warhawks won the number one doubles flight, but dropped two close matches at the two and three spots.  In singles, the Warhawks battled in three matches, winning several games in each set, but were unable to come away victorious at any flight.

Singles
#1 - Erik Finkenbrink (UW-GB) def. Andrew Bayliss (Sheboygan/North) (UW-W) 6-3, 6-1
#2 - Craig Cox (UW-GB) def. Andy McGlashen (Southampton, England/) (UW-W) 6-4, 6-3
#3 - Paul Swanson (UW-GB) def. Mitch Osborne (Crystal Lake, IL/Central) (UW-W) 6-0, 6-0
#4 - Christoph Hopfe (UW-GB) def. Byron Balkin (Madison/Memorial) (UW-W) 6-2, 6-3
#5 - Fabian Gogolin (UW-GB) def. Ethan Niquet (Waukesha/Marquette) (UW-W) 6-3, 6-3
#6 - Henning Jess (UW-GB) def. Erik Scanlan (Libertyville, IL/Libertyville) (UW-W) 6-1, 7-6 (3)

Doubles
#1 - Balkin/Osborne (UW-W) def. Gogolin/Hopfe (UW-GB) 8-4
#2 - Finkenbrink/Josh Oothoudt (UW-GB) def. Bayliss/Niquet (UW-W) 9-7
#3 - Cox/Swanson (UW-GB) def. Scanlan/Will Krieger (Hartland/Arrowhead) (UW-W) 8-5

The Warhawks got back on track against St. Norbert overwhelming the Green Knights at all but the number two doubles spot.  St. Norbert defeated the Warhawk duo of Scanlan and RJ Rademacher (Deephaven, MN/Minnetonka) for their only win in the match.

Singles
#1 - Balkin (UW-W) def. Derek Harrington (SNC) 7-5, 6-2
#2 - Niquet (UW-W) def. Tim Hartwich (SNC) 6-1, 6-1
#3 - Krieger (UW-W) def. Matt Lobeck (SNC) 6-2, 6-1
#4 - Scanlan (UW-W) def. Nick Acosta (SNC) 6-0, 6-3
#5 - Rademacher (UW-W) def. Joshua Sweere (SNC) 6-1, 6-3
#6 - Brian Klein (Brookfield/East) (UW-W) def. Danny Meicher (SNC) 6-1, 6-1

Doubles
#1 - Bayliss/Osborne (UW-W) def. Harrington/Acosta (SNC) 8-1
#2 - Hartwich/Meicher (SNC) def. Scanlan/Rademacher (UW-W) 9-8 (3)
#3 - Kevin Friend (Deerfield, IL/Deerfield)/Klein (UW-W) def. Lobeck/Sweere (SNC) 8-1

Niquet won his 24th match at singles on Sunday, putting him in second for most wins on the team, two behind Bayliss.  Balkin has also won over twenty matches in singles play (23).

Balkin and Osborne continue to do damage at doubles improving to 24-2 overall this season.  The duo is ranked sixth in the central region by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association.

The team will return to the court on April 28 when they host Illinois Wesleyan and Elmhurst College at 3:00 pm and 6:30 pm respectively.  During the second match the Warhawks will honor their lone senior Charlie Miller (Marengo, IL/MCHS).

For additional information, Frank Barnes