UW-Whitewater, eighth in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Division III Central Region poll, defeated number eleven Luther College 7-2 Friday at the Four Lakes Athletic Club in Elkhorn, Wisconsin.

singles:
1. Scott Sundstrom, LC, defeated Byron Balkin (Madison/Memorial), WW, 6-7(5), 6-1, 10-5
2. Ramesh Karki, LC, defeated Andrew Bayliss (Sheboygan/North), WW, 7-6(3), 1-6, 10-5
3. Andy McGlashen (Southampton, England/), WW, defeated Nick Mozena, LC, 6-2, 6-3
4. Mitch Osborne (Crystal Lake, IL/Central), WW, defeated Aaron Gendron, LC, 6-3, 6-3
5. Erik Scanlan (Libertyville, IL/Libertyville), WW, defeated Quinn Foley, LC, 6-4, 6-0
6. Brian Klein (Brookfield/East), WW, defeated James Ayer, LC, 6-3, 6-4

doubles:
1. Balkin/Osborne, WW, defeated Sundstrom/Foley, LC, 8-1
2. Bayliss/McGlashen, WW, defeated Karki/Mozena, LC, 8-3
3. Scanlan/Kevin Friend (Deerfield, IL/Deerfield), WW, defeated, Gendron/Tyler Zinnecker, LC, 8-6

The match at one singles featured two ranked players, Whitewater's Balkin is fourteenth in the ITA Central Region and Luther's Sundstrom is eighteenth.  The UW-W one doubles team of Balkin and Osborne are ranked ninth in the Central Region.

In addition to its regional ranking, UW-Whitewater is twenty-first on the national ranking.

UW-W men's tennis is 1-1 in dual meets, with their loss coming to Division I Northern Illinois University January 27.

Whitewater will host a pair of duals Saturday, versus UW-Oshkosh at 12:30 and Wheaton College at 3:30 at the Four Lakes Athletic Club in Elkhorn.


For additional information:  Frank Barnes, UW-W tennis coordinator