UW-Whitewater lost 5-2 to The Citadel in Hilton Head, South Carolina Monday.  Whitewater is 9-5 overall, with four of those losses at the hands of NCAA Division I opponents.

The Citadel 5, UW-Whitewater 2
singles
1.  David Orces, TC, defeated Byron Balkin (Madison/Memorial), WW, 6-3, 6-1
2.  Andrew Bayliss (Sheboygan/North), WW, defeated Josh Cook TC, 6-4, 6-1
3.  Mitch Osborne (Crystal Lake, IL/Central), WW, defeated James Atkinson, TC, 7-6 (4), 7-5
4.  Dillon Berkabile, TC, defeated Eric Scanlan, WW, 7-6 (5), 6-2
5.  Peter Bleach, TC, defeated Brady Porter (Madison/Memorial), WW, 6-1, 6-1
6.  Elliot Spear, TC, defeated Brian Klein (Brookfield/East), WW, 7-5, 6-2
doubles
1.  Orces/Atkinson, TC, defeated Bayliss/Osborne, WW, 8-3
2.  Berkabile/Bleach, TC, defeated Balkin/Cameron Laktash (Crystal Lake, IL/South), WW, 8-2
3.  Scanlan/Kevin Friend (Deerfield, IL/Deerfield), WW, defeated Spear/Alex Howle, TC, 8-5

One point is awarded for each singles match, and doubles count as one point, best of three.

Bayliss raised his singles mark to 9-8 and Osborne upped his to 10-2.  Scanlan and Friend, playing three doubles, are now 7-2.

UW-Whitewater will play The College of Coastal Georgia in Brunswick, Georgia Tuesday.

For additional information:  Frank Barnes, UW-W tennis coordinator, 262-472-6201 or barnesf@uww.edu