UW-Whitewater defeated Grinnell College 9-0 Saturday at Cherokee Country Club in Madison, Wisconsin, giving head coach Frank Barnes his 200th win in his eleventh season at UW-W.
UW-Whitewater 9, Grinnell College 0
singles
1. Ben Shklyar (Deerfield, IL/Deerfield), WW, defeated Elliot Czarnecki, GRIN, 6-2, 6-1
2. Andy McGlashen (Southampton, England/), WW, defeated Emilio Gomez, GRIN, 6-1, 6-1
3. Jake Humphreys (Kenosha/Tremper), WW, defeated Daniel Nellis, GRIN, 6-0, 6-0
4. Andrew Bayliss (Sheboygan/North), WW, defeated C.J. Ray, GRIN, 6-1, 6-4
5. Mitch Osborne (Crystal Lake, IL/Central), WW, defeated Tracy Johnson, GRIN, 6-2, 6-1
6. Brian Klein (Brookfield/East), WW, defeated Colin Johnson, GRIN, 6-1, 6-0
doubles
1. Shklyar/Osborne, WW, defeated Czarnecki/Gomez, GRIN, 8-3
2. McGlashen/Humphreys, WW defeated T. Johnson/C. Johnson, GRIN, 8-2
3. Klein/Kevin Friend (Deerfield, IL/Deerfield), WW, defeated Nellis/Ray, GRIN, 8-3
UW-Whitewater will travel to Greencastle, Indiana to play Case Western Reserve University Saturday, February 23, play beginning at 2:00 p.m. and host DePauw University at 6:00. The next home match for the Warhawks will be March 15 at 5:00, when UW-W meets Carthage College at the Four Lakes Club in Elkhorn, Wisconsin.
Barnes, UW-Whitewater's tennis coordinator, is in his eleventh year at UW-W. He has directed the men's team to a 200-95 won loss record, including seven 20+ win seasons in a row. He is second among the five coaches in school history, trailing only Ron Wangerin, who compiled a 239-116 record in twenty-three seasons. Barnes is also nearing the 200 milestone with the Warhawk women's team. Halfway through the women's 2012-13 schedule Barnes' record stands at 176-61. The Warhawk women have won six consecutive Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference titles.
(Note: men's tennis is not a WIAC sport.) The men's team has made six straight NCAA Division III championship tournament appearances.
UW-W is 3-5 this spring. Grinnell is 6-3. The Warhawks, ranked twenty-ninth in
the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Division III poll, have played four Division III teams (3-1) and four Division I (0-4).
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