Using a different lineup, Coach Frank Barnes and the Warhawk men's tennis team topped North Central College 9-0 in Hilton Head, South Carolina Tuesday.  Each singles player played at their respective flight for the first time all season.  Two doubles pairs had played together before while the other was matched up for the first time.

Complete results

Rithwik Rajshekhar Raman (Chennai, Tamil Nadu-India/SAIDS British Education) played at one singles for the first time and won 6-1, 6-2.  He also picked up a win with Kevin Friend (Deerfield, IL/Deerfield) at number two doubles 8-5.  Raman is 14-6 in singles play this season while he and Friend are 3-1 in doubles.

Justin Bowman (St Charles, IL/East) upped his record in singles to 9-1 with a 6-0, 6-2 win on Tuesday while fellow teammate Martin Beck (Minneapolis/South) improved to 10-2 with a win at three singles 6-1, 6-1.  Beck paired with Ben Shklyar (Deerfield, IL/Deerfield) for the second time this season and earned an 8-0 victory at one doubles.

Matt Bisbee (Chicago, IL/Marist) played the longest match of the day at two singles.  He won the first set 6-2, dropped the second 4-6 and won the final 10-5.  He improves to 11-7 this season in singles play.

The Warhawks will face DePauw University at 9:00 am Eastern on Wednesday and will wrap up their spring trip Thursday with a match against Carleton College at 2:00 pm.


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