The UW-Whitewater men's tennis team defeated UW-La Crosse 8-1 and UW-Eau Claire 7-2 Saturday in La Crosse.  The Warhawks, ranked seventh in the Central Region by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association, have now won seven straight dual matches to improve to 19-7.  The Eagles fall to 14-5 and the Blugolds, ranked 20th in the Central Region, fall to 13-9.

La Crosse results
Eau Claire results

Jake Humphreys (Kenosha/Tremper) won twice at one singles on Saturday, both in straight sets, to improve to 25-6 this season.  Byron Balkin (Madison/Memorial) won a tight match at one singles against La Crosse and paired with Humphreys for two 8-1 wins at one doubles.  The tandem is 7-0 this season.

Brian Klein (Brookfield/East) won both three singles matches to improve to 16-12 this season.  Cam Laktash (Crystal Lake, IL/South) won in straight sets twice, once at five singles and once at four singles, to improve to 11-3 while teammate Michael Schnarr (Madison/Memorial) won in straight sets in six singles in both matches.

In the six doubles matches Saturday the Warhawks lost a combined 16 games.

This is the fourth consecutive year that the Warhawks have defeated the other three WIAC schools that sponsor men's tennis.  UW-W defeated UW-Oshkosh Friday.

The Warhawks will travel to Cedar Rapids, Iowa for a dual match against Coe College on April 27 at 10 am.



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