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The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater men's tennis team continued their Wisconsin road trip Sunday morning against UW-Eau Claire.
 
The Warhawks (13-5) defeated their rival Blugolds (13-7) in a 6-3 battle that saw the Warhawks claim their fourth straight victory off an impressive singles performance.
 
The Warhawks started off with a lone victory in doubles, thanks to junior Zach Wood (Downers Grove, Ill./South) and freshman Noah Guillermo (Muskego, Wis./Marquette University HS) taking an 8-5 win in the third slot.
 
They bounced back in singles, taking the first three points.  Senior Brandon Dechter (Mundelein, Ill./Carmel Catholic) took a 7-6 (3), 6-3 victory in the second slot, freshman Ryan Mitchell (Frankfort, Ill./Lincoln-Way East) a 6-3, 6-3 win in the third, and freshman Alex Gray (Edwardsville, Ill./Edwardsville) a 6-1, 7-5 victory in the fourth match to put the Warhawks just shy of clinching the match.
 
Freshman Brendan Pietila (Sussex, Wis./Arrowhead) clinched the match in a tense 7-6 (3), 7-6 (2) affair in the fifth slot.  The Warhawks would go on to take five of six singles matches
 
The Warhawks will hit the road again to St. Louis, Mo., Friday at 2 p.m. to face down nationally-ranked No. 6 Washington-St. Louis.