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The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater men's tennis team advanced three singles players and three doubles pairs to the Round of 32 Friday at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Midwest Invitational at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minn.
 
No. 5 seed John Zakowski (Green Bay, Wis./Southwest), No. 10 Cole Lindwall (Cottage Grove, Wis./Monona Grove) and No. 16 Ryan Mitchell (Frankfort, Ill./Lincoln-Way East) all moved past the first two rounds to lead the Warhawks. Lindwall and Mitchell were each straight-set winners in their first two matches, while Zakowski dropped his first set in the Round of 64 before recovering for a victory against UW-Eau Claire.
 
Zakowski and Alex Gray (Edwardsville, Ill./Edwardsville), the No. 2 seeded doubles team, earned a bye to the Round of 32 and will compete in their first match Saturday. Lindwall and Mitchell, the No. 9 seeded combination, topped UW-Eau Claire in the first round.
 
Brendan Pietila (Sussex, Wis./Arrowhead) and Payton Adkisson (Lincolnshire, Ill./Stevenson) also advanced, besting St. Olaf 8-7 in the opening round.
 
Tournament play resumes Saturday at 9 a.m.
 
See below for all UW-Whitewater results from the first day.
 
Singles
 
Payton Adkisson (Lincolnshire, Ill./Stevenson)
Round of 128: lost to Henry Bridgers (Grinnell) 7-5, 6-1
 
Ridley Aranda (Bayside, Wis./Nicolet)
Round of 128: lost to No. 17 Xander Roti (Carleton) 6-3, 6-1
 
Josh Baldwin (Sun Prairie, Wis./Sun Prairie)
Round of 128: lost to No. 17 Bowen Mince (Grinnell) 4-6, 6-1, 1-0 (10-4)
 
Alex Gray (Edwardsville, Ill./Edwardsville) – No. 6 seed
Round of 128: lost to Rafael Costa (Gustavus Adolphus) 7-5, 6-0
 
Josh Guillermo (Muskego, Wis./Marquette University HS)
Round of 128: lost to Drew Elofson (Gustavus Adolphus) 6-3, 6-1
 
Noah Guillermo (Muskego, Wis./Marquette University HS)
Round of 128: lost to No. 12 Tarm Rojanasoonthon (Carleton) 5-7, 6-1, 1-0 (10-5)
 
Parker Hearne (Roscoe, Ill./Hononegah)
Round of 128: lost to No. 11 Marco Siviero (Gustavus Adolphus) 6-2, 6-1
 
Cole Lindwall (Cottage Grove, Wis./Monona Grove) – No. 10 seed
Round of 128: d. Tim Roback (St. Olaf) 6-0, 6-1
Round of 64: d. Sean Bochman (Gustavus Adolphus) 6-3, 6-3
Round of 32: vs. Federico Fiorda (Gustavus Adolphus)
 
Ryan Mitchell (Frankfort, Ill./Lincoln-Way East) – No. 16 seed
Round of 128: d. Tanner Finken (Central) 6-0, 6-2
Round of 64: d. Chris Mitev (Carthage) 6-1, 6-3
Round of 32: vs. No. 17 Jon Lansing (Coe)
 
Brendan Pietila (Sussex, Wis./Arrowhead) – No. 17 seed
Round of 128: lost to Joe Punnoose (Gustavus Adolphus) 3-6, 6-2, 1-0 (10-5)
 
Noah Wankerl (Sauk City, Wis./Sauk Prairie)
Round of 128: d. Nathan Meskell (Coe) 6-2, 6-2
Round of 64: lost to No. 14 Caleb Fridinger (Gustavus Adolphus) 6-2, 6-1
 
John Zakowski (Green Bay, Wis./Southwest) – No. 5 seed
Round of 128: d. Jordan Doi (Macalester) 6-1, 6-1
Round of 64: d. John Foley (UW-Eau Claire) 3-6, 6-3, 1-0 (10-7)
Round of 32: vs. Justin Sehlin (Gustavus Adolphus)
 
Doubles
 
Ridley Aranda (Bayside, Wis./Nicolet)/Josh Guillermo (Muskego, Wis./Marquette University HS)
Round of 64: lost to Indraneel Raut/Sean Bochman (Gustavus Adolphus) 8-4
 
Josh Baldwin (Sun Prairie, Wis./Sun Prairie)/Noah Wankerl (Sauk City, Wis./Sauk Prairie)
Round of 64: lost to No. 5 Daniel Fouchier/Sourabh Terakanambi (Gustavus Adolphus) 8-2
 
Parker Hearne (Roscoe, Ill./Hononegah)/Noah Guillermo (Muskego, Wis./Marquette University HS)
Round of 64: lost to No. 9 Oscar Wilkstrom/Jackson Bergmeyer (Gustavus Adolphus) 8-2
 
Cole Lindwall (Cottage Grove, Wis./Monona Grove)/Ryan Mitchell (Frankfort, Ill./Lincoln-Way East) – No. 9 seed
Round of 64: d. Victor Simoes/Kole Kolinski (UW-Eau Claire) 8-0
Round of 32: vs. Aswath Viswanathan/Tate Fuller (Carleton)
 
Brendan Pietila (Sussex, Wis./Arrowhead)/Payton Adkisson (Lincolnshire, Ill./Stevenson)
Round of 64: d. Ethan Bruha/Tim Roback (St. Olaf) 8-7
Round of 32: vs. No. 4 Rami Hemaidan/Bo Wilson (Coe)
 
John Zakowski (Green Bay, Wis./Southwest)/Alex Gray (Edwardsville, Ill./Edwardsville) – No. 2 seed
Round of 64: Bye
Round of 32: vs. Wil McDowell/Hunter Fischer (St. John's)