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The No. 30 ranked University of Wisconsin-Whitewater men's tennis team earned a pair of victories Monday during the first day of competition of the team's spring break trip to Hilton Head Island, S.C.
 
The Warhawks (13-1 overall) bested Union (N.Y.) and Wooster (Ohio) by identical scores of 8-1.
 
Against Union (1-3), John Zakowski (Green Bay, Wis./Southwest) and Alex Gray (Edwardsville, Ill./Edwardsville) put UW-W on the board with an 8-2 win at No. 1 doubles. Brendan Pietila (Sussex, Wis./Arrowhead) and Payton Adkisson (Lincolnshire, Ill./Stevenson) doubled the team lead with an 8-2 triumph at No. 3, and Cole Lindwall (Cottage Grove, Wis./Monona Grove) and Rory Calabria (Maple Grove, Minn./Maple Grove) tallied an 8-5 victory to increase the lead to three.
 
Ryan Mitchell (Frankfort, Ill./Lincoln-Way East) gave the Warhawks their first singles point by a 6-2, 6-4 count at the fourth position, and Pietila clinched the dual at the fifth position with a 6-2, 6-0 win.
 
Lindwall pulled out a third-set super tiebreaker for a 6-4, 1-6, 1-0 (12-10) triumph at the top slot, while Gray registered a 6-2, 6-3 victory at the third position. Niclas Goltz (Freiburg, Germany/Droste-Hülshoff-Gymnasium) completed the dual with a 6-0, 3-6, 1-0 (10-8) win at the second spot.
 
In the match against Wooster (6-5), UW-Whitewater started strong in doubles again as Mitchell and Goltz paired for an 8-5 triumph at No. 3, Zakowski and Gray earned an 8-6 victory at No. 1 and Calabria and Lindwall picked up an 8-6 win at No. 2.
 
Goltz put UW-W on the board in singles with a 6-1, 6-0 triumph at No. 3 and Calabria clinched the dual with a third-set super tiebreak in a 6-4, 4-6, 1-0 (11-9) victory at No. 2.
 
Other winners included Mitchell, Pietila and Adkisson at the Nos. 4-6 spots, respectively. Adkisson dropped his first set before taking the second set and the third-set super tiebreaker.
 
The Warhawks conclude competition Thursday with duals against Carleton (Minn.) and Allegheny (Pa.) at 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. Central Time, respectively.
 
See below for complete results from Monday's duals.
 
UW-Whitewater 8, Union 1
 
Doubles:
1 - John Zakowski (Green Bay, Wis./Southwest)/Alex Gray (Edwardsville, Ill./Edwardsville) d. Ioannis Binopoulos/Dimitris Binopoulos, 8-2
2 - Cole Lindwall (Cottage Grove, Wis./Monona Grove)/Rory Calabria (Maple Grove, Minn./Maple Grove) d. Aidan O'Brien/Ben Jacobs, 8-5
3 – Brendan Pietila (Sussex, Wis./Arrowhead)/Payton Adkisson (Lincolnshire, Ill./Stevenson) d. Cameron Klepper/Bailey McAtee, 8-2
 
Order of finish: 1, 3, 2
 
Singles:
1 - Cole Lindwall (Cottage Grove, Wis./Monona Grove) d. Ioannis Binopoulos 6-4, 1-6, 1-0 (12-10)
2 - Niclas Goltz (Freiburg, Germany/Droste-Hülshoff-Gymnasium) d. Ben Jacobs 6-0, 3-6, 1-0 (10-8)
3 - Alex Gray (Edwardsville, Ill./Edwardsville) d. Aiden O'Brien 6-2, 6-3
4 - Ryan Mitchell (Frankfort, Ill./Lincoln-Way East) d. Dimitris Binopoulos 6-2, 6-4
5 - Brendan Pietila (Sussex, Wis./Arrowhead) d. Thomas McGuire 6-2, 6-0
6 - Ian Schunk d. Josh Baldwin (Sun Prairie, Wis./Sun Prairie) 6-3, 6-2
 
Order of finish: 4, 5, 6, 1, 3, 2
 
UW-Whitewater 8, Wooster 1
 
Doubles:
1 - John Zakowski (Green Bay, Wis./Southwest)/Alex Gray (Edwardsville, Ill./Edwardsville) d. Alon Liberman/Austin Hanna, 8-6
2 - Rory Calabria (Maple Grove, Minn./Maple Grove)/Cole Lindwall (Cottage Grove, Wis./Monona Grove) d. Alex Drewes/Nebyou Minassie, 8-6
3 - Ryan Mitchell (Frankfort, Ill./Lincoln-Way East)/Niclas Goltz (Freiburg, Germany/Droste-Hülshoff-Gymnasium) d. Shivam Dewan/Patrick Johnson, 8-5
 
Order of finish: 3, 1, 2
 
Singles:
1 - Alon Liberman d. Cole Lindwall (Cottage Grove, Wis./Monona Grove) 1-6, 0-6
2 - Rory Calabria (Maple Grove, Minn./Maple Grove) d. Austin Hanna 6-4, 4-6, 1-0 (11-9)
3 - Niclas Goltz (Freiburg, Germany/Droste-Hülshoff-Gymnasium) d. Alex Drewes 6-1, 6-0
4 - Ryan Mitchell (Frankfort, Ill./Lincoln-Way East) d. Shivam Dewan 6-1, 7-6 (6)
5 - Brendan Pietila (Sussex, Wis./Arrowhead) d. Nebyou Minassie 6-2, 6-2
6 - Payton Adkisson (Lincolnshire, Ill./Stevenson) d. Patrick Johnson 3-6, 6-2, 1-0 (10-8)
 
Order of finish: 3, 1, 2, 4, 5, 6