The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater men's tennis team picked up their fifth win of the season over Grinnell. The Warhawks (ranked 17th in the ITA poll) won the doubles point 2-1 over the Pioneers (ranked 32nd in the ITA) before completing the match with five singles wins.
Theo Billson (Lindfield, England/BHASVIC) &
Drew Van Fossen (Germantown, Wis./Germantown) opened the day with a win at the second doubles flight. The pair defeated Grinnell's second doubles team 6-1 in a 24-minute match, the fastest of the day. Billson & Van Fossen each went on to win their respective singles matches, both in straight sets.
Three out of the six singles flights went into third set tiebreakers, with the Warhawk & Pioneers splitting the first two sets.
Tyler Nelson (Waunakee, Wis./Waunakee) came out on top in his match tiebreaker, 10-7, at the second singles flight.
Andrew Dumbauld (Maple Grove, Minn./Maple Grove) had to battle from behind after falling in his first set 6-2. The junior took the second set 6-4, ultimately winning his match with a tight 10-8 tiebreaker.
The Warhawks are on the road for their matches next weekend, taking on Carthage College on Friday, February 14th in Racine. On Sunday, UWW men's tennis heads to DeKalb to face NCAA Division I Northern Illinois.
Full Results
D1:
Payton Adkisson (Lincolnshire, Ill./Stevenson)/
Tyler Nelson (Waunakee, Wis./Waunakee) lost to Klass/Willett - 5-7
D2: Billson/Van Fossen def. Rudenberg/Cooke - 6-1
D3:
Will Ulrich (Lincoln, Neb./Pius X)/
Charles Morgan (Naperville, Ill./Central) def. Park/Knoll: 6-4
S1: Billson (UWW) def. Cooke - 6-0, 6-4
S2: Nelson (UWW) def. Willett - 6-4, 2-6, (10-7)
S3: Van Fossen (UWW) def. Klass - 6-3, 6-2
S4: Morgan (UWW) def. Knoll - 6-2, 7-6(8)
S5: Dumbauld (UWW) def. Rudenberg - 2-6, 6-4, (10-8)
S6: Ulrich (UWW) lost to Park - 6-0, 1-6, (4-10)