The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater men's tennis team fell to 15th-ranked Washington University in St. Louis on Saturday evening. The Warhawks, ranked 35th in the most recent ITA poll, had a tough match against the Bears.
In the second doubles flight,
Gavin Kelleher (Brooklyn, Minn./Champlin Park) &
Charles Morgan (Naperville, Ill./Central) fended off the Washington University pair, forcing the match to extra games. The Warhawk pair fended off match point, but the Bears group got the final two games to win 7-5.
Theo Billson (Lindfield, England/BHASVIC) faced off against the top Washington University player Eric Kuo at the No. 1 singles flight. After falling in the first set 4-6, Billson bounced back to force a tiebreaker, winning the second set 6-3. Kuo grabbed the momentum in the tiebreaker, ultimately taking the match 5-10.
Results
D1:
Theo Billson (Lindfield, England/BHASVIC) & Charles Michaels lost to Fox/Fagan | 3-6
D2:
Gavin Kelleher (Brooklyn, Minn./Champlin Park) &
Charles Morgan (Naperville, Ill./Central) lost to Wu/Deng | 5-7
D3:
Julius Jonsson (Kungsbacka, Sweden/Aranäsgymnasiet) & Daniel Moeller lost to Kuo/Scruggs | 2-6
S1: Billson lost to Kuo | 4-6, 6-3, (5-10)
S2: Morgan lost to Scruggs | 6(6)-7, 2-6
S3:
Andrew Dumbauld (Maple Grove, Minn./Maple Grove) lost to Fagan | 0-6, 1-6
S4: Michaels lost to Merce | 4-6, 1-6
S5: Kelleher lost to Tam | 2-6, 0-6
S6:
Seth Smigel (Tiffin, Iowa/Clear Creek Amana) lost to Mahajan | 0-6, 2-6