Middleton, Wis. - The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse men's tennis team split a pair of matches Saturday at Hitters Sportsplex.  The Eagles earned a 8-1 victory over Edgewood College (Wis.) before falling 6-3 to Carthage College (Wis.).  UW-L is now 3-1 on the season.

In its victory versus Edgewood, UW-L won five of the six singles matches and swept all three doubles matches.  The Eagles won two singles matches and one doubles in their loss to Carthage.

UW-La Crosse 8, Edgewood College (Wis.) 1

Singles competition
1. Austin Papenthien (EC) def. Peter Stadum (UWL) 6-0, 6-7, 10-8
2. Tony Mirasola (UWL) def. Patrick Lagman (EC) 7-6, 6-2
3. Kyle McGrane (UWL) def. Brian Davenport (EC) 6-3, 6-2
4. Dante Pitera (UWL) def. Alex Hadjiev (EC) 6-0, 6-1
5. Nick Skanavis (UWL) def. Michael Wanta (EC) 6-0, 6-0
6. Matt Bulger (UWL) def. Ben Pratscher (EC) 6-0, 6-0

Doubles competition
1. Kyle McGrane/Dante Pitera (UWL) def. Patrick Lagman/Austin Papenthien (EC) 8-4
2. Tony Mirasola/Peter Stadum (UWL) def. Brian Davenport/Michael Wanta (EC) 8-4
3. Alex Brost/Thomas Joswiak (UWL) def. Ben Pratscher/Alex Hadjiev (EC) 8-2

Carthage College (Wis.) 6, UW-La Crosse 3

Singles competition
1. Tony Mirasola (UWL) def. Boomgarden, Alex (CARTHAGE) 6-4, 7-5
2. Jump, Ryan (CARTHAGE) def. Peter Stadum (UWL) 6-1, 6-1
3. Jaworski, Pawel (CARTHAGE) def. Kyle McGrane (UWL) 2-6, 7-5, 10-4
4. Conley, Chris (CARTHAGE) def. Dante Pitera (UWL) 6-4, 6-2
5. O'Connell, Tony (CARTHAGE) def. Matt Bulger (UWL) 6-4, 5-7, 10-5
6. Nick Skanavis (UWL) def. Ferruzzi, Alex (CARTHAGE) 6-1, 3-6, 10-5

Doubles competition
1. Peter Stadum/Tony Mirasola (UWL) def. Boomgarden, Alex/Jaworski, Pawel (CARTHAGE) 9-8 (7-1)
2. Jump, Ryan/Conley, Chris (CARTHAGE) def. Dante Pitera/Kyle McGrane (UWL) 8-6
3. Moon, Conor/O'Connell, Tony (CARTHAGE) def. Alex Brost/Thomas Joswiak (UWL) 9-8 (7-3)

UW-L returns to action Saturday, February 15 with two matches in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.  The Eagles face Coe College (Iowa) at 9 a.m. and Cornell College (Iowa) at 1 p.m.