Middleton, Wis. - The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse men's tennis team earned a pair of victories Saturday at the Hitters Sportsplex, defeating Edgewood College (Wis.) by the score of 9-0 and Carthage College (Wis.) by the score of the 5-4. With the two victories, the Eagles improve to 4-2 on the season.
UW-L swept the six singles matches in straight sets in its victory over Edgewood (Wis.) Saturday. UW-L and Carthage (Wis.) each earned three wins in singles, but the Eagles took two of three doubles matches to earn the dual victory.
UW-La Crosse 9, Edgewood College (Wis.) 0
Singles competition1.
Peter Stadum (UWL) def. Papenthien, Austin (EC) 6-1, 6-0
2.
Kyle McGrane (UWL) def. Lagman, Patrick (EC) 6-1, 6-0
3.
Tony Mirasola (UWL) def. Davenport, Brian (EC) 6-0, 6-1
4.
Nick Skanavis (UWL) def. Stone, Evan (EC) 6-1, 6-4
5.
Dante Pitera (UWL) def. Wanta, Michael (EC) 6-1, 6-2
6.
Austin Stefanich (UWL) def. Benavides, Jaime (EC) 6-2, 6-1
Doubles competition1.
Peter Stadum/
Tony Mirasola (UWL) def. Lagman, Patrick/Papenthien, Austin (EC) 8-1
2.
Kyle McGrane/
Matt Lindsay (UWL) def. Stone, Evan/Wanta, Michael (EC) 8-3
3.
Nick Skanavis/
Dante Pitera (UWL) def. Davenport, Brian/Benavides, Jaime (EC) 8-1
UW-La Crosse 5, Carthage College (Wis.) 4
Singles competition1.
Peter Stadum (UWL) def. Pawel Jaworski (CC) 6-2, 6-3
2. Jordan Verbauwhede (CC) def.
Tony Mirasola (UWL) 7-6, 6-1
3. Alex Boomgarden (CC) def.
Kyle McGrane (UWL) 7-6, 6-2
4. Chris Conley (CC) def.
Nick Skanavis (UWL) 7-6, 2-6, 10-5
5.
Dante Pitera (UWL) def. Alex Ferruzzi (CC) 4-6, 6-3, 10-7
6.
Matt Bulger (UWL) def. Nick Stephan (CC) 6-1, 6-4
Doubles competition1.
Peter Stadum/
Tony Mirasola (UWL) def. Pawel Jaworski/Jordan Verbauwhede (CC) 9-7
2. Alex Boomgarden/Chris Conley (CC) def.
Kyle McGrane/
Matt Lindsay (UWL) 8-4
3.
Nick Skanavis/
Dante Pitera (UWL) def. Nick Stephan/Conor Moon (CC) 8-2
UW-L returns to action Sunday, March 1 versus The College of St. Scholastica (Minn.) at 4 p.m. in Lakeville, Minnesota.