Winona, Minn. - The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse men's tennis team earned a 6-3 victory over Luther College (Iowa) Sunday at the Winona Tennis Center. The Eagles, winners of eight of their last nine matches, improve to 9-7 on the season. The Norse drops to 11-7.
UWL won two of the three doubles matches Sunday as
Matt Lindsay/
Joey Schneider (No. 2) and
Austin Stefanich/
Simon Brandt (No. 3) earned wins. The Eagles captured four of the six singles matches with
Tony Mirasola (No. 1),
Kyle Wogahn (No. 4), Schneider (No. 5) and Brandt (No. 6) picked up victories.
UW-La Crosse 6, Luther College (Iowa) 3
Singles competition1.
Tony Mirasola (UWL) def. Kyle Appel (LUTM) 6-4, 4-6, 10-4
2. Trent Schneider (LUTM) def.
Austin Stefanich (UWL) 6-1, 6-3
3.
Kyle Wogahn (UWL) def. Anders Jensen (LUTM) 7-5, 6-2
4. Nate Parsons (LUTM) def.
Matt Lindsay (UWL) 2-6, 7-5, 10-6
5.
Joey Schneider (UWL) def. Sam Buffington (LUTM) 6-2, 4-6, 11-9
6.
Simon Brandt (UWL) def. Brian Murman (LUTM) 1-6, 7-5, 10-7
Doubles competition1. Kyle Appel/Trent Schneider (LUTM) def.
Tony Mirasola/
Kyle Wogahn (UWL) 8-4
2.
Matt Lindsay/
Joey Schneider (UWL) def. Anders Jensen/Jake Smith (LUTM) 8-4
3.
Austin Stefanich/
Simon Brandt (UWL) def. Brian Murman/Nate Parsons (LUTM) 9-8 (7-2)
UWL returns to action Saturday, April 9 hosting Edgewood College (Wis.) at 10 a.m. and the University of Northwestern (Minn.) at 4 p.m.