Owatonna, Minn. - The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse men's tennis team extended its winning streak to four with an 8-1 victory over Hamline University (Minn.) Thursday night in the Owatonna Tennis Center. The Eagles improve to 6-1 on the season while the Pipers fall to 1-3.
UWL took two of the three doubles matches to start the match.
Cole Contardi/
Sam Diedrich defeated Tou Ger Xiong/Isaac Hultberg at No. 2 doubles (8-4) while
Grant Wolfe/
Joshua Williams beat Sean Le/Dominic Warzecha at No. 3 (8-3).
The Eagles then swept the six singles matches.
Alex Alt defeated Nazeer Robinson at No. 1 (6-2, 6-3);
Riley Peterson defeated Tou Ger Xiong at No. 2 (6-2, 6-2) and Contardi beat Warzecha at No. 3 (6-3, 6-0).
Alex Moore earned the victory at No. 4 singles (6-2, 4-6, 10-7) over Hultberg while Diedrich defeated Sam Thompson at No. 5 (6-4, 6-0). Williams defeated Le at No. 6 (6-3, 6-1).
UW-La Crosse 8, Hamline University (Minn.) 1
Singles competition
1.
Alex Alt (UWL) def. Nazeer Robinson (HU) 6-2, 6-3
2.
Riley Peterson (UWL) def. Tou Ger Xiong (HU) 6-2, 6-2
3.
Cole Contardi (UWL) def. Dominic Warzecha (HU) 6-3, 6-0
4.
Alex Moore (UWL) def. Isaac Hultberg (HU) 6-2, 4-6, 10-7
5.
Sam Diedrich (UWL) def. Sam Thompson (HU) 6-4, 6-0
6.
Joshua Williams (UWL) def. Sean Le (HU) 6-3, 6-1
Doubles competition
1. Nazeer Robinson/Sam Thompson (HU) def.
Riley Peterson/
Charlie Parish (UWL) 8-3
2.
Cole Contardi/
Sam Diedrich (UWL) def. Tou Ger Xiong/Isaac Hultberg (HU) 8-4
3.
Grant Wolfe/
Joshua Williams (UWL) def. Sean Le/Dominic Warzecha (HU) 8-3
UWL returns to action Sunday, March 28 facing Carthage College (Wis.) at 1 p.m. in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin.
