Winona, Minn. - The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse men's tennis team opened its New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) schedule with an 8-1 loss to UW-Whitewater Friday night at the Winona Tennis Center. The Eagles drop to 6-9 overall while the Warhawks improve to 17-2 on the season. UW-Whitewater was also playing its NJAC opener. 

UWL's Alex Unger/Maverick Kulmaczewski earned the win at No. 3 singles Friday. 

UW-Whitewater 8, UW-La Crosse 1
Singles competition
1. Cole Lindwall (UWW-M) def. Alex Moore (UWL) 6-0, 6-1
2. Rory Calabria (UWW-M) def. Grant Counts (UWL) 6-0, 6-0
3. Alex Gray (UWW-M) def. Lincoln Maher (UWL) 6-3, 7-6
4. Ryan Mitchell (UWW-M) def. Alex Unger (UWL) 6-0, 6-0
5. Josh Baldwin (UWW-M) def. JT Dillon (UWL) 6-1, 6-0
6. Noah Wankerl (UWW-M) def. Maverick Kulmaczewski (UWL) 6-1, 6-0

Doubles competition
1. Ryan Mitchell/Niclas Goltz (UWW-M) def. Alex Moore/Grant Counts (UWL) 8-5
2. Brendan Pietila/Payton Adkisson (UWW-M) def. Lincoln Maher/JT Dillon (UWL) 8-2
3. Alex Unger/Maverick Kulmaczewski (UWL) def. Josh Guillermo/Ridley Aranda (UWW-M) 8-6

UWL returns to action Tuesday, April 19 hosting Luther College (Iowa) at 4 p.m. at Green Island Tennis Park.