Orlando, Fla. - The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse men's tennis team improved to 9-5 on the season with a 5-4 victory over UW-Superior Tuesday afternoon at the United States Tennis Association (USTA) National Campus. The Yellowjackets drop to 8-7.
UWL has won five of its last six matches.Â
Cole Contardi (No. 1),
Jack Hehli (No. 3),
Alex Aranda (No. 4) and
Luke Hinchcliffe (No. 5) earned wins in singles while
Brady Horstmann/Aranda (No. 2) earned a victory in doubles.Â
UW-La Crosse 5, UW-Superior 4
Singles competition
1.
Cole Contardi (UWL) def. Ren Kurachi (UWSM) retired
2. Sharan Kanugovi (UWSM) def.
Brady Horstmann (UWL) 6-1, 3-6, 10-7
3.
Jack Hehli (UWL) def. Lucca Paladini (UWSM) 6-3, 0-6, 13-11
4.
Alex Aranda (UWL) def. Jacob Zacharias (UWSM) 6-4, 6-1
5.
Luke Hinchcliffe (UWL) def. Brandon Chu (UWSM) 6-1, 6-1
6. Cullen Brown (UWSM) def.
Nathan Rose (UWL) 6-2, 6-2
Doubles competition
1. Lucca Paladini/Sharan Kanugovi (UWSM) def.
Cole Contardi/
Jack Hehli (UWL) 8-4
2.
Brady Horstmann/
Alex Aranda (UWL) def. Jacob Zacharias/Yash Chhabra (UWSM) 8-2
3. Ren Kurachi/Mateo Abarca Pino (UWSM) def.
Luke Hinchcliffe/
Nathan Rose (UWL) 8-7
UWL continues its spring trip Wednesday, March 13 facing Edgewood College (Wis.) at 10:30 a.m. (Central) at Sanlando Park in Altamonte Springs, Florida.Â
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