La Crosse, Wis. - The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse men's tennis team opened its Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) schedule with an 8-1 victory over UW-Stevens Point Wednesday afternoon at Green Island Tennis Park. UWL improves to 13-6 overall and 1-0 in the WIAC while UW-Stevens Point drops to 3-15 overall and 0-2 in the conference.

It marks UWL's first WIAC dual since 1995. Men's tennis returned to the WIAC after being discontinued in 1995. The conference held its first league championship in 1955. UWL has won six conference championships.

The Eagles swept Wednesday's doubles matches with Cole Contardi/Jack Hehli (No. 1), Brady Horstmann/Alex Aranda (No. 2) and Luke Hinchcliffe/Nathan Rose (No. 3) earning wins. 

Contardi (No. 1), Horstmann (No. 2), Aranda (No. 4), Hinchcliffe (No. 5) and Rose (No. 6) picked up victories in singles. 

UW-La Crosse 8, UW-Stevens Point 1
Singles competition
1. Cole Contardi (UWL) def. Steven Benoy (UWSPM) 7-6, 7-5
2. Brady Horstmann (UWL) def. Frederick Diehl (UWSPM) 6-3, 6-0
3. Connor Kryscio (UWSPM) def. Jack Hehli (UWL) 6-1, 6-4
4. Alex Aranda (UWL) def. Hayden Schreier (UWSPM) 6-1, 7-6
5. Luke Hinchcliffe (UWL) def. Luca Hettstedt (UWSPM) 6-1, 7-6
6. Nathan Rose (UWL) def. Dominik Hendrickson (UWSPM) 6-3, 6-3

Doubles competition
1. Cole Contardi/Jack Hehli (UWL) def. Steven Benoy/Frederick Diehl (UWSPM) 8-4
2. Brady Horstmann/Alex Aranda (UWL) def. Connor Kryscio/Dominik Hendrickson (UWSPM) 8-2
3. Luke Hinchcliffe/Nathan Rose (UWL) def. Logan Eithun/Luca Hettstedt (UWSPM) 8-6

UWL returns to action Sunday, April 14 at UW-Eau Claire at 12 p.m.