Men's Tennis Takes Care Of St. Norbert

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Posted: Saturday, February 25, 2006

LA CROSSE - The UW-Eau Claire men's tennis team defeated St. Norbert College today by a score of 6-1 at Mitchell Hall in La Crosse.

The team improves to 7-2 overall this season and have won five of the last six dual meets. St. Norbert drops to 1-4 this season.

The Blugolds won five of the six singles matches on the day. Jake Znidarsich (So.-La Crosse, WI/Central) at No.2 singles won his seventh match of the season defeating his opponent 6-3, 6-3. Steve Lantz (Fr.-Rochester, MN/Century) at No.4 singles won his sixth straight match defeating his opponent 6-0, 6-2.

Erik Brandner (So.-Eau Claire, WI/Memorial) at No.3 singles also cruised to victory defeating his opponent 6-1, 6-4. Jeff Peterson (Jr.-Edina, MN) at No.5 singles only gave up one game on his way to winning 6-0, 6-1. The same could be said for Kevin Fawcett (Fr.-Madison, WI/Verona) at No.6 singles, who defeated his 6-1, 6-0.

On the doubles side, the No.2 team of Znidarsich and Aaron Nordenskjold (Jr.-Red Wing, MN) won 8-6 to improve to 5-0 this season. The No.3 team of Peterson and C.J. Rose (So.-Apple Valley, MN) were also victorious, shutting out their opponents 8-0.

Next, the Blugolds will travel to face St. Olaf College next Friday. That meet is scheduled to begin at 6:30 p.m.

Eau Claire 6, St. Norbert 1

Singles Results
No. 1 - Aaron Sunday (SN) def. Tim Eisele (EC), 7-6, 7-5
No. 2 - Jake Znidarsich (EC) def. Andrew Winters (SN), 6-3, 6-3
No. 3 - Erik Brandner (EC) def. Ryan Kerswill (SN), 6-1, 6-4
No. 4 - Steve Lantz (EC) def. Chris Schmitz (SN), 6-0, 6-2
No. 5 - Jeff Peterson (EC) def. Sam Spencer (SN), 6-0, 6-1
No. 6 - Kevin Fawcett (EC) def. Ryan MacDonald (SN), 6-1, 6-0

Doubles Results
No. 1 - Sunday/Winters (SN) def. Eisele/Lantz (EC), 8-4
No. 2 - Nordenskjold/Znidarsich (EC) def. Kerswill/Schmitz (SN), 8-6
No. 3 - Rose/Peterson (EC) def. Spencer/MacDonald (SN), 8-0

- JR -