Men's Tennis Splits A Pair Of Dual Meets

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Posted: Saturday, February 16, 2008

DECORAH, Iowa - The UW-Eau Claire men's tennis team played in two meets today, dropping the first to Luther College 8-1 and winning the second 9-0 against Loras College.

The Blugolds are now 7-2 on the season, winning two out of three meets this weekend. Luther's win over Eau Claire kept them undefeated, with a 4-0 record. Loras fell to 0-3 with the loss to the Blugolds.

Lars Olson (Fr.-De Pere, Wis.) was the only Blugold to have a perfect weekend in singles play. Playing at No. 5 singles against Luther and No. 3 singles against Loras, Lars Olson won with scores of 7-5, 6-4 and 6-1, 6-0, respectively. Phil Loprinzi (So.-Rochester, MN/Mayo) had a close match against Luther, losing in the super-tiebreaker with scores of 6-1, 4-6, 10-5 in the No. 3 spot. On the singles side against Loras, all Eau Claire players won in straight sets. Brett Burleigh (Fr.-Verona, Wis.) did not give up a point at No. 6 singles against Loras, winning 6-0, 6-0.

In doubles play, Eau Claire swept Loras but could not get a win against Luther, although two matches were close. At No. 1 doubles against Luther, Steve Lantz (Jr.-Rochester, MN/Century) and Loprinzi lost by a score of 8-6. In the No. 2 spot against Luther, Lars Olson and Kevin Fawcett (So.-Madison, Wis./Verona) lost narrowly by a score of 9-8.

Next week the Blugolds will be back at home for three meets. They will take on St. Norbert College on Friday at 6 p.m. and follow that with a meet against Lawrence University at 8 a.m. on Saturday and one more against Bethel University at 4 p.m. that afternoon.

Luther College 8, Eau Claire 1

Singles
No. 1 - Jared Wiklund (LU) def. Steve Lantz (EC) 6-2, 6-2
No. 2 - Reid Mason (LU) def. Kevin Fawcett (EC) 6-0, 7-5
No. 3 - Sam Burman (LU) def. Phil Loprinzi (EC) 6-1, 4-6, 10-5
No. 4 - Matt Olson (LU) def. Erik Brandner (EC) 6-1, 6-4
No. 5 - Lars Olson (EC) def. Derek Hoffman (LU) 7-5, 6-4
No. 6 - Mark Mateski (LU) def. Brett Gressick (EC) 6-0, 6-3

Doubles
No. 1 - Tim Eisele/Harry Whiteley (LU) def. Steve Lantz/Phil Loprinzi (EC) 8-6
No. 2 - Brad Nelson/Matt Olson (LU) def. Lars Olson/Kevin Fawcett (EC) 9-8
No. 3 - Derek Hoffman/Reid Mason (LU) def. Erik Brandner/C.J. Rose (EC) 8-1

UW-Eau Claire 9, Loras College 0

Singles
No. 1 - Kevin Fawcett (EC) def. Andrew Behan (LO) 6-1, 6-3
No. 2 - Erik Brandner (EC) def. Jared Levy (LO) 6-0, 6-2
No. 3 - Lars Olson (EC) def. Tom Strumpf (LO) 6-1, 6-0
No. 4 - Mike Olson (EC) def. John D?Orazio (LO) 6-2, 6-0
No. 5 - Chris Thornton (EC) def. Digger Kurt (LO) 6-2, 6-1
No. 6 - Brett Burleigh (EC) def. Nate DuBois (LO) 6-0, 6-0

Doubles
No. 1 - Steve Lantz/Phil Loprinzi (EC) def. Jared Levy/Tom Strumpf (LO) 8-2
No. 2 - Lars Olson/Kevin Fawcett (EC) def. John D?Orazio/Andrew Behan (LO) 8-1
No. 3 - C.J. Rose/Aaron Johnson (EC) def. Digger Kurt/Adam Holland (LO) 8-2

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