Men's Tennis Wins Final Two Home Meets

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Posted: Saturday, February 23, 2008

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. - The UW-Eau Claire men's tennis team won its final two home events of the season, defeating Lawrence University 7-2 and Bethel University 6-3 today in the Ade Olson Addition of the McPhee Physical Education Center.

The Blugolds are now 10-2 on the season and have now won four in a row since last weekend and nine of their last 10. Lawrence is now 0-2 on the season, falling to UW-La Crosse on Friday night in its season opener, while Bethel is also 0-2 this year.

Steve Lantz (Jr.-Rochester, MN/Century) won both of his singles matches today, playing at No. 1 against Bethel and No. 2 against Lawrence. Lantz won 6-2, 6-2 against Lawrence's Dan Hertel and 6-4, 7-6 against Bethel's Chris Scheevel. Lars Olson (Fr.-De Pere, Wis.) also did not lose a match, winning 6-0, 6-2 against Kyle Nodarse of Lawrence and Bethel's David Torres by a score of 7-6, 6-4. Both matches were played in the No. 3 spot.

In doubles play, Eau Claire swept Bethel and won two out of three against Lawrence. C.J. Rose (Sr.-Lakeville, MN/Apple Valley) and Aaron Johnson (Fr.-Elk River, MN) won both times today, playing at No. 2 doubles against Lawrence's Travis Fondow and Lincoln Thomas and following with a No. 3 match against Bethel's Joel Cassens and Alex Zabel. They won by scores of 8-0 and 8-6, respectively.

Up next the Blugolds will travel to St. Peter, Minnesota for two meets. They will take on Sioux Falls on Friday at 6:30 p.m. and will play Gustavus Adolphus at 9 a.m. on Saturday.

Eau Claire 7, Lawrence 2

Singles
No. 1 - Ryan Dunn (L) def. Kevin Fawcett (EC) 6-1, 6-4
No. 2 - Steve Lantz (EC) def. Dan Hertel (L) 6-2, 6-2
No. 3 - Lars Olson (EC) def. Kyle Nodarse (L) 6-0, 6-2
No. 4 - Brett Burleigh (EC) def. Travis Fondow (L) 6-3, 6-1
No. 5 - Aaron Johnson (EC) def. Lincoln Thomas (L) 6-1, 6-0
No. 6 - Chris Thornton (EC) def. David Klaus (L) 6-1, 6-1

Doubles
No. 1 - Dunn/Hertel (L) def. Phil Loprinzi/Lantz (EC) 8-4
No. 2 - C. J. Rose/Johnson (EC) def. Fondow/Thomas (L) 8-0
No. 3 - Eric Wollum/Erik Brandner (EC) def. Nodarse/Roy Wimer (L) 8-3

Eau Claire 6, Bethel 3

Singles
No. 1 - Steve Lantz (EC) def. Chris Scheevel (BU) 6-4, 7-6
No. 2 - Tom Ronning (BU) def. Phil Loprinzi (EC) 7-5, 7-6
No. 3 - Lars Olson (EC) def. David Torres (BU) 7-6, 6-4
No. 4 - Kevin Fawcett (EC) def. Joel Cassens (BU) 2-6, 7-6, 10-5
No. 5 - Jordan LeFebvre (BU) def. Erik Brandner (EC) 2-1 (inj. Default)
No. 6 - Jordan McIver (BU) def. Brett Burleigh (EC) 3-6, 7-6, 10-8

Doubles
No. 1 - Lantz/Loprinzi (EC) def. Scheevel/Ronning (BU) 8-3
No. 2 - Fawcett/L. Olson (EC) def. LeFebvre/Torres (BU) 9-7
No. 3 - C.J. Rose/Aaron Johnson (EC) def. Cassens/Alex Zabel (BU) 8-6

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