Men's Tennis Falls To Gustavus Adolphus

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Posted: Saturday, March 1, 2008

ST. PETER, Minn. - After winning its last five meets, the UW-Eau Claire men's tennis team fell 8-1 to Gustavus Adolphus College here today.

The Blugolds are now 11-3 on the season, while Gustavus improves to 7-1.

Eau Claire was unable to get into a rhythm and dropped all its singles' matches in straight sets. Kevin Fawcett (So.-Madison, Wis./Verona) played close in the first set, but ended up losing 7-5. He then lost the match, falling 6-1 in the second set. The rest of the singles matches were not as close.

The only win for the Blugolds today was at No. 3 doubles. The duo of C.J. Rose (Sr.-Lakeville, Minn./Apple Valley) and Aaron Johnson (Fr.-Elk River, Minn.) was able to defeat Gustavus' Jethwa Ashok and Ted Roth 8-6. Rose and Johnson remain undefeated in doubles play this season, sporting a 6-0 record.

The Blugolds will not be off for two weeks before they head to South Carolina for a spring break trip. The team will have six meets at Hilton Head, South Carolina beginning Sunday, March 16 and running through Thursday, March 20.

Gustavus Adolphus 8, Eau Claire 1

Singles
No. 1 - Andy Bryan (GA) def. Steve Lantz (EC), 6-0, 6-2
No. 2 - Charlie Paukert (GA) def. Phil Loprinzi (EC), 6-2, 6-2
No. 3 - Ben Tomasek (GA) def. Kevin Fawcett (EC), 7-5, 6-1
No. 4 - Aaron Zenner (GA) def. Lars Olson (EC), 6-3, 6-0
No. 5 - Dave Koppel (GA) def. Brett Burleigh (EC), 6-2, 6-3
No. 6 - Nick Hansen (GA) def. Eric Wollum (EC), 6-1, 6-2

Doubles
No. 1 - Bryan/Paukert (GA) def. Lantz/Loprinzi (EC), 8-4
No. 2 - Zenner/Koppel (GA) def. Olson/Fawcett (EC), 8-0
No. 3 - C. J. Rose/Aaron Johnson (EC) def. Jethwa Ashok/Ted Roth (GA), 8-6

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