Men's Tennis runs win streak to seven

W, 7-2
at Luther (M), April 11, 2009

The St. Thomas men's tennis team ran its win streak to seven as it topped Wartburg and No. 12-ranked Luther Friday in non-conference dual play in Decorah, Iowa.

The Tommies won both matches by 7-2 scores and improved to 11-5 on the season.

Against Luther, St. Thomas won three-set decisions at No. 3-4-5 singles with Andy Michels, Matt Bergstrom and Kevin Walker.

Luther fell to 25-5 overall, while Wartburg dropped to 11-7.

St. Thomas is off this week and has MIAC matches left in April with Carleton, St. Mary's and Gustavus.

St. Thomas 7, Luther 2

Singles

--No. 1: Maxwell Busch (LUTM) def. Phil Hanke (UST) 7-6 (10-5), 6-1

--No. 2: Tyler Rice (UST) def. Samriddh Burman (LUTM) 6-3, 6-4

--No. 3: Andy Michels (UST) def. Max Piepkorn (LUTM) 6-3, 3-6, 10-5

--No. 4: Matt Bergstrom (UST) def. Scott Martin (LUTM) 6-3, 3-6, 10-7

--No. 5: Kevin Walker (UST) def. Cole Henry (LUTM) 6-2, 1-6, 10-7

--No. 6: Dan Cooper (UST) def. Joseph LaFountaine (LUTM) 6-2, 7-6 (10-3)

Doubles

--No. 1: Rice/Michels (UST) def. Maxwell Busch/Tyler Van Heest (LUTM) 8-3

--No. 2: Scott Martin/Max Piepkorn (LUTM) def. Walker/Hanke (UST) 8-2

--No. 3: Drew Carlson/Cooper (UST) def. Samriddh Burman/Nate Jung (LUTM) 8-6