Men, Women set for MIAC Tennis tournaments

April 30, 2009

The MIAC men's and women's tennis playoffs start Friday in St. Peter. The top two seeds in each tourney get Friday byes.

Women

At 3 p.m., No. 5-seed UST plays No. 4-seed St. Benedict, with the winner advancing to Saturday's semifinals. UST lost 8-1 to the Blazers earlier this season.

The Toms closed the regular-season 11-6 overall and 6-4 in MIAC matches. Suzanne Brophy is 10-2 in singles and 6-4 in doubles. Ali Bruflodt is 12-5 in singles and 10-7 in doubles. Madeline Gail is 11-5 in singles and 13-3 in doubles. Hadley Syverud is 10-6 in singles and 13-4 in doubles.

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Men

The No. 6-seeded Tommies play third-seed Bethel at noon Friday in the quarterfinals. The winner plays Saturday in the semfinals. UST lost 5-4 to Bethel eight weeks ago.

St. Thomas (12-7 overall, 4-5 MIAC) continued its strong play last week with a 9-0 win over St. Mary’s; a 6-3 loss to MIAC champion Gustavus; and a 7-2 loss to conference runner-up Carleton. The Toms played the SMU and Gustie matches without their top player, injured Tyler Rice. Against Carleton, the Toms lost 9-8 at third doubles and 8-6 at first doubles, then lost three-set decisions at Nos. 3-4 singles.

Dan Cooper is 15-3 in singles and 13-5 in doubles. Andrew Michels is 15-4 in singles and 13-6 in doubles. Tyler Rice is 13-4 in singles and 12-5 in doubles. Kevin Walker is 9-7 in singles and 12-6 in doubles.

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