Men's Tennis drops 5-4 decision to St. Olaf

L, 4-5
at St. Olaf (M), March 15, 2009

Tyler Rice and Andy Michels won at first doubles and at Nos. 2-3 singles, but the Tommie men lost a 5-4 decision Saturday to St. Olaf in Owatonna.

It's the Tommies' third 5-4 loss thus far of the conference season. The Tons are 4-4 overall and 3-3 in the MIAC.

St.Olaf 5, St. Thomas 4

Singles

--No. 1: Ian Pray (STO) def. Phillip Hanke (UST-MEN) 6-1, 6-2

--No. 2: Tyler Rice (UST) def. Knute Gundersen (STO) 6-2, 2-6, 1-0 (11-9)

--No. 3: Andrew Michels (UST) def. David Narvaez (STO) 2-6, 7-6, 1-0 (10-6)

--No. 4: Brian Tolly (STO) def. Matthew Bergstrom (UST) 7-5, 3-6, 1-0 (10-4)

--No. 5: John Wight (STO) def. Kevin Walker (UST) 6-2, 6-4

--No. 6: Dan Cooper (UST) def. Nick Hubbard-Peters (STO) 6-4, 6-2

Doubles

--No. 1: Michels/Rice (UST) def. Pray/Gundersen (STO) 8-4

--No. 2: Brian Tolly/Narvaez (STO) def. Andrew Carlson/Cooper (UST) 8-4

--No. 3: Wight/Will Mitchell (STO) def. Hanke/Walker (UST) 8-5