Men's Tennis tops Cobbers, loses to SJU

April 17, 2004
The St. Thomas men's tennis team split a pair of 5-4 matches over the weekend. The Toms fell 5-4 at St. John's Friday but won 5-4 Saturday at Concordia-Moorhead.

The Toms are now 11-5 overall and 5-3 in the MIAC. They close their regular season Tuesday at Hamline, then will compete as the No. 4 seed in the April 23-24 MIAC Championships in St. Peter.

The Toms lost third-set tie-breakers at first and fourth singles in the loss at St. John's. At Concordia, they played without No. 2 singles player Tut Fuller, who was taking a graduate-school exam. Mike Aschenbeck played his first singles match and won at No. 6 singles. The Toms swept the doubles matches, including a 9-8 win at first doubles by Brian and John Thomas. John Thomas led in his singles match before defaulting with an injury.

St. John's 5, St. Thomas 4
Singles
No. 1 -- Mike Solum (SJU) def. Brian Thomas 4-6, 6-3, 16-4; No. 2 -- Sean Borg (SJU) def. Tut Fuller 6-3, 6-2; No. 3 -- Tom Loper (ST) def. Matt Carlson 7-5, 6-2; No. 4 -- Ryan Orwoll (SJU) def. John Thomas 6-2, 6-7 (4-7), 10-4; No. 5 -- Blair Madsen (ST) def. Adam Putschoegl 6-3, 7-6 (7-3); No. 6 -- Steve Tacl (SJU) def. Grant Campbell 6-3, 6-3.

Doubles
No. 1 -- Solum/Borg (SJ) def. Fuller/Thomas 8-6; No. 2 -- Madsen/Thomas (ST) Carlson/Orwoll 8-6; No. 3 -- Loper/Aschenbech (ST) Ryan Hinman/Curtis Horton 8-2.

St. Thomas 5, Concordia Singles
No. 1 - Brian Thomas (UST) def. Jake Thomas (CC) 6-1, 6-2
No. 2 - Jordy Kamerling (CC) def. Tom Loper (UST) 6-1, 6-4
No. 3 - Erik Giga (CC) def. John Thomas (UST) 3-6, 2-2 injury default
No. 4 - Ryan Smith (CC) def. Blair Madsen (UST) 6-7(4), 6-2 (12-10)
No. 5 - Paul Tuchscherer (CC) def. Grant Campbell (UST) 6-1, 6-4
No. 6 - Mike Aschenbeck (UST) def. Eric Torres (CC) 6-3, 6-2

Doubles
No. 1 - Brian Thomas/John Thomas (UST) def. Thomas/Kammerling (CC) 9-8(4)
No. 2 - Loper/Madsen (UST) def. Smith/Tuchscherer (CC) 8-6
No. 3 - Aschenbeck/Campbell (UST) def. Giga/Kevin Wick (CC) 8-2