Men's Tennis loses 6-3 to Carleton

April 17, 2005
In a battle of regionally-ranked teams, Carleton outlasted St. Thomas 6-3 in Saturday's MIAC men's tennis match at the 98th Street Racquet Center in a near five-hour match.

UST 3, Carleton 6

Singles
No. 1- William Holmes (Car.) def. Tut Fuller (UST) 4-6,6-1,10-1
No. 2- Brian Thomas (UST) def. Peter Varnum (Car.)7-6,6-3
No. 3- Blair Madsen (UST)def. Kartheek Koneru (Car.) 3-6,6-3,10-4
No. 4- Tomas Loper (UST) def. Andrew Tolluch (Car.) 2-6,6-2,10-8
No. 5- Drew Piston (Car.) def. Grant Campbell (UST) 6-2,6-2
No. 6- Jake Hoppe (Car.) def. Ben Herding (UST)6-3,4-6,10-5

Doubles
No. 1- Andrew Tolluch and William Holmes (Car.) def. Brian Thomas and Tut Fuller (UST) 9-8
No. 2- Drew Piston and Jake Hoppe (Car.) def. Tomas Loper and Ben Herding (UST) 8-4
No. 3- Peter Varnum and Kartheek Knoeru (Car.) def. Blair Madsen ande Grant Campbell (UST) 8-6


The Toms (12-2 overall, 6-1 MIAC) lost their first conference dual meet despite winning at Nos. 2-3-4 singles with Brian Thomas, Blair Madsen and Tom Loper. Tut Fuller and Ben Herding lost third-set tiebreakers at first and sixth singles.

Five of the six singles went to third-set tiebreakers. UST also lost a tiebreaker at first doubles with Fuller and Thomas.

St. Thomas hosts nationally-ranked Gustavus Friday at 4 p.m. at St. Catherine's courts, and plays at St. John's next Saturday at 2 p.m..