Men's Tennis starts 1-1 on season

February 4, 2006
UW-Eau Claire won some close singles matches and topped host St. Thomas 6-3 in Saturday's season-opening dual for both teams.

The Blugolds finished 10-5 last season.

The Toms came back Sunday at home to beat Minnesota State Mankato, 6-3.

St. Thoams starts MIAC play Saturday night vs. St. John's and the U of M Baseline Club.

Sun. Feb. 5/at UST

UST 6, MSU Mankato 3

Singles
--No. 1: Mike Belisle (MSU) def. Brandon Heath (ST), 7-6, 2-6, 8-10
--No. 2: Grant Campbell (ST) def. Greg Robinson (MSU), 6-2, 4-6, 10-2
--No. 3: Murphy O'Hearn (ST) def. Drew Stein (MSU), 6-7, 7-6, 10-8
--No. 4: Ben Herding (ST) def. Ryan Fredrickson (MSU), 6-0, 6-1
--No. 5: Cole Schumacher (MSU) def. Kevin Manzel (ST), 6-4, 6-3
--No. 6: Pat Napurski (ST) def. John Julian (MSU), 6-4, 6-1

Doubles
--No. 1: Herding/Tomashek (ST) def. Stein-Julian (MSU), 9-8
--No. 2: Belisle-Frederickson (MSU) def. Heath-Sam McCullough (ST), 8-6
--No. 3: Napurski-Campbell (ST) def. Schumacher-Robinson (MSU), 8-5

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Sat. Feb. 4/at UST

UW-Eau Claire 6, St. Thomas 3

Singles
--No. 1: Tim Eisele (EC) def. Brandon Heath (ST), 6-3, 7-5
--No. 2: Jake Znidarsich (EC) def. Grant Campbell (ST), 6-3, 6-3
--No. 3: Ben Herding (ST) def. Jeff Peterson (EC), 7-5, 6-2
--No. 4: Brett Gressick (EC) def. Joshua Tomashek (ST), 7-5, 6-7, 11-9
--No. 5: Steve Lantz (EC) def. Patrick Napurski (ST), 7-6, 6-4
--No. 6: Kevin Fawcett (EC) def. Kevin Manzel (ST), 6-2, 6-3

Doubles
--No. 1: Herding/Tomashek (ST) def. Znidarsich/Lantz (EC), 9-7
--No. 2: Campbell/Napurski (ST) def. Eisele/Fawcett (EC), 8-3
--No. 3: Rose/Peterson (EC) def. Sam McCullough/Murphy O'Hearn (ST), 8-4