Toms open MIAC season with loss

L, 1-8
St. John's, February 16, 2007

St. Thomas won at first doubles but lost an 8-1 decision to St. John's in an MIAC tennis dual Friday night in Sartell.

The Tommies (2-2 overall, 0-1 MIAC) play next Saturday at Carleton.

Singles
--No. 1: Trevor Beach (SJU) def. Patrick Napurski (UST) 6-2, 6-1
--No. 2: Ted Lauer (SJU) def. Joshua Tomashek (UST) 6-2, 4-6, 10-8
--No. 3: Neil Koehler (SJU) def. Ben Herding (UST) 6-4, 3-6, 10-5
--No. 4: Mark Steelman (SJU) def. Phil Hanke (UST) 6-1, 6-3
--No. 5: Luke Odegaard (SJU) def. Kevin Manzel (UST) 6-2, 6-2
--No. 6: Eric Holmgren (SJU) def. Brett Casey (UST) 6-0, 6-2

Doubles
--No. 1: Beach/Dan Ruehl (SJU) def. Tomashek/Mark Stroub (UST) 8-4
--No. 2: Napurski/Herding (UST) def. Lauer/Kevin Goihl (SJU) 8-6
--No. 3: Odegaard/Dutch Hansen (SJU) def. Manzel/Hanke (UST) 8-4