Tommies go 2-2 on spring trip

W, 5-4
St. Norbert, March 21, 2007

The St. Thomas men's tennis team finished 2-2 on its spring-break trip to Hilton Head, S.C. The Toms edged St. Norbert 5-4 and beat Allegheny (Pa.) 6-. They also lost 8-1 to Hope (Mich.) and 5-4 to Shepherd (W.V.).

Freshman Drew Carlson from Minnetonka won in a third-set tiebreaker against St. Norbert at #6 singlkes to swing that match. Brett Casey replaced injured Pat Napurski in the lineup and also won.

Hope 8, UST 1
Singles
--No. 1: Stephen Malvitz (H) d. Ben Herding 6-2, 6-2
--No. 2: John Gardner (H) d. Pat Napurski 6-2, 6-2
--No. 3: John Schlotz (H) d. Phil Hanke 6-1, 6-2
--No. 4: Zach Huber (H) d. Josh Tomashek 6-4, 6-0
--No. 5: Kevin Manzel (ST) d. Cameron DeHaan 6-4, 7-5
--No. 6: Zach Hoernschemeyer (H) d. Dave Green 7-5, 6-3.

Doubles
--No. 1: Malvitz-Mike Garland (H) d. Herding-Napurski 8-4
--No. 2: Schlotz-Huber d. Tomashek-Manzel 8-3
--No. 3: Gardner-Jeff Vredenburg (H) d. Carlson-Hanke 8-5

St. Thomas 5, St. Norbert 4

Singles
--No. 1: Aaron Sunday (SNC) def. Ben Herding (UST) 6-2, 6-3
--No. 2: Andrew Winters (SNC) def. Phillip Hanke (UST) 6-2, 6-0
--No. 3: Adrian Acosta (SNC) def. Joshua Tomashek (UST) 6-1, 4-6, 10-3
--No. 4: Kevin Manzel (UST) def. Nate Tackaberry (SNC) 6-2, 6-1
--No. 5: Brett Casey (UST) def. Ryan Kerswill (SNC) 6-2, 6-0
--No. 6: Andrew Carlson (UST) def. Eddie Wire (SNC) 3-6, 7-5, 10-7

Doubles
--No. 1: Herding/Casey (UST) def. Sunday/Winters (SNC) 8-6
--No. 2: Tomashek/Manzel (UST) def. Acosta/Kerswill (SNC) 8-2
--No. 3: Tackaberry/Chris Schmitz (SNC) def. Carlson/Hanke (UST) 9-8 (7-4)

St. Thomas (MN) 6, Allegheny 3

Singles
--No. 1: Ben Herding (USTM) def. Andrew Zipf (ALLM) 6-2, 7-6 (7-4)
--No. 2: Matt Chiricosta (ALLM) def. Patrick Napurski (USTM) 6-2, 2-1, retired
--No. 3: Russell Nitzberg (ALLM) def. Phillip Hanke (USTM) 7-5, 6-3
--No. 4: Joshua Tomashek (USTM) def. Nicholas Lieb (ALLM) 6-2, 2-6, 1-0 (10-4)
--No. 5: Kevin Manzel (USTM) def. Evan Gordon (ALLM) 6-2, 7-5
--No. 6: Brett Casey (USTM) def. Jordan Kurth (ALLM) 6-4, 6-4

Doubles
--No. 1: Chiricosta/Zipf (ALLM) def. Herding/Napurski (USTM) 8-4
--No. 2: Manzel/Tomashek (USTM) def. Gordon/Ben Hurtuk (ALLM) 8-5
--No. 3: Andrew Carlson/Hanke (USTM) def. Russell Nitzberg/Lieb (ALLM) 8-3