Men's Tennis falls 7-2 to tough Knights

L, 2-7
at Carleton (M), February 25, 2008

Freshman Arya Vayghan won in singles and doubles, but St. Thomas lost 7-2 to a stong Carleton team Sunday in MIAC men's tennis play in Lakeville.

Vaygahn pulled out a three-set victory at first singles and won at second doubles with fellow freshman Tyler Rice for the Tommies (2-2 overall, 0-1 MIAC). Rice lost a three-set battle at No. 4 singles.

Carleton (8-0, 3-0) has been MIAC runner-up to Gustavus each of the last four seasons.

Carleton 7,  St. Thomas 2

Singles

1) Arya Vayghan (UST) def. Colin Russell (Carl) 6-3, 2-6, 10-7
2) Kartheek Koneru (Carl) def. Ben Herding (UST) 6-2, 6-3
3) Winston Park (Carl) def. Josh Tomashek (UST) 6-1, 6-1
4) Peter Varnum (Carl) def. Tyler Rice (UST) 3-6, 6-2, 10-5
5) Brendan Cooper (Carl) def. Kevin Manzel (UST) 6-3, 6-0
6) Vince Heguy (Carl) def. Matt Bergstrom (UST) 6-3, 7-5

Doubles:
1) Park/Russell (Carl) def. Herding/Tomashek (UST) 8-3
2) Vayghan/Rice (UST) def. Varnum/Koneru (Carl) 8-5
3) Cooper/Jordan Hughes (Carl) def. Andrew Carlson/Andrew Michels (UST) 8-3