UW-L Falls to Regionally Ranked Carleton

For Immediate Release: Friday, February 29, 2008

Rochester, Minn. - The UW-La Crosse men’s tennis team fell to 4-2 on the season with a 9-0 loss to Carleton College (Minn.) Friday night in Rochester. Carleton, ranked seventh in the region, improved to 9-0 on the year.

In singles, Colin Russell defeated Mike Mooren at No. 1 (6-1, 6-4) while Kartheek Koneru beat Joey Van Lieshout at No. 2 (7-5, 6-0). The Knights' Winston Park defeated the Eagles' Dale Wroblewski at No. 3 singles (6-0, 6-3) and Peter Varnum defeated Nathan Fekete at No. 4 (6-4, 6-2).

At No. 5 singles, Vince Heguy beat Paul Vickers (6-1, 6-2) while Brendan Cooper defeated Doug Marmar at No. 6 (6-0, 6-2).

In doubles, Park/Russell defeated Van Lieshout/Wroblewski at No. 1 (8-6), Varnum/Koneru beat Fekete/Mooren at No. 2 (8-3) and Cooper/Julian Tokarev defeated Mike Frenzel/Taylor Schliewe at No. 3 (8-6).

UW-L returns to action Thursday, March 6 at St. Mary's University (Minn.) at 4 p.m.