The UW-Whitewater men's tennis team defeated the College of Coastal Georgia 5-4 Tuesday in Brunswick, Georgia for their tenth dual match victory of the season.  The Warhawks are now 10-5 overall and the Mariners fall to 6-10.

UW-W and CCG split the singles matches with UW-W earning victories at the three, four and six slots.  Brian Klein (Brookfield/East) won a tough three set match to improve to 9-6 in singles play this season.  Mitch Osborne (Crystal Lake, IL/Central) won his team leading eleventh singles match in a close two set match.

At doubles UW-W won the first and third flight.  Byron Balkin (Madison/Memorial) paired with RJ Rademacher (Deephaven, MN/Minnetonka) for the first time this season and earned a victory at three doubles.  Andrew Bayliss (Sheboygan/North) and Osborne also earned their first victory as a doubles team.

Singles
#1 - Louis Volclair (CCG) def. Byron Balkin (Madison/Memorial) (UW-W) 7-5, 6-3
#2 - Derrick Taylor (CCG) def. Andrew Bayliss (Sheboygan/North) (UW-W) 6-3, 0-6, 6-4
#3 - Mitch Osborne (Crystal Lake, IL/Central) (UW-W) def. Alejandro Aquilino (CCG) 7-5, 6-3
#4 - Erik Scanlan (Libertyville, IL/Libertyville) (UW-W) def. Connor Bond (CCG) 6-2, 6-2
#5 - Malhar Mali (CCG) def. Brady Porter (Madison/Memorial) (UW-W) 6-3, 6-0
#6 - Brian Klein (Brookfield/East) (UW-W) def. Takashi Koga (CCG) 7-5, 3-6, 6-2

Doubles
#1 - Bayliss/Osborne (UW-W) def. Volclair/Taylor (CCG) 8-3
#2 - Mali/Aquilino (CCG) def. Scanlan/Kevin Friend (Deerfield, IL/Deerfield) (UW-W) 8-5
#3 - Balkin/RJ Rademacher (Deephaven, MN/Minnetonka) (UW-W) def. Koga/Bond (CCG) 8-4

The Warhawks will face off against DePauw University Thursday in a battle of ranked teams.  The Warhawks are ranked 26th nationally and seventh in the central region, while the Tigers are ranked 30th in the nation and eighth in the central region.

The Tigers' Sam Miles boasts a ranking of sixth in the central region while UW-W's Balkin, his likely opponent, is ranked 18th.  Balkin and Osborne are ranked eleventh among doubles teams in the central region and will probably face Miles and Ben Kopecky, the twelfth ranked doubles team in the central region.

For additional information, Frank Barnes, UW-W head coach