After losing a tough match to DePauw earlier Thursday, the Warhawks came back and defeated Oberlin College 7-2 in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. The Warhawks improve to 11-6 in dual matches this season.
In doubles play the Warhawks swept the Yeo in all three flights.
Byron Balkin (Madison/Memorial) and
Mitch Osborne (Crystal Lake, IL/Central) earned their twelfth doubles victory while the duo of
Erik Scanlan (Libertyville, IL/Libertyville) and
Kevin Friend (Deerfield, IL/Deerfield) earned their eighth win.
Cameron Laktash (Crystal Lake, IL/South) paired with
RJ Rademacher (Deephaven, MN/Minnetonka) for their seventh win in doubles competition and they remain undefeated when playing in the third flight.
In singles UW-W got wins from
Andrew Bayliss (Sheboygan/North),
Andy McGlashen (Southampton, England/), Osborne and
Brian Klein (Brookfield/East). Each has now reached double digit victory totals in singles. Balkin battled Logan Chun at the one spot but fell in three sets and
Brady Porter (Madison/Memorial) retired at the fifth flight due to injury.
Singles
#1 - Logan Chun (OC) def.
Byron Balkin (Madison/Memorial) (WW) 4-6, 7-6 (4), 10-3
#2 -
Andrew Bayliss (Sheboygan/North) (WW) def. Charlie Marks (OC) 6-1, 6-4
#3 -
Andy McGlashen (Southampton, England/) (WW) def. Soren Zeliger (OC) 6-1, 5-7, 6-0
#4 -
Mitch Osborne (Crystal Lake, IL/Central) (WW) def. Ben Turchin (OC) 6-0, retired (injury)
#5 - Sam Towne (OC) def.
Brady Porter (Madison/Memorial) (WW) 3-4, retired (injury)
#6 -
Brian Klein (Brookfield/East) (WW) def. Joe Leffler (OC) 3-6, 6-0, 6-3
Doubles
#1 - Balkin/Osborne (WW) def. Marks/Zeliger (OC) 8-6
#2 -
Erik Scanlan (Libertyville, IL/Libertyville)/
Kevin Friend (Deerfield, IL/Deerfield) (WW) def. Chun/Turchin (OC) 8-6
#3 -
Cameron Laktash (Crystal Lake, IL/South)/
RJ Rademacher (Deephaven, MN/Minnetonka) (WW) def. Towne/Leffler (OC) 8-5
The Warhawks will return to action when they host Rock Valley College and Lawrence University on April 7 at the Wangerin Courts on the campus of UW-Whitewater. The match against Rock Valley begins at 9:30 am and the match against Lawrence begins at 3:30 pm.
For additional information,
Frank Barnes, UW-W head coach
