The UW-Whitewater men's tennis team, ranked ninth in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Division III Central Region, fell to seventeenth-ranked Coe College 5-4 in a six hour marathon Sunday afternoon in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Coe College 5, UW-Whitewater 4
singles
1.  Noah Sprinkel, CC, defeated Byron Balkin (Madison/Memorial), WW, 7-6 (7), 7-5
2.  Victor Khrinsteko, CC, defeated Andrew Bayliss (Sheboygan/North), WW, 2-6. 6-1, 6-3
3.  Andrew McGlashen, WW, defeated Sean Stokstad, CC, 6-2, 6-3
4.  Mitch Osborne (Crystal Lake, IL/Central), WW, defeated Jeff Damisch, CC 6-3, 2-6, 6-4
5.  Curtis Newman, CC, defeated Erik Scanlan (Libertyville, IL/Libertyville), WW, 6-3, 6-1
6.  Jonathan Roger, CC, defeated Brady Porter (Madison/Memorial), WW, 7-5, 6-2
doubles
1.  Balkin/Osborne, WW, defeated Damisch/Michael Woolf, CC, 8-4
2.  Bayliss/McGlashen, WW, defeated  Sprinkel/Stokstad, CC, 9-8 (4)
3.  Khrinsteko/Newman, CC, defeated Scanlan/Kevin Friend (Deerfield, IL/Deerfield), WW, 8-5

Balkin and Osborne have teamed up for a 19-7 mark at one doubles, with Bayliss and McGlashen close at 18-5.  Whitewater's two winners in singles play, McGlashen and Osborne, improved to 20-6 and 23-5, respectively.

UW-Whitewater is 20-7 in dual meets.

The Warhawks are awaiting word on a bid to the NCAA III championship tournament.  UW-W has earned a national tourney bid five years in a row, including advancing to the third round in last year's competition.

For additional information:  Frank Barnes, UW-W tennis coordinator