DULUTH, MINN. – The University of Northwestern men's tennis team dropped its regular season finale today at St. Scholastica, falling to the Saints by an 8-1 score. The loss marked the Eagles first in the team's last eight matches and put an end to their unblemished UMAC record. The Saints earned revenge over an Eagle squad that upset them in the 2018 postseason tournament with the conference's first-ever automatic qualifier to the NCAA Tournament

UNW's doubles teams found themselves in some tough matchups, falling in all three across the board. The number three tandem of Matthew Wedin (Litchfield, Minn./Litchfield Senior) and Colton Paskewitz (Browerville, Minn/Staples) pushed their opponents to the brink before falling short by an 8-7 (8-6) defeat. 

In the singles portion of play, UNW fell in five of the six matches. Wedin continued to battle, taking down his opponent in a hard-fought win (6-4, 7-5) at the no. 5 spot. Tyrus Studer (Rapid City, S.D./Rapid City Stevens) shined in his loss, grabbing seven games (7-5, 6-2) in his defeat. 

The Eagles will return to the courts on Tuesday to host a UMAC semi-final matchup against the no. 3 seed, UW-Superior. The championship match will take place at the location of the highest remaining seed on Saturday. All information can be found on the tournament website. Fans can head to unweagles.com to stay up to date with UNW Men's Tennis.