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Men’s Tennis Stays Undefeated with Seventh Straight Victory, Swigart Gets 100th Win

Box Score CLINTON, Iowa. - The University of Northwestern St. Paul Men's Tennis team is rolling and kept up their great start to the season with a 9-0 sweep of the St. Ambrose University Fighting Bees on Wednesday. The win was the 100th men's tennis win for Head Coach Matt Swigart, and the Eagles stayed undefeated at 7-0.

The Eagles opened the day with an efficient sweep of the doubles competition, winning with a margin of 24 games to three. Stewart Morrell (Elk River, Minn./Homeschool) and Tyrus Studer (Rapid City, S.D./Stevens) started the memorable day with an 8-1 win at #3 doubles. The duo of Davis Pfaff (Maple Grove, Minn./Maple Grove) and Matthew Wedin (Litchfield, Minn./Litchfield) followed with an 8-0 sweep in the #1 match. Adam Ryerse (Woodbury, Minn./East Ridge) and Jack Geurkink (Hudson, Wis./Hudson) teamed to complete the doubles sweep with an 8-2 win at the #2 match.

UNW kept their success going in the singles competition. Morrell opened it up with a 6-0, 6-1 win at the #3 spot. Studer followed with an identical 6-0, 6-1 win at #6. Pfaff won the decisive fifth team point with a 6-1, 5-7, 10-5 win in the #1 singles match.

With the win in hand, the Eagles kept up the momentum as Wedin won his #4 match (6-1, 6-0), Geurkink took his #5 contest (6-1, 6-0), and Ryerse closed out the day by winning at #2 (7-6, 6-3).

Next up for Northwestern is a match at Wartburg College on Saturday, March 20, at 10am.
 
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Players Mentioned

Jack Geurkink

Jack Geurkink

6' 3"
Sophomore
Davis Pfaff

Davis Pfaff

6' 1"
Senior
Adam Ryerse

Adam Ryerse

6' 2"
Sophomore
Tyrus Studer

Tyrus Studer

6' 0"
Junior
Matthew Wedin

Matthew Wedin

6' 0"
Junior
Stewart Morrell

Stewart Morrell

5' 11"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Jack Geurkink

Jack Geurkink

6' 3"
Sophomore
Davis Pfaff

Davis Pfaff

6' 1"
Senior
Adam Ryerse

Adam Ryerse

6' 2"
Sophomore
Tyrus Studer

Tyrus Studer

6' 0"
Junior
Matthew Wedin

Matthew Wedin

6' 0"
Junior
Stewart Morrell

Stewart Morrell

5' 11"
Freshman