ST. PAUL, Minn. - The University of Northwestern St. Paul Men's Tennis team split a pair of matches with Hamline University and Crown College on Monday night. The Eagles fell narrowly to the Pipers 5-4 but then rebounded to sweep the Storm in a 9-0 effort to improve to 18-4 on the season.

Northwestern vs. Hamline

The Pipers jumped out to a strong start in doubles, taking all three matches.

Down 3-0, the Eagles battled back in singles. Northwestern got wins from Davis Pfaff (Maple Grove, Minn./Maple Grove) in the #1 match (6-3, 6-1) and Stewart Morrell (Elk River, Minn./Homeschool) in the #2 match (6-2, 7-5). The Pipers, however, won the #3 and #4 matches to take the match-deciding fifth team point.

Isaac Velgersdyk (Savage, Minn./Southwest Christian) and Caleb Quernmoen (Becker, Minn./Becker) each won their singles matches. Velgersdyk took his #5 match 6-2, 6-3 and Quernmoen won his #6 match 6-2, 6-2.

Northwestern vs. Crown

The Eagles cruised to a 3-0 start with a sweep of doubles. Northwestern swept each match as well with 8-0 victories at #1, #2, and #3 doubles matches.

UNW broke out the brooms in singles as well, taking all six matches for the 9-0 team victory. Morrell, Velgersdyk, Quernmoen, Collin Hemann (Newton, Iowa/Newton), and Zachary Revenig (Monticello, Minn./Monticello) each won their matches with 6-0, 6-0 sweeps. Tyrus Studer (Rapid City, S.D./Stevens) won his #3 match 6-0, 6-1 as the Eagles dropped only one game to the Storm, winning 96 total games of the 97 played in the match.

Up Next

Northwestern closes out their regular season with a conference match at UW-Superior on Wednesday at 2pm. The Eagles then return home to host their UMAC Tournament Quarterfinals match on Thursday, April 29, at the Johnson Tennis Courts.