Macalester vs. St. Thomas box score

MIAC rivals Macalester and St. Thomas hooked up for an early-season match at Lakeville's Lifetime Fitness, and it was the Tommies who escaped with a narrow 5-4 decision over the Scots. Each team won three singles matches, but the difference was St. Thomas victories in two of the three doubles matches. Two of UST's singles wins came in three set matches and its win at No. 1 doubles came by a close 8-6 tally.

At the top of the singles lineup, Mac's Charlie Edelman (Sr., Tucson, Ariz. / University) gained a quick 6-0, 6-2 triumph. Macalester also picked up wins at the bottom of the lineup from Evan Elderbrock (Fy., Madison, Wis. / West), who won 6-4, 6-2 at No. 6; and Ali Bandeali (Fy. Karachi, Pakistan / Karachi Grammar School), who came out on top 6-2, 6-4 at No. 6. The Tommies took hard-fought three-set matches at third and fourth singles.

Elderbrock and Titus Levy (Jr., New York, N.Y. / Fieldston School) won for the Scots 8-2 at No. 3 doubles.

Macalester, now 2-4 overall and 0-2 in the MIAC, plays a pair of non-conference matches Saturday (Feb. 28) at the Leonard Center against Cornell (Ia.) and Northwestern-Roseville.