Macalester vs. St. Olaf box score

Macalester and visiting St. Olaf met Tuesday at Hayden Tennis Courts, with a berth in the six-team MIAC playoffs on the line, and it was the Oles pulling out a hard-fought match 6-3 to get into the post-season.  The Scots finish the '13 campaign at 8-9 overall and 3-6 in conference play.

The Oles claimed two of the three doubles matches to get the match off to a good start, with the Scots picking up their victory at No. 3 behind the efforts of Kai Peterson (Sr., St. Paul, Minn. / Central) and Wilson Merrell (Fy., Poughkipsie, N.Y. / Arlington), who won 8-5.

Five of the six singles matches went into a third-set tiebreaker, with St. Olaf winning three of them.  Macalester singles winners were Stephen Tyndel (Sr., Toronto, Ont. / City Academy) at No. 2 and Sam Naden (So., Middleton, Wis.) at No. 6.

Final Macalester statistics

_{Photo above:  Stephen Tyndel won at No. 2 singles and was one of three Scots in the lineup closing out their collegiate careers, along with Max Edwards and Kai Peterson.}