LAKEVILLE, Minn. – The Macalester College men's tennis team earned a 6-3 victory over Concordia College in a MIAC dual Saturday afternoon at Lifetime Fitness. The Scots improve to 6-5 overall and 2-1 in the conference, while the Cobbers fall to 2-7, 2-4 MIAC.
In doubles, Macalester won two of the three matches, including a victory by senior
Hardt Bergmann (Mahtomedi, Minn./Mahtomedi) and junior
Aidan Tirpack (Mill Valley, Calif./Tamalpais) at second doubles. Junior
Ben Wilson (Oakland, Calif./College Preparatory School) and sophomore
Peter Willenborg (Storrs, Conn./E.O. Smith) also won their match at third doubles.
Tirpack and Bergman helped the Scots win four singles matches with straight-set victories at No. 2 and No. 3 singles, respectively. Wilson won his match in straight sets at No. 6 singles, while sophomore
Matthew Yang (Bethesda, Md./Walt Whitman) outlasted Matthew Engum in three sets at No. 5 singles.
Macalester faces MIAC foe Saint John's on Saturday, Apr. 1 in Collegeville, Minn.
Concordia-Moorhead vs Macalester
Mar 25, 2017 at Lakeville, Minn.
Macalester 6, Concordia-Moorhead 3
Singles competition
1. Isaac Toivonen (CC) def.
Josh Doyle (MAC) 6-3, 6-3
2.
Aidan Tirpack (MAC) def. David Youngs (CC) 7-5, 6-0
3.
Hardt Bergmann (MAC) def. David Schneck (CC) 7-6, 6-3
4. Erik Porter (CC) def.
Peter Willenborg (MAC) 6-0, 2-6, 13-11
5.
Matthew Yang (MAC) def. Matthew Engum (CC) 0-6, 6-3, 10-4
6.
Ben Wilson (MAC) def. Jesse Schneeberger (CC) 6-2, 6-1
Doubles competition
1. Isaac Toivonen/David Youngs (CC) def.
Josh Doyle/
Matthew Yang (MAC) 8-6
2.
Hardt Bergmann/
Aidan Tirpack (MAC) def. Erik Porter/David Schneck (CC) 8-5
3.
Peter Willenborg/
Ben Wilson (MAC) def. Matthew Engum/Jesse Schneeberger (CC) 8-6