ST. PETER, Minn. – The Macalester College men's tennis team traveled to Gustavus to compete in the ITA Regional and Midwest Open, held Friday and Saturday.
In singles play at the ITA Regional, seniors
Alec Sargent (Rochester, Minn./Rochester Century) and
Lucas Wood (Urbana, Ill./University Lab School) both won their first-round matches, with Sargent defeating Grant Idoux of Coe and Wood beating Otto Schluter of UW-Eau Claire. Both Sargent and Wood lost in the second round. In doubles, Wood and senior
Owen Lindstrom (Hanover, Minn./St. Michael-Albertville) advanced to the second round via a withdrawal, then lost to a team from Gustavus. Sargent and senior
Liam Lynch (St. Paul, Minn./St. Paul Academy) lost their first-round doubles match.
At the Midwest Open, Lynch won his first round singles match over Cornell's Mills Arnold before losing to Grinnell's Aman Kothari. In doubles, senior
Maxwell Davis (Warwick, Pa./Stone Independent School) and sophomore
Kangyu Li (Shanhai, China/Shanghai Southwest Weiyu) defeated a team from Loras in the first round before falling to a team from UW-Stevens Point in the second round. In the C draw for singles, Davis beat Malcolm Rice of UW-Stevens Point in the first round before losing in the second round. First year
Zach Dajani (Singapore/Singapore American School) also won his first-round match against Ben Vorpahl of Concordia-Wisconsin before falling in Round 2.
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ITA Singles:
Alec Sargent (MAC) def. Grant Idoux (Coe) 6-0, 4-6, 10-5
Lucas Wood (MAC) def. Otto Schluter (UW-Eau Claire) 7-6, 6-4
Jasper Yang (Carleton) def.
Alec Sargent (MAC) 6-4, 6-2
Gage Kohl (GAC) def.
Lucas Wood (MAC) 6-0, 6-0
ITA Doubles:
Parker Sprague & Chase Lindwall (UW-Whitewater) def.
Liam Lynch &
Alec Sargent (MAC) 8-7
Owen Lindstrom &
Lucas Wood (MAC) def. Zach Leslie & Baiyun Jing (Carleton) Withdrawal
Noah Hakim & Owen Skanse (Gustavus) def.
Owen Lindstrom &
Lucas Wood (MAC) 8-2
Midwest Singles:
Liam Lynch (MAC) def. Mills Arnold (Cornell) 6-3, 6-1
Carlos Lopez (MSOE) def.
Teo Corriente Prieto (MAC) 6-2, 4-6, 10-5
Joe Li (Gustavus) def. Michael Li (MAC) 6-3, 6-4
Odin Fouchier (Gustavus) def.
Beckett Annes (MAC) 6-1, 3-0 ret.
Gavin Kelleher (UW-Whitewater) def.
Owen Lindstrom (MAC) 6-0, 6-4
Aman Kothari (Grinnell) def.
Liam Lynch (MAC) 6-2, 6-2
Midwest Doubles:
Beckett Annes &
Teo Corriente Prieto (MAC) vs BYE
Maxwell Davis & Michael Li (MAC) def. Sam Canas & Horia Popa (Loras) 8-3
Cade Davis & Robert Matera (Wartburg) def.
Beckett Annes &
Teo Corriente Prieto (MAC) 8-1
Brady Wierzbicki & Ben Temple (UW-Steven's Point) def.
Maxwell Davis & Michael Li (MAC) 8-6
"C" Draw Singles:
Maxwell Davis (MAC) vs BYE
Zach Dajani (MAC) vs BYE
Maxwell Davis (MAC) def. Malcolm Rice (UW-Steven's Point) 6-4, 2-6, 10-6
Zach Dajani (MAC) def. Ben Vorpahl (Concordia-Wisconsin) 6-2, 6-1
Javier Robles (Simpson) def.
Maxwell Davis (MAC) 6-2, 6-4
Aadityaa Juniwal (Gustavus) def.
Zach Dajani (MAC) 6-1, 5-7, 10-8