Strong start leads Edgewood past Vikings

MADISON, Wis. — The Edgewood College men’s tennis team swept the doubles matches and rode that to a 6-3 nonconference win over Lawrence University on Friday.

The Eagles (7-10) led 3-0 after the doubles and then split the singles matches with the Vikings (9-9). Lawrence picked up wins at Nos. 3, 5 and 6 singles.

Brian DeCorte was a 6-3, 6-3 winner over Brian Davenport at No. 3, and both Adam Busch and Izaya Turenne won nail-biters. Busch won a pair of tiebreakers to post a 7-6, 7-6 victory over Jaime Benavides at No. 5, and Turenne topped Brandon Glock 6-3, 2-6, 1-0 with a 10-3 win in the super-tiebreaker at No. 6.

Edgewood College 6, Lawrence University 3

Singles competition
1. Papenthien, Austin (EC) def. David Jumes (LU) 6-3, 7-5
2. Lagman, Patrick (EC) def. Sotaro Kurahashi (LU) 6-1, 6-3
3. Brian DeCorte (LU) def. Davenport, Brian (EC) 6-3, 6-3
4. Wanta, Michael (EC) def. Mitch Kasprzyk (LU) 6-2, 6-0
5. Adam Busch (LU) def. Benavides, Jaime (EC) 7-6 (8-6), 7-6 (7-5)
6. Izaya Turenne (LU) def. Glock, Brandon (EC) 6-3, 2-6, 1-0 (10-3)

Doubles competition
1. Papenthien, Austin/Lagman, Patrick (EC) def. David Jumes/Sotaro Kurahashi (LU) 9-8 (7-2)
2. Davenport, Brian/Wanta, Michael (EC) def. Brian DeCorte/Adam Busch (LU) 8-5
3. Benavides, Jaime/Glock, Brandon (EC) def. Ben Tomhave/Ethan Perushek (LU) 9-7