APPLETON, Wis. — The Lawrence University men’s tennis rolled to an 8-1 Midwest Conference victory over St. Norbert College on Wednesday night at Fox Cities Racquet Club.
The Vikings (7-6, 2-0 MWC) swept the doubles matches and took five of the six singles contests.
In the doubles, Lawrence’s No. 1 team of David Jumes and Brian DeCorte and the No. 3 squad of Adam Busch and Izaya Turenne both won 8-4. The No. 2 match went to a tiebreaker with Bill Schuman-Kline and David Brooker taking the tiebreaker 9-7.
In the singles matches, Jumes at No. 1, DeCorte at No. 2, Schuman-Kline at No. 3, Busch at No. 5 and Ethan Perushek at No. 6 all won in straight sets. Jumes, DeCorte and Busch lost a total of just two games in each of their singles matches.
This is Lawrence’s fourth win in the last five seasons against the Green Knights (3-4, 0-1).
Lawrence University 8, St. Norbert College 1
Singles competition
1. David Jumes (LU) def. Ben Vande Zande (SNC) 6-2, 6-0
2. Brian DeCorte (LU) def. Alex Vandenberg (SNC) 6-0, 6-2
3. Bill Schuman-Kline (LU) def. Kyle Battle (SNC) 7-5, 7-5
4. Zach Simonet (SNC) def. Mitch Kasprzyk (LU) 6-2, 6-4
5. Adam Busch (LU) def. Kahlo Vue (SNC) 6-0, 6-2
6. Ethan Perushek (LU) def. Joe Oleniczak (SNC) 6-2, 2-6, 1-0 (10-5)
Doubles competition
1. David Jumes/Brian DeCorte (LU) def. Ben Vande Zande/Alex Vandenberg (SNC) 8-4
2. Bill Schuman-Kline/David Brooker (LU) def. Kyle Battle/Zach Simonet (SNC) 9-8 (9-7)
3. Adam Busch/Izaya Turenne (LU) def. Kahlo Vue/Joe Oleniczak (SNC) 8-4