ORLANDO, Fla. — The Colorado College men’s tennis team swept the singles competition and posted a 7-2 nonconference win over Lawrence University on Monday.
Lawrence (4-4) won both the Nos. 1 and 2 singles matches. Jason Dunn and Max Zlevor posted an 8-4 victory over Will Lindsay and Oliver Gunter at No. 1, and Cooper Smith and Jeremy Andereck were 8-4 winners of Robert Kasemodel and Jack Burger at No. 2.
ORLANDO, Fla. — A pair of key tiebreakers went to Otterbein University on Monday, and that allowed the Cardinals to post a 6-3 nonconference win over Lawrence University.
The Cardinals (6-1) won a tiebreaker at No. 1 doubles and won a super tiebreaker at No. 2 singles to swing the match in their favor.
Lawrence (4-3) picked up an 8-4 victory by Craig Sherwood and Brian DeCorte and No. 3 doubles for its first point of the match. Otterbein’s Will Wilson and David Seckel defeated Jason Dunn and Max Zlevor 9-8, winning the tiebreaker 7-3 to take a 2-1 lead in the match after the doubles competition.
Lawrence got a 6-2, 3-6, 6-4 win at No. 5 singles from Brian DeCorte, and Jeremy Andereck posted a 6-0, 6-2 victory at No. 6 for the Vikings. Otterbein won another key tiebreaker when Ryan Shutt beat Dunn 2-6, 6-3, 1-0, taking the super tiebreaker 11-9.
APPLETON, Wis. — The Lawrence University men’s tennis team rolled to an 8-1 nonconference win over the Milwaukee School of Engineering on Friday night at Fox Cities Racquet Club.
The Vikings began the match by sweeping the three doubles matches, and Lawrence then took the Nos. 2 through 6 singles matches. Both Max Zlevor at No. 3 singles and Jeremy Andereck at No. 6 didn’t drop a game en route to victories. Brian DeCorte lost only one game at No. 5 singles and Craig Sherwood dropped only two game in his victory at No. 4.
Jason Dunn also won in straight set at No. 2 singles.
APPLETON, Wis. — Jason Dunn picked up a pair of big wins and was named the Midwest Conference Player of the Week.
Dunn (Fond du Lac, Wis./Fond du Lac) earned the honor after knocking off a pair of Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference foes.
Playing No. 2 singles, Dunn beat Florent Marco of UW-Eau Claire 6-1, 6-3. Dunn teamed with Max Zlevor at No. 1 doubles for a 9-8 (7-4) victory over Eau Claire at No. 1 doubles. The Vikings defeated the Blugolds 5-4, and that marked the first time Lawrence had defeated Eau Claire since the teams first started playing in 1995.
Dunn also picked up a 6-4, 6-2 win over Vic Mirasola of UW-La Crosse during the week.
Dunn improved to 4-1 in singles and 3-2 in doubles on the season. This marks the third time in his career that Dunn has been named the conference Player of the Week. Dunn was chosen once each in the 2011 and 2012 seasons.
Lawrence, which is 3-2 this season, returns to action on March 8 when it hosts the Milwaukee School of Engineering.
APPLETON, Wis. — Cooper Smith’s three-set victory at No. 1 singles propelled the Lawrence University men’s tennis team to a 5-4 nonconference victory over UW-Eau Claire on Saturday at Fox Cities Racquet Club.
With the team score tied 4-4, Smith defeated Ryan Vande Linde 6-4, 1-6, 6-3 to give Lawrence the victory. Smith also teamed with Max Zlevor for a thrilling 9-8 (7-4 in the tiebreaker) at No. 1 doubles over Vande Linde and Joe Meier.
Lawrence (3-2) also picked up an 8-5 win at No. 3 doubles by Craig Sherwood and Brian DeCorte.
Lawrence’s Jason Dunn continued his impressive play at No. 2 singles with a 6-1, 6-3 victory over Florent Marco. Sherwood topped Michael Roden 6-4, 6-1 at No. 4 singles for the Vikings’ other win on the day.
APPLETON, Wis. — The Lawrence University men’s tennis team dropped a 7-2 nonconference decision to UW-La Crosse on Friday night at Fox Cities Racquet Club.
Lawrence (2-2) picked up one victory in both singles and doubles. Jason Dunn posted a 6-4, 6-2 win over Vic Mirasola at No. 2 singles. Cooper Smith and Jeremy Andereck teamed up for an 8-5 victory over Anthony Mirasola and Dante Pitera at No. 2 doubles.
The Vikings are back in action on Saturday morning when they host UW-Eau Claire.
MEQUON, Wis. — The Lawrence University men’s tennis team rolled to a 9-0 nonconference shutout of Concordia (Wis.) University on Friday night.
The Vikings swept the three doubles matches by dropping only four games total. Lawrence lost only one set in the six singles matches.
Highlighting the singles wins was an impressive 6-1, 6-0 victory by Lawrence’s Jason Dunn over Taylor Shaffer at No. 2. Lawrence’s Jeremy Andereck also posted a 6-1, 6-0 victory over Garrett Wells at No. 6 singles.
OSHKOSH, Wis. — The UW-Oshkosh men’s tennis team topped Lawrence University 7-2 in a nonconference match on Saturday night at the YMCA Tennis Center.
The lone winners for the Vikings came in singles, where both Max Zlevor and Jeremy Andereck were victorious. Zlevor posted a 7-6, 6-2 victory at No. 3, and Andereck was a 6-2, 6-4 winner at No. 6.
OSHKOSH, Wis. — The Lawrence University men’s tennis team opened its spring season with a 9-0 nonconference win over Edgewood College on Saturday at the YMCA Tennis Center.
The Vikings lost only two games in sweeping the three doubles matches, and Lawrence dropped only eight games en route to sweeping the singles.
Jeremy Andereck highlighted the sweep with a 6-0, 6-0 victory at No. 6 singles.
The Lawrence University men’s tennis team finds itself in an enviable position as it prepares to open its season on Saturday.
While most teams would be happy to have one player capable of holding down the top spot in the singles lineup, Lawrence coach Kevin Girard has three that could get the job done.
The trio of seniors Jason Dunn, a Fond du Lac, Wis., native, Cooper Smith and Max Zlevor give the Vikings experience and talent at the top of the lineup. Lawrence opens its season with nonconference matches against UW-Oshkosh and Edgewood College this weekend.
“Jay, Max and Cooper are all very strong players, and depending on the day, any one of them could play (No. 1 singles),” said Girard, who enters his sixth season as the Vikings’ head coach.
“They’ve all got three seasons under their belts. They know what to expect. They all are very strong players, great leaders, and we’ve got a lot of depth with our younger guys.”
Dunn was the team’s No. 1 player a season ago and posted a 12-12 record. Zlevor played No. 2 and finished 10-16, and Smith played No. 4 and was 11-7.
Smith returned to campus playing some of the best tennis of his life and advanced to the third round of the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Midwest Regional in the fall. Girard said challenge matches on the team will determine who plays where when the season begins, but there is a difference in this group of seniors.
“Max and Jay are more power players, and Cooper is more gritty, a great competitor,” Girard said. “We’ve got strength all through our lineup.”
In addition to the seniors at the top, the Vikings also return starters in junior Jeremy Andereck and sophomore Craig Sherwood. Andereck saw action at both Nos. 5 and 6 singles and posted an overall record of 7-12 last year. Sherwood went 9-15 during his rookie campaign and finished 9-15 playing mostly at No. 5.
“Jeremy and Cooper have shown the most improvement,” Girard said. “Jeremy is really playing well right now. He’s in late-season form a week in. He’s really confident and playing well. You can see it in his strokes and his body language.
“Craig is playing very well also. He has tons of talent. He needs to harness that and pick his spots of when to use his weapons because he has ton of them.”
The Vikings also have six newcomers to the roster, and at least one of them will step into a starter’s role.
“Brian DeCorte has stepped up as the freshman that is most likely to be in the lineup,” Girard said. “Very consistent, great ground strokes. He has to get some college tennis under his belt to see what it’s like.”
The Vikings return their top doubles team of Dunn and Zlevor, and Girard said Smith and Andereck will likely play No. 2 doubles and Sherwood and DeCorte should be the starters at No. 3.
With the strong lineup, the Vikings look like contenders in the revamped Midwest Conference North Division. With Cornell College joining the league, Lake Forest College is moving from the South Division to the North.
“I feel like we should definitely finish near the top of the conference,” Girard said. “The goal, as always, is to win the North, get in the (four-team conference) tournament and take it from there.”
Vikings picked for fourth
The Lawrence softball team has been picked to finish fourth in the North Division in a poll of Midwest Conference coaches.
Lawrence finished with a 9-22 record a season ago and brings back seven position starters and top pitcher Shannon Murray. The Vikings don’t begin play until March 15 with a series of 12 games in Clermont, Fla.
Carroll and St. Norbert were tied for first in the poll in the North Division, and newcomer Cornell was chosen to win the south.
Ranumas record
Freshman hurdler JP Ranumas broke the Lawrence record in the 60-meter hurdles this past Saturday at the UW-Stevens Point Invitational.
Ranumas, who hails from Winnetka, Ill., raced to a time of 8.76 seconds, breaking the mark of 8.78 that had stood since 1990.
Editor’s Note: Inside LU Athletics is a notes package written by Lawrence University Director of Athletic Media Relations Joe Vanden Acker. It will feature teams and individual players, recap weekly awards or highlights and take a look at what’s ahead for the Vikings.
