Colorado box score
St. Lawrence box score
Contact: Ashleigh Jones, Sports Information Graduate Assistant
ORLANDO, Fla. (March 21, 2018)- In their final day in Orlando, Fla. the North Central College men's tennis team dropped both of their games, losing 1-8 to Colorado College and 2-7 against St. Lawrence University.
Facing Colorado, the Cardinals struggled to take the lead in singles play, only earning one win over the Tigers.
Though Tyler Haizel was the lone North Central player to beat Colorado, teammate Victor Krueger also put up a great fight. Krueger took the first set in his singles match but lost 11-9 in the third set.
In doubles play the Tigers once again took control. Despite losing all three doubles matches the Cardinals did come close to snatching another win with the doubles team of Lucas Pindak and Alex Kohlmeier coming up short in their 8-6 contest.
With the morning's match in the back of North Centrals' mind, a switch seemed to be turned, and the Cardinals played with gusto against the Saints improving to a 2-7 finish.
Haizel and Kruger collected the two wins for the Cardinals in their highly competitive singles matches. Haizel finished in the No. 4 position beating his opponent in two sets (7-5, 6-0). Krueger played to three sets earning his win with a 10-8 final set.
Unfortunately, the energy that earned them two wins in singles was not enough for North Central to avoid being swept in doubles.
The Cardinals (5-10) take to the courts again on Friday, March 30 in Decatur, Ill. to face Millikin University in its first College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin matchup since the fall. The match is set to start at 10 AM.
