Box score
FOND DU LAC, Wis. - The Wisconsin Lutheran
College men's tennis team edged Ripon for a 5-4 non-conference
victory Saturday at Center Court Tennis Club in Fond du Lac,
Wis.
The Warriors had control in singles play as they won four of six
matches against the Red Hawks (1-8). After losing the #1 singles
match, junior Ryan Sallmann (Waukesha, Wis./West), freshman Zach
Birner (Neenah, Wis./Luther Preparatory), and sophomore Luke
Schroeder (Waukesha, Wis./Wisconsin Lutheran) bounced back and won
matches at #2, #3, and #4, respectively for the Warriors. Sallmann,
Birner, and Schroeder each won their matches in two sets. Sophomore
Adam Breister (Fond du Lac, Wis./Winnebago Lutheran) then edged out
RC's Anders Goodwin at #6, 3-6, 6-4, 10-2 to earn the Warriors'
fourth victory in singles play.
The Warriors dropped two of three matches to the Red Hawks in
doubles play. WLC's lone victory came at #3 doubles as junior Matt
Rocque (Green Bay, Wis./Bay Port) and sophomore Jeremy Vanderhyde
(Aurora, Colo./Rocky Mountain Lutheran) defeated Tyler Hopewell and
Anders Goodwin, 9-8 (7-2).
Wisconsin Lutheran (1-4) begins conference play next Saturday,
March 30 when it hosts Marian (0-0) and Edgewood (1-15) at the
Princeton Club in New Berlin, Wis. The match with the Sabres start
at 10 a.m., while the dual versus the Eagles follows at 2 p.m.
