Knox College Prairie Fire

Ham won both of his #5 singles matches and teamed up with first-year Jonathan Ng to post a pair of victories at #3 doubles against Edgewood College (WI) and the University of Dubuque on February 4 in Dubuque, Iowa.

Ham’s perfect day helped Knox earn a season-opening split, a 9-0 win against Edgewood and a 6-3 loss to highly touted Dubuque, earning him the Prairie Fire Performer of the Week Award.

Ham beat Edwin Mendoza of Edgewood 6-1, 6-1 in singles play.  He and Ng downed Mendoza and Eric Gavinski 8-1 in their doubles match to help lead the Prairie Fire to a win to kick off the season.

Ham added two more victories against Dubuque by beating Michael Braden 6-1, 6-1 in their singles showdown and, along with Ng, toppled Braden and Shawn Iben 8-1 in doubles play.

Ham was 4-0 on the day, allowing only four match points in the four singles sets he played, and just six total points when including the two doubles matches.