GALESBURG, Illinois - The Prairie Fire men's tennis team got to compete outside on the Merdian Tennis Courts on a beautiful spring day on Wednesday afternoon.

Knox (0-10, 0-3) dropped their match to Illinois College 0-9 with close matches in the majority of the singles matches. 

The Prairie Fire return to action on April 15 as they host conference opponents Lawrence and St. Norbert.

Singles competition:

1. Miguel Vaca (IC) def. Jared Schwarz (KCM) 6-1, 6-0
2. Nazar Otunchiev (IC) def. Jeffrey Xue (KCM) 6-2, 6-2
3. Michael Connolly (IC) def. Ganesh Uppalapu (KCM) 6-0, 6-0
4. Cameron Doerr (IC) def. Brad Newland (KCM) 6-3, 6-2
5. Rolando Salazar (IC) def. Matt Bailey (KCM) 6-1, 6-2
6. Connor McAndrew (IC) def. Hank Horwitz (KCM) 6-1, 6-2


Doubles competition:
1. Miguel Vaca/Michael Connolly (IC) def. Jared Schwarz/Brad Newland (KCM) 8-0
2. Cameron Doerr/Rolando Salazar (IC) def. Ganesh Uppalapu/Jeffrey Xue (KCM) 8-2
3. Joe Mendala/Connor McAndrew (IC) def. Matt Bailey/Hank Horwitz (KCM) 8-1