GALESBURG, Illinois - The Prairie Fire men's tennis team faced off against a pair of Midwest Conference opponents on Sunday.
Knox (0-12, 0-5 MWC) fell to Lawrence, who is tied for second in the league, 0-9 in the morning match. The Prairie Fire then fell to St. Norbert 0-9 in the afternoon.
The singles matches against the Green Knights proved to be very close, but Knox could not get on the board.
The Prairie Fire will look to rebound as they travel to Monmouth on April 18.
Lawrence:
Singles competition
1. Bill Schuman-Kline (LU) def. Jared Schwarz (KCM) 6-0, 6-0
2. Aidan Delgado (LU) def. Jeffrey Xue (KCM) 6-2, 6-0
3. Cade Francour (LU) def. Ganesh Uppalapu (KCM) 6-0, 6-0
4. Evan Oriel (LU) def. Brad Newland (KCM) 6-1, 6-1
5. Andrea Arivella (LU) def. Matt Bailey (KCM) 6-2, 6-0
6. Yang Zhao (LU) def. Hank Horwitz (KCM) 6-0, 6-2
Doubles competition
1. Bill Schuman-Kline/Connor Maloney (LU) def. Jared Schwarz/Ganesh Uppalapu (KCM) 8-2
2. Cade Francour/Aidan Delgado (LU) def. Jeffrey Xue/Brad Newland (KCM) 8-1
3. Matt Chan/Evan Oriel (LU) def. Hank Horwitz/Lucas Sanchez (KCM) 8-0
St. Norbert:
Singles competition
1. Ben Vande Zande (SNC) def. Jared Schwarz (KC) 6-2, 6-0
2. John Zanotti (SNC) def. Jeffrey Xue (KC) 6-2, 6-4
3. Jordan Crump (SNC) def. Ganesh Uppalapu (KC) 6-1, 6-0
4. Luke Andrekus (SNC) def. Brad Newland (KC) 6-3, 6-2
5. Andrew Gehring (SNC) def. Matt Bailey (KC) 6-2, 6-1
6. Matthew Voissem (SNC) def. Hank Horwitz (KC) 6-2, 6-4
Doubles competition
1. Ben Vande Zande/Robert Quinlan (SNC) def. Jared Schwarz/Ganesh Uppalapu (KC) 8-1
2. Zach Simonet/John Zanotti (SNC) def. Jeffrey Xue/Brad Newland (KC) 8-1
3. Joe Oleniczak/Luke Andrekus (SNC) def. Hank Horwitz/Lucas Sanchez (KC) 8-0
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