UW-L Falls to UW-Whitewater and UW-Oshkosh

For Immediate Release: Saturday, April 11, 2009

Whitewater, Wis. - The UW-La Crosse men’s tennis team dropped a pair of matches Saturday at UW-Whitewater. The Eagles fell 8-1 to the host Warhawks before a 5-4 loss to UW-Oshkosh. UW-L is now 8-12 on the season.

Against UW-Whitewater, Jon Mahvi/John Hildebrandt earned UW-L's only victory. The duo defeated Alex Mory/Erik Scanlan at No. 3 doubles (8-4).

The Eagles won three of six singles matches versus UW-Oshkosh. Nick Piotrowski defeated Seth Breunig at No. 2 (4-6, 6-2, 6-3); Nathan Fekete beat Brian Naidicz at No. 3 (6-1, 6-1) and Steven Quiring defeated Nate Kilsdonk at No. 4 (6-4, 1-6, 6-4).

In doubles play, Joey Van Lieshout/Piotrowski beat Kilsdonk/Naidicz at No. 1 (8-5).

UW-L returns to action Sunday, April 19 at Ripon College (Wis.)