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Men's Tennis

SAU moves to 6-0

The Cougars stayed perfect with an 8-1 win over St. Francis. The doubles teams of Thomas Calderone-Rafael Schuster (#1), Nathan Scholten-Michael Darling (#2) and Tim Smolen-Andrew Fitzpatrick all won to give the Cougars a 3-0 lead going into the singles.

In singles play, the Cougars dominated in the top 5 singles spots,  only losing 5 games in all of those matches put together. David Darling won 6-0, 6-1 at #1 singles, Aaron Mayes won 6-2, 6-0 at #2, Andrew DeBruyn won 6-0, 6-1 at #3, Michael Darling won 6-1, 6-0 at #4, and Tim Smolen won 6-0, 6-0 at #5. The Cougars' Steve Elzerman dropped  the #6 match 8-4 in a pro set.

The Cougars have 2 more conference matches remaining next week against Bethel and Huntington. If they win at least one of those matches they are guaranteed the top seed in the season-ending conference tournament beginning on October 4.

Come support the SAU squad on Tuesday as they host Bethel College in their final regular season home dual match.

Match

SAU Player

St. Francis player

Winner

Result

#1 Singles

David Darling

Ryan May

SAU

6-0, 6-1

#2 Singles

Aaron Mayes

Spencer Heise

SAU

6-2, 6-0

#3 Singles

Andrew DeBruyn

Tate Dishman

SAU

6-0, 6-1

#4 Singles

Michael Darling

J.T. Biggs

SAU

6-1, 6-0

#5 Singles

Tim Smolen

Michael Thompson

SAU

6-0, 6-0

#6 Singles

Steve Elzerman

Jaxson Burkins

USF

8-4

#1 Doubles

Calderone-Schuster

May-Dishman

SAU

8-4

#2 Doubles

Scholten-M. Darling

Heise-Biggs

SAU

8-2

#3 Doubles

Smolen-Fitzpatrick

Burkins-Barth

SAU

8-2

Final Score: SAU 8 St. Francis 1

Season Record: MCC 6-0 Overall 6-0

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Players Mentioned

Steve Elzerman

Steve Elzerman

Senior
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Tim Smolen

Tim Smolen

Senior
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Andrew DeBruyn

Andrew DeBruyn

Junior
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Players Mentioned

Steve Elzerman

Steve Elzerman

Senior
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Tim Smolen

Tim Smolen

Senior
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Andrew DeBruyn

Andrew DeBruyn

Junior
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