Men's Tennis Drops Three Matches in St. Louis Area

The Monmouth College men's tennis team started their spring season with three matches in the St. Louis area this weekend. The Scots fell 7-0 at Webster on Friday night, 6-1 at Principia Saturday morning and lost a neutral site match to Illinois Wesleyan 7-0 on Saturday afternoon.

Against Webster, Monmouth lost the doubles point with 6-1 losses at #1 and #2 and a 6-0 loss at #3. Sawyer Day (Cupertino, California) and Matthew Savage (Washington, Illinois) played at #1 with Antonio Perez (St. George, Utah) and Macaden Sepich (Mackinaw, Illinois) at #2. Spencer Corn (Kansas City, Missouri) and Andrew Nickols (Janesville, Wisconsin) played at #3.

In singles, Day lost 6-0, 6-3 at #1 while Savage lost 6-3, 6-1 at #2. Perez and Sepich both lost 6-1, 6-1 at #3 and #4 respectively while Corn and Nickols lost 6-0, 6-0 at #5 and #6.

Against Principia, Day and Savage lost 6-1 at #1 doubles while Corn and Perez lost 6-0 at #2. Principia didn't have a #3 doubles team but won the point 2-1.

In singles, Day, Savage and Perez all lost 6-2, 6-1 at #1, #2 and #3. Sepich lost 6-2, 6-3 at #4 and freshman Alfonso Mares (Oak Lawn, Illinois) played at #5 forcing a 3rd-set tiebreak before losing 6-2, 2-6, 10-3 Nickols was awarded a forfeit win at #6 since Principia didn't have six players.

Against Illinois Wesleyan, Day and Savage lost 6-1 at #1 doubles while the other doubles matches were 6-0 for Perez/Corn and Mares/Nickols.

In singles, Day and Savage both lost 6-1, 6-3 at the top two spots while Perez lost 6-0, 6-0 at #3. Sepich lost 6-0, 6-2 at #4, Nickols went down 6-0, 6-0 and Corn lost 6-2, 6-0 at #6.

The Scots next matches are the home openers and MWC openers on April 5. The Scots host Cornell at 9 a.m. and Grinnell at 3 p.m.