The Dominican University men's tennis team faced two more Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference (NACC) foes on Saturday in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, beating the Wisconsin Lutheran College Warriors, 7-2, before dropping a match against the MSOE Raiders, 9-0. The split pushes the Stars to 2-3 on the season and 2-2 in the NACC.
Dominican picked up two points in doubles action when
John Mysz and
Camden Knights won their flight, 9-7, and
Tarik Abdullah and
Chandler Allen won by a score of, 8-5.
The Stars nearly ran the table in singles play, picking up wins in every flight except number one. The five points won in singles represented the Stars' margin of victory over the WLC Warriors.
"Our guys gave a lot of effort this morning," commented Troy Tonsil. "The guys displayed a great level of mental toughness, which kept them focused during doubles play and carried that momentum into singles matches. This was our best effort collectively this year."
Dominican's Abdullah and Knights made the Raiders of MSOE really work for their points, both taking their opponent to a tie-breaker set to gain a result.
The Stars return to action on Tuesday, April 18
th, in Forest Park, against North Central College at 4:00 p.m.