The UW-Whitewater Men’s and Women’s team traveled to St Louis together this past weekend for a quad that pitted all four nationally ranked programs in a round robin. Some of the matches were held at host Washington University’s courts and some were at Dwight Davis Tennis Center.
The teams were UWW (Men ranked #25, Wom ranked #28), Univ Texas-Tyler (#19, #38), Univ Chicago (#13, #15), Washington University (#5, #11). To see all individual scores/lineups, go to:
Women’s site: http://uwwsports.com/index.aspx?tab=tennis2&path=wten
On Saturday morning each team took on UT-Tyler. The men were tied at 1-1 in doubles so the all important lead came down to #2. We were down a break, and broke back to send the match to a tiebreak. In the tiebreak, we were down 3-6, but Humphreys/Laktash won 5 straight points to secure the comeback and the team lead heading into singles. In singles we had many dogfights. Treis played flawless tennis and won in straights, while Navratil, Raman, and Shklyar all went to three sets. Raman was the first of the three setters to come off with a win, then Shklyar sealed the team win. Navratil lost 11-9 in his third set match tiebreak for a 5-4 overall win. The women took a 3-0 lead with some great doubles play with a brand new doubles lineup. Megan Humphreys was then pulled from the singles lineup due to her hip injury. Without her the match tightened up, but we were able to come up with the two solid wins to take a 5-2 lead. McGuire played great all weekend including her 6-4, 6-4 win here at #1, then Beck clinched with a third set win at #5. Dick and Siemon each lost after the clinch in 3rd set battles, so it ended up 5-4 in the Warhawks favor.
On Saturday afternoon each team faced Wash U. The men stayed in the match with a win at #3 doubles. Raman/Schnarr have been burning it up at 3! At 2, Humphreys/Laktash were up a break when Laktash’s back started acting up, but it was WashU’s play that finished them off. We lost at #1 to last year’s NCAA semifinalists, so this put us down 1-2 heading into singles. With Laktash out, Schnarr stepped in at 6. Treis picked up another great win at 2 over Jeremy Busch, while Navratil lost at #3 to Kratky, and Shklyar went down after suffering through cramps all match at #5. We were down 2-4 at this point, but Humphreys, Raman and Schnarr were all even, and heading into third sets. If we could figure a way to win them all, we would pull off the monumental upset. Jake ended up losing to his HS team mate Carswell and Raman’s opponent caught third set fire. Schnarr played amazing, but lost in a match tiebreak 11-9. The women again played some amazing doubles against one of the top doubles lineups in the nation. They lost all three, but I was happy with the performance of all three teams as they all pushed their opponents at each line. In singles we had some solid performances from Humphreys, McGuire, and Talyansky, but they also fell short. It was a great experience to play this team for our lineup littered with freshmen and sophomores.
On Sunday the teams woke up and took on the U Chicago Maroons. The guys won at #2 doubles again, but fell at 1 and 3. We had a very tight match between the regions top players Humphreys and Chua, but lost 6-4, 6-4. We also had three set losses from Raman and Laktash. Schnarr played well again, but lost 7-5, 6-3. The women also played well, especially in doubles. We had leads at 1 and 3 throughout the match, but lost in the end of both of those 8-6. #2D made a late charge, but in the end lost 8-5. I’m very happy with the doubles we played all tournament, and we had some more strong highlights in singles in this one. Talyansky was out due to a leg injury, and McGuire played amazing forcing a match tiebreak before losing 11-9. Siemon stepped in at #6 and lost a match tiebreak as well 10-7. Beck played a great second set against Lee, but lost 7-5.
This upcoming weekend is also a jam packed weekend. The men participate in their WIAC Final 4 tournament in Eau Claire. On Friday they play UW-Oshkosh at 3:30. Then on Saturday they play UW-La Crosse at 9am and finish with UW-Eau Claire at 1pm. On Sunday the women travel to Kenosha to face host Carthage College at 9am and then Carroll University at around noon.
GO WARHAWKS!!
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