On the way to Michigan we stopped at the Erik Scanlan's house in Libertyville, IL where Mrs. Scanlan hosted us before we embarked on our trip. A special thank you to the Mrs. Scanlan for hosting us and letting us rest there to beat the rough Chicago traffic.
After leaving the Scanlan's house we headed off to Kalamazoo. We were lucky enough to beat the Chicago traffic and we were making great time until we hit a blizzard in Michigan. It slowed us down to a stand still for about 50 minutes, but eventually we were moving again and made it Kalamazoo in one piece. In the morning the guys were ready to play, and as the matches started it was obvious so were the Hornets from K-Zoo. In doubles the Warhawks fell behind early breaks at 1 and 2 doubles, and while both teams fought till the end their opponents were too tough and the 'Hawks lost 8-4 in both matches. At 3 doubles it was a great match up for the Warhawks as Erik Scanlan and Kevin Friend dominated the net to win 8-3. After doubles the Warhawks were down, and they knew they were going to have to pick up their level in singles. Every match the Warhawks fought as hard as they could, but the Hornets never made any errors and that proved to be the difference in all the matches. The Warhawks played hard until the end, but just couldn't come up with a win in singles, and lost the match 8-1. In the exhibition matches the Warhawks finished 3-0 with Kevin Friend and Cam Laktash picking up great singles victories, and Cam Laktash and RJ Rademacher winning at 4 doubles.
After the Kalamazoo match the guys were down, but they had to pick themselves up quickly to defeat an up and coming team in the central region, the Monmouth College Scots. The Scots came out in doubles and played very well. Andy McGlashen and Andrew Bayliss played one doubles for the match against a very strong team. They were pushed the whole way, and ended up pulling the match out in a tiebreaker. Erik Scanlan and Kevin Friend dominated at 3 doubles, and Cam Laktash and RJ Rademacher had a tough match at 2 doubles. They went down an early break, and could never get it back losing the match 8-6. In singles the Warhawks didn't lose a set and rebounded very well from the loss earlier in the morning winning the overall match 8-1.
The Warhawks are now 6-3 on the season and will take this week off from competition as we host our Alumni Event on Saturday March 3rd at noon at Four Lakes Athletic Club in Elkhorn, WI. The Warhawks next date of competition will be March 10th against lake Forest College and Carthage College at Four Lakes Athletic Club in Elkhorn, WI.
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