LAKEVILLE, Minn. – The University of Minnesota Morris men's tennis team tallied a 7-2 victory over Crown on Thursday. With the win, the Cougars improve to 3-2 overall and 2-0 in Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) play, while Crown is now 0-8 overall and 0-2 in conference play.
In singles play, Crown picked up wins at the No. 1 and No. 2 spots, but the Cougars would go on to win matchups at No. 3 through No. 6. Minnesota Morris made it a clean sweep in doubles action by winning all three matches.
Crown recorded two wins in singles play as Caleb Baumann defeated Jack Flicker 6-4, 6-4 at No. 1 singles and Romeo Mark bested Cole Peters 6-4, 6-3 at No. 2 singles.
The final four matchups in singles play went in favor of Morris as Kenny Knudson posted a 6-3, 6-1 victory over Andrew Moorse at No. 3 singles, Kenneth Riley topped Joe Duffy 6-2, 6-4 at the No. 4 singles spot, Gannon Youakim defeated Jacob Sporleder 6-2, 6-1 at No. 5 singles and Kyler Cooper recorded a 6-0, 6-1 win over Psalms Lee at No. 6 singles.
In doubles action, Flicker/Peters defeated Baumann/Duffy 8-3 at No. 1 doubles, Knudson/Riley won 8-4 over Mark/Moorse at No. 2 doubles and Youakim/Jason Vang bested Sporleder/Lee 8-2 at No. 3 doubles.
The Cougars welcome Wisconsin-Superior to Morris, Minnesota, on Sunday, March 31, at 1 p.m.
