LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. – No. 9 Cardinal Stritch (Wis.) defeated No. 25 Indiana Wesleyan University men’s tennis 5-1 on Saturday in the last of eight spring break matches. IWU went 5-3 on the trip with three wins over ranked opponents.

MATCH VITALS

• Score:  Cardinal Stritch def. Indiana Wesleyan, 5-1
• Records:  Indiana Wesleyan 5-2   |   Cardinal Stritch 22-3
• NAIA Top-25:  Indiana Wesleyan – No. 25   |   Cardinal Stritch – No. 9
• Location:   Georgia Gwinnett College   |   Lawrenceville, Georgia

DOUBLES

• No. 1:  Eli Steiner/Grant Yager (IWU) def. Alig/Pejovic (CSU) 9-8)
• No. 2:  Perasso/Palaco (CSU) def. Gavin White/Jacob Rankin (IWU) 8-3
• No. 3:  Rossi/Wehrle (CSU) def. Joel Montgomery/Austin Christner (IWU) 8-6
   

SINGLES

• No. 1:  Gascia (CSU) def. Gavin White (IWU) 6-1, 6-0
• No. 2:  Eli Steiner (IWU) vs. Perasso (CSU) 5-7, 0-1 unfinished
• No. 3:  Joel Montgomery (IWU) vs. Palacio (CSU) 7-6, 1-6 unfinished
• No. 4:  Rossi (CSU) def. Jacob Rankin (IWU) 6-2, 6-3
• No. 5:  Wehrle (CSU) def. Austin Christner (IWU)
• No. 6:  Andrew Block (IWU) vs. Alig (CSU) 6-0 1-5 unfinished
   

COACH SHIGLEY SAYS…

• “The guys ran into a really good Cardinal Stritch team that is ranked in the top-10 in the nation. This is fantastic experience for our team to play such good competition. Eli and Grant played amazing doubles today to get the win at No. 1 doubles. Overall, this has been an incredible spring break going 5-3, beating three ranked teams, and our only losses were to three highly ranked team. We have seen tremendous growth in our team already this spring.”
   

UP NEXT FOR MEN’S TENNIS

• Indiana Wesleyan takes a few days off before returning to action on Friday vs. Bellarmine (Ky.). The match begins at 4 p.m. at the Sutter Tennis Center.