Carthage 7, Principia 2

The Carthage College men's tennis team (14-5, 0-0 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin) concluded a three-match trip to downstate-Illinois on Saturday, April 7 with a 7-2 win over Principia College (9-3) at the Hexberg Tennis Center in Elsah, Ill.  Carthage won a pair of matches on Friday, April 6 at Lindenwood University-Belleville in Belleville, Ill., defeating Westminster College (Mo., 8-9), 6-3, before blanking Lindenwood-Belleville (4-6) by a 9-0 margin.
 
In Saturday's win over Principia, Carthage Jeff Lotz Jr. (Jr., Racine, Wis., 21-7), ranked 14th in the Central Region by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association, defeated Paul Sanderude at No. 1 singles, 6-0, 6-3.  Daneric Hazelman (Sr., Lautoka, Fiji Islands, 21-6) defeated Jason Wissman at No. 2 singles, 6-2, 6-3.  Alex McLean (Sr., Belleville, Ill./West, 9-16) lost at No. 3 singles.  Nick Boomgarden (Sr., Fitchburg, Wis./Verona Area, 14-14) was a winner at No. 4 singles.  Brian Howes (Jr., Bartlett, Ill., 11-13) lost at No. 5 singles, and Andrew Knutson (So., Minneapolis, Minn./Minnehaha Academy, 6-3) was a winner at No. 6 singles. 
 
The Red Men's No. 1 doubles team of Lotz and Hazelman (25-2), ranked second in the region, was an 8-4 winner over Sanderude and Wissman.  Carthage's No. 2 doubles team of Whiteside and Boomgarden (15-7) was a winner over the Panthers, as was the Red Men's No. 3 team of McLean and Conor Moon (Fr., Sussex, Wis./Woodstock, Ill.-Marian Central Catholic, 9-13).  Carthage plays host to a Saturday, April 14 double-dual match at the Smeds Tennis Center in Kenosha, Wis.  The Red Men take on CCIW-opponent Wheaton College (Ill.) at 11 a.m. and Monmouth College at 4 p.m.