Carthage 5, Coe 4
Carthage 8, Wartburg 1

The Carthage College men's tennis team (6-2, 0-0 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin) traveled to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Saturday, Feb. 25 for a pair of indoor matches at Coe College's Clark Racquet Center.  Carthage edged the host Kohawks (6-1), 5-4, before defeating Wartburg College (3-4) by an 8-1 margin.
 
In the win over Wisconsin-Oshkosh, Carthage's Jeff Lotz Jr. (Jr., Racine, Wis., 13-3), ranked 23rd nationally by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association and fifth in the Central Region, defeated the Titans' Bobby Brooks at No. 1 singles, 6-1, 6-3, and won over Lawrence's Jason Dunn, 6-3, 6-1.  Daneric Hazelman (Sr., Lautoka, Fiji Islands, 12-3) won over UW-Oshkosh's Kevin Lewis at No. 2 singles, 6-4, 5-7, 7-6., and defeated the Vikings' Max Zlevor, 6-2, 6-0.  Matt Whiteside (Sr., Sacramento, Calif./Natomas Pacific Pathway Prep, 6-4) won both of his No. 3 singles matches, while Alex McLean (Sr., Belleville, Ill./West, 6-8) lost both of his No. 4 singles contests.  Nick Boomgarden (Sr., Fitchburg, Wis./Verona Area, 9-8) split at No. 5 singles, as did Brian Howes (Jr., Bartlett, Ill., 9-4) at No. 6 singles. 

The Red Men's No. 1 doubles team of Lotz and Hazelman (14-1), ranked sixth in the region was an 8-2 winner over Wisconsin-Oshkosh's Bobby Brooks/Kevin Lewis and an 8-4 winner over Lawrence's Jason Dunn/Max Zlevor.  Carthage's No. 2 doubles team of Whiteside and Boomgarden (6-4) split, and the Red Men's No. 3 team of McLean and Conor Moon (Fr., Sussex, Wis./Woodstock, Ill.-Marian Central Catholic, 3-7) won both of their contests.
 
Carthage travels to Oshkosh, Wis., on Saturday, March 3 to play a pair of indoor matches at the Oshkosh YMCA Tennis Center.  The Red Men will take on Wisconsin-Oshkosh at 12:30 p.m. and Lawrence University at 3:30 p.m.