Box Score

The Carthage College men's tennis team (19-7, 4-1 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin) closed out its regular-season conference schedule on Friday, April 27 with a 6-3 win over North Central College (3-13, 0-4 CCIW) at the North Central Courts in Naperville, Ill. 

Carthage's Jeff Lotz Jr. (Jr., Racine, Wis., 25-10), ranked 15th in the Central Region by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association, defeated North Central's Eric McKees, 6-0, 6-1, at No. 1 singles.  Daneric Hazelman (Sr., Lautoka, Fiji Islands, 28-6) defeated the Cardinals' Will Exner, 6-3, 6-3, at No. 2 singles.  Matt Whiteside (Sr., Sacramento, Calif./Natomas Pacific Pathways Prep, 23-5) was a winner at No. 3 singles.  Alex McLean (Sr., Belleville, Ill./West,11-21) lost at No. 4 singles, as did Nick Boomgarden (Sr., Fitchburg, Wis./Verona Area, 16-19) at No. 5 singles.  Brian Howes (Jr., Bartlett, Ill., 13-17) was a winner at No. 6 singles. 

The Red Men's No. 1 doubles team of Lotz and Hazelman (31-3), ranked fourth in the region, defeated North Central's McKee and Rustam Saini by an 8-1 margin.  With the win, Lotz and Hazelman aHazelHhhhhbroke a Carthage season record of 30 wins set by Nate Deist and Mike Meske in 2002.  Carthage's No. 2 doubles team of Whiteside and Boomgarden (21-8) was a winner over the Cardinals, but the Red Men's No. 3 team of McLean and Conor Moon (Fr., Sussex, Wis./Woodstock, Ill.-Marian Central Catholic, 10-18) lost. 

Carthage travels to Moline, Ill., on Friday-Saturday, May 4-5 for the CCIW Men's Tennis Championship at the Quad City Tennis Club.