Box Score

The Carthage College men's tennis team (8-8, 1-2 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin) lost to CCIW-opponent Elmhurst College (9-7, 3-0 CCIW), 5-4, on Friday, April 19 at the Wheaton Sports Center in Wheaton, Ill.

Carthage's Jeff Lotz Jr. (Sr., Racine, Wis./Horlick, 20-12) won his No. 1 singles match over the Bluejays' Alex Harbert, 6-3, 6-2.  With the win, Lotz won his 91st career singles match and became the Red Men's career leader, passing Matt Whiteside with 90 wins between 2009 and 2012. 

Alex Boomgarden (Fr., Fitchburg, Wis./Verona Area, 17-8) defeated Wil Jung at No. 2 singles, 6-2, 6-1, and Ryan Jump (Fr., Mundelein, Ill., 17-6) was a winner at No. 3 singles.  Juan Robles (So., Bogota, Columbia, 5-14) at No. 4 singles, as did Brian Howes (Sr., Bartlett, Ill., 17-9) at No. 5 singles and Tom Klassman (Sr., Elk Grove Village, Ill./Elk Grove, 10-12) at No 6 singles.
 
Carthage's No. 1 doubles team of Lotz and Boomgarden (14-10) was a winner over the Bluejays' Harbert and Jung, 9-8.  The No. 2 doubles team of Conor Moon (So., Sussex, Wis./Woodstock (Ill.)-Marian Central Catholic) and Brandon Curtis (Jr., Crystal Lake, Ill./Prairie Ridge, 7-9) lost to Elmhurst, as did the No. 3 tandem of Howes and Jump (10-9). 

Carthage plays host to conference-opponent North Central College (3-12, 0-3 CCIW) on Monday, April 22 in a 3 p.m. match at the Smeds Tennis Center in Kenosha, Wis.