Box Score

The Carthage College men's tennis team (5-4, 0-0 College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin) edged Grinnell College (9-6), 5-4, on Saturday, March 7, at the Cherokee Country Club in Madison, Wis.

Pawel Jaworski (So., Deerfield, Ill./Lincolnshire-Stevenson, 6-5) defeated the Pioneer's Elliot Czarnecki, 6-3, 7-5, at No. 1 singles. Alex Boomgarden (Jr., Fitchburg, Wis./Verona Area, 11-2) was a winner at No. 2 singles, as was Jordan Verbauwhede (Jr., Whitelawe, Wis./Manitowoc-Lincoln, 9-5) at No. 3 singles. Chris Conley (Jr., Elm Grove, Wis./Brookfield Academy, 10-4) fell to Grinnell's Tracy Johnson in a close match at No. 4 singles, the latter winning 6-3, 6-7(5), 10-8. Ryan Jump (Jr., Mundelein, Ill./Mundelein, 7-3) was a winner at No. 5 singles, but Alex Ferruzzi (Jr., Kenosha, Wis./Salem-Westosha Central, 6-5) lost his match at No. 6 singles.
 
The No. 1 doubles tandem of Jaworski and Verbauwhede (8-3) defeated the Pioneer's duo of Czarnecki and Tommy Pitcher, 8-4. The pair of Boomgarden and Conley (6-3) fell at No. 2 doubles, as did the duo of Jump and Ferruzzi (1-1) at No. 3 doubles.
 
The Red Men will play host to Wisconsin-Oshkosh (3-6) in a 5:30 p.m. match on Friday, March 13, at the Racine Tennis Club in Racine, Wis.