Box Score

The Carthage College men's tennis team (20-7, 6-0 College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin), ranked No. 16 in the April 30 Intercollegiate Tennis Association's Division III Central Region poll, finished their 2015 season after losing to No. 1 Washington University (Mo., 19-5), 5-0, in the second round of the NCAA Division III Men's Tennis Central Regional Championship on Saturday, May 9, at the Tao Tennis Courts in St. Louis, Mo.  Carthage defeated the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (13-10), 5-1, in first-round play on Friday, May 8 at the Kings Point Tennis Center in Belleville, Ill.

The No. 1 doubles tandem of Pawel Jaworski (So., Deerfield, Ill./Lincolnshire-Stevenson) and Jordan Verbauwhede (Jr., Whitelawe, Wis./Manitowoc-Lincoln finished their double season with a 20-8 record after the pair lost to the duo of Jeremy Bush and Ross Putterman 8-4. Alex Boomgarden (Jr., Fitchburg, Wis./Verona Area) and Chris Conley (Jr., Elm Grove, Wis./Brookfield Academy, 21-6) fell at No. 2 doubles, 8-5, to the pair of Jason Haugen and Kevin Chu. Ryan Jump (Jr., Mundelein, Ill./Mundelein and Alex Ferruzzi (Jr., Kenosha, Wis./Salem-Westosha Central, 11-6) also lost their match at No. 3 doubles, 8-0.

Verbauwhede (20-10) fell at No. 4 singles to the Bear's Johnny Wu 6-3, 6-0. Ferruzzi (20-9) also lost at No. 6 singles to Kevin Chu 6-1, 6-0. Jaworski (14-12) at No. 1 singles, Boomgarden (22-5) at No. 2 singles, Jump (21-3) at No. 3 singles, and Conley (24-6) at No. 5 singles all left their matches unfinished.