Stags Advance to Semis of National Indoors
CMS Men's Tennis won its opening round at the ITA National Indoors in St. Peter, MN on Friday, defeating sixth ranked DePauw University 7-2. The Stags were led by sophomore Lawrence Wang (Orange, CA), who won at second doubles with partner Guillaume Schils (Shaker Heights, OH), and then won at #1 singles.
The Stags got out to a 3-0 lead after the doubles with a victory at #2 and two tie-brake wins at #1 and #3. At #3, seniors Eric Chow (Sunnyvale, CA) and Evan Feldhausen (Tucson, AZ) fought back from 6-7 down and their opponents serving for the match.
In the singles, freshman Eric MacColl (Greenbrae, CA) was first to start at #5 singles. MacColl battled back from a set down to secure the Stags victory and put CMS up 5-0. Chow and senior co-captain William Ellison (Shaker Heights, OH) were also singles winners at #2 and #3.
On Saturday, the Stags play tournament host and #2 seed Gustavus Adolphus College at 2:00 PM CST / 12 Noon PST. CMS
| CMS 7 | vs | DePauw 2 | ||
| 1. | Ellison / Oehm | def | Webeler / Swanson | 9-8(5) |
| 2. | Schils / Wang | def | Keith / Zanchelli | 8-4 |
| 3. | Chow / Feldhausen | def | Heck / Sandajer | 9-8(1) |
| CMS led 3-0 after doubles / Order of doubles match completion: #2, #1, #31 | ||||
| 1. | Lawrence Wang | def | Evan Webeler | 6-3, 6-3 |
| 2. | William Ellison | def | Kortney Keith | 6-4, 1-6, 6-3 |
| 3. | Eric Chow | def | Scott Swanson | 7-5, 6-2 |
| 4. | Mikey Lim | lost to | Bryan Heck | 4-6, 6-2, (10-6) |
| 5. | Eric MacColl | def | Jeff Zanchelli | 1-6, 6-4, 6-3 |
| 6. | Guillaume Schils | lost to | Scott Sauer | 6-3, 6-4 |
| Order of singles match completion: #1, #5, #3, #2, #4, and #6 | ||||