Box Score 1 |
Box Score 2 Orlando, Fla. - Rhodes College men's tennis defeated St. John's University 6-3 in Tuesday morning for their fourth straight victory. Later that night, the Lynx suffered a 6-1 loss to No. 36-ranked Coe College.
Against St. John's, the Lynx won two of the doubles before earning four singles victories. Rhodes won both tiebreakers at No. 1 and No. 5-singles. Andrew Mortan tallied the only shutout with a 6-0 first-set victory at No. 4-singles. Wes Tolsdorf was down 5-0 in the tiebreaker at No. 5-singles, but came back for the huge 10-8 victory. His win put the Lynx ahead 3-2 while
Phil Lauture sealed the win at No. 3-singles.Â
Against nationally ranked Coe College,Â
Lauture and Ritwik Chatterjee won the heated battle at No. 1-doubles 8-6 over Jake Kudrick and Nate Greiner. At No. 2-doubles, Andrew Morton and Sean Hogan won five sets off the No. 17-ranked doubles duo of Brady Anderson and Nate Ackert.
In singles competition, recent SAA Player of the Week, Chatterjee, took the second set from No. 19-ranked Anderson 6-4 before falling by two points in the tiebreaker.
The Lynx will play again Wednesday morning against Wabash at 11:30 a.m. ET in Kissimmee, Fla. at Oak Street.
Rhodes College 6, Saint John's University 3
Mar 06, 2018 at Red Bug Park (Orlando, Fla.)Â
Singles competition |
1. Ritwik Chatterjee (RHODES) def. Tim Larson (SJU) 7-6 (7-5), 6-2 |
2. Ryan Meger (SJU) def. Sean Hogan (RHODES) 7-6 (9-7), 3-4, retired |
3. Phil Lauture (RHODES) def. Thomas Gillach (SJU) 6-3, 6-3 |
4. Andrew Morton (RHODES) def. Hunter Krebsbach (SJU) 6-0, 6-3 |
5. Wesley Tolsdorf (RHODES) def. Jonah Punnoose (SJU) 6-2, 1-6, 10-8 |
6. Nate Jordre (SJU) def. Ted Hall (RHODES) 6-1, 6-3 |
#36 Coe College 6, Rhodes College 1
Mar 06, 2018 at Orlando, Fla. (USTA National Campus)Â
Singles competition |
1. Brady Anderson (COEM) def. Ritwik Chatterjee (RHODES) 6-1, 4-6, 10-8 |
2. Josh Pudlo (COEM) def. Sean Hogan (RHODES) 5-0, retired |
3. Jake Kudrick (COEM) def. P.J. Shaw (RHODES) 6-1, 6-2 |
4. Nate Ackert (COEM) vs. Phil Lauture (RHODES) 7-5, 2-3, unfinished |
5. Evgeny Pakhomenko (COEM) vs. Andrew Morton (RHODES) 5-7, unfinished |
6. Nate Greiner (COEM) def. Sairam Gudiseva (RHODES) 6-2, 6-4 |