The Calvin men's tennis team won both its Friday matches on its trip to Wisconsin, defeating Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE) 6-3 in a morning match before defeating Ripon 8-1 in the evening.
 
Calvin 6, MSOE 3
 
The Knights won a pair of three-set singles matches to secure a 6-3 win over the Engineers in the opening match of the day.
 
Corwin Kim (Livonia, Mich./Stevenson) won his number-two singles match 6-0, 3-6, 1-0 (12-10), and Emmanuel Henao Estrada (Medellin, Columbia/Escuela Normal Superior "La Merced") took his number-four match 6-3, 2-6, 1-0 (10-5) to help secure the win. Ryan Broek (Hudsonville, Mich./Unity Christian) won his number-six singles match in straight sets 6-1, 6-2.
 
Calvin swept the three doubles matches, with the team of Kim and Tanner Warners (Grand Rapids, Mich./Grand Rapids Christian) winning the top seeded match 8-7. Broek and Stuart Johnston (Grand Blanc, Mich./Grand Blanc) won the number-two match 8-4, while Harrison Sindelar (Westfield, Ind./Westfield) and Adam Zentner (Clarkston, Mich./Clarkston) took the number-three match 8-5.
 
Calvin 8, Ripon 1
 
After winning the opener in close fashion, the Knights were dominant in the nightcap in an 8-1 win at Ripon.
 
Calvin won all six singles matches in straight sets, with Henao Estrada, Johnston, Zentner, Jace DeShetler (Grand Rapids, Mich./NorthPointe Christian), Isaac Jeong (Novi, Mich./Novi) and Broek each picking up wins.
 
In doubles, the Red Hawks took the number-one match 8-3, but Warners and Kim won the number-two match 8-4, and the number-three team of Zentner and Sindelar won 8-0.
 
Calvin improved to 4-0 on the season with the two wins.
 
COACH'S COMMENT: "This match was a dogfight from the get-go," Calvin head tennis coach John Ross said after the win in the morning match. "MSOE is a really talented team and every match was extremely close. I'm proud of the guys for pulling out some really close matches."

"I was also happy with our play against Ripon," Ross added on the evening match. "They are much improved and they keep getting better every year and I was happy with the way we responded in that match. It was also great that we were able to get 10 players to play in different line-up spots against Ripon."
 
NEXT UP: Calvin men's tennis will return to action on February 27 when it opens its Florida trip with a match against Saint Mary's (Minn.).