JACKSON, Wis. - The Calvin University men's tennis team started the first leg of its two-day Wisconsin road trip on a high note with a 9-0 sweep of Wisconsin Lutheran College (WLC) on Thursday at Pleasant Valley Tennis and Fitness Club.

The match started in doubles, where the Knights took home all three wins to jump on top 3-0. The top-seeded team of Maurquis Willingham (Indianapolis, Ind./North Central) and Emmanuel Henao (Medellin, Columbia/Escuela Normal Superior "La Merced") won 8-4, followed by the number-two team of Felipe Sartori (Cotia, Brazil/Colegio Giusto Zonzini) and Rodrigo Alipio (Santos, Brazil/COC Universitario) winning 8-1. The number- three team of Noah Yi (Fullerton, Calif./Valencia) and Corwin Kim (Livonia, Mich./Stevenson) swept their match 8-0.

In singles, Calvin (2-0) took home all six matches in straight sets.

Starting from the top of the line-up, Alipio (6-0, 6-4), Willingham (6-1, 6-0), Sartori (6-0, 6-0), Kim (6-1, 6-1), Ryan Broek (Hudsonville, Mich./Unity Christian) (6-3, 6-3) and Harrison Sindelar (Westfield, Ind./Westfield) (6-1, 6-0) each took home singles wins in the match to secure the 9-0 sweep of WLC (1-6).

COACH'S COMMENT: "It was a strong performance from our guys today in both singles and doubles," Calvin head tennis coach John Ross said. "We're looking forward to a tough match on Friday at MSOE."
 
NEXT UP: Calvin men's tennis returns to action tomorrow (Friday, February 16) when it plays a match at MSOE at LifeSport Tennis Club in Racine, Wisconsin, at 1:00 PM (CST).