RACINE, Wis. - The Calvin University men's tennis team closed its two-day trip to Wisconsin with a 6-3 win over MSOE at Racine Indoor Tennis Club on Friday.

Calvin (3-0) won two of the three matches in doubles, and then closed out the win over MSOE (1-3) with four of six in singles competition.

The Knights started off strong in doubles, where the number-one team of Felipe Sartori (Cotia, Brazil/Colegio Giusto Zonzini) and Rodrigo Alipio (Santos, Brazil/COC Universitario) won 8-3, and the number-two team of Maurquis Willingham (Indianapolis, Ind./North Central) and Corwin Kim (Livonia, Mich./Stevenson) won 8-2.

In singles play, Alipio (6-3, 6-3), Sartori (6-2, 6-1), Kim (6-1, 6-0) and Ryan Broek (Hudsonville, Mich./Unity Christian) (6-0, 6-1) each won in straight sets to secure the four points. 

Willingham came back from an early deficit to force a third set in his number-one singles match, but lost a tie-breaker in a 6-3, 4-6, 1-0 (10-4) defeat. Harrison Sindelar (Westfield, Ind./Westfield) lost in number-five singles 6-3, 6-3.

COACH'S COMMENT: "Great all around effort from our team today," Calvin head tennis coach John Ross said. "MSOE is very tough and well coached, and they made it to the NCAA Tournament last year so this was a nice win for us."
 
NEXT UP: Calvin men's tennis returns to action on Saturday, February 24, when it travels to Illinois Tech for a match scheduled to start at 7:30 PM (CST).