Hello Warhawk Tennis fans, the Warhawks had their hands full on Saturday and came away from Kalamazoo, MI with a split beating Albion College 8-1, but losing to Kalamazoo 7-2 in a match that was in fact very competitive.
The Hawks let a couple of opportunities slip by, when #2 doubles lost a nail-biter at #2 doubles and Krieger and Halweg each lost match tiebreaks after splitting sets with their opponents from Kalamazoo, the #6 team in the region and #21 in the nation. Kelvin Caiati picked up four wins on the weekend and extended his winning streak at #1 doubles with Danny Glinert to 7 straight (over very good competition).
In doubles Caiati/Glinert beat the #7 team in the region 8-6, while Scanlan/Hintz dropped their match 8-6. At #3 Covelli/Harmatys lost to a very aggressive K-zoo team 8-4. In singles Glinert lost at #1 6-3, 6-3, Caiati spit sets before winning his match against Jadun in a match tiebreak. Harmatys lost at #3 to Jason Brown, Scanlan lost at #4 to Patrick Boyd. Halweg lost in a see-saw battle at #5 and Krieger had forced his match tiebreak with a 6-0 second set before losing 10-8.
Against Albion the Hawks had a battle at #1 doubles, but managed to keep the streak alive. The Hawks cruised at #2 and #3 with Covelli teaming up with Krieger in this one to give the Hawks a 3-0 lead heading to singles. In singles the drama was at #1 and #6. Danny Glinert banged his knee up at the end of the second set, but battled on, only to lose in a match tie-break after a gutsy performance. Mark Sansait made his season debut in the singles line-up fighting for a 6-4, 7-5 win to give the Hawks their 8-1 win. The Hawks won at #2-#6 only losing 6 games total in those 4 matches.
On Friday, the Warhawks will head to Western Racket Club in Green Bay, WI where they will take on St Norbert College at 3pm and D-1 UW-Green Bay at 9pm. We hope to see some of you there. The Twitter site was a hit this weekend. Please check it out at
http://twitter.com/uwwtennis we give updates after each turning point in the matches. If you want the updates sent directly to you phone, go to settings then mobile to set it up. Or you can simply visit the link and see the updates.
GO WARHAWKS!
