WINONA, Minn. — Now that's more like it.
Just a day after dropping their season-opener to Northwestern, the Saint Mary's University men's tennis team picked up its first win of 2022 in convincing fashion — dropping just five games in sweeping the doubles and adding four straight-set singles wins en route to a 7-2 nonconference win over Martin Luther Saturday at the Winona Tennis Center.
Saint Mary's set the tone early, getting 8-2 doubles victories by
Brandon Kurilla (Hastings, Minn.) and
Josh Janssen (Green Bay, Wis.) at No. 1 and by
E.J. Hietala (Duluth, Minn.) and
Peter Quinn (Lake Elmo, Minn.) at No. 2, while getting an 8-1 win from
Caden Rodning and
Matt Besek (Winona, Minn.) at No. 3.
Kurilla, Janssen, Hietala, and
Tucker Stene () all added straight-set singles wins to seal the nonconference victory.
The Cardinals (1-1 overall) kick off Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference action on Sunday, squaring off against conference power Carleton in an 1:30 p.m. match Sunday at the Winona Tennis Center.
