Results

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – Saint John's lost five of the six singles matches, including two via the super-breaker after winning the first set, in a 6-3 loss to St. Thomas on Sunday, March 16, at the Baseline Tennis Center in Minneapolis.

SJU (4-4, 0-1 MIAC) entered singles competition with a 2-1 lead thanks to a pair of wins in doubles play. Sophomores Jack Hansen (Dawson, Minn./Dawson-Boyd) and Andrew Nagel (Maple Grove, Minn.) won at No. 1 with an 8-6 score and seniors Joe Laue (St. Louis Park, Minn./Holy Angels) and Connor Rust (Rochester, Minn./Lourdes) tallied an 8-4 win at No. 2.

Hansen, however, was the lone Johnnie to win a singles match against the Tommies (5-2, 4-1 MIAC), at No. 1, 6-2 and 6-0. Junior Jordan Otto (Rice, Minn./St. Cloud Cathedral) won his first set at No. 4 with a tie breaker, 7-6 (7-3), but dropped the second (6-3) and the super-breaker (10-7). Freshman Steven Wirtz's (Overland Park, Kan./Bishop Miege) loss at No. 5 followed a similar pattern. He won the first set 6-4 but the match slipped away with a 6-1 defeat in the second and a 10-7 clincher in the super-breaker.

The Johnnies play host the 18th-ranked Gustavus Adolphus for a noon match on Saturday, March 22, at Fitness Evolution in Sartell.