Results

SARTELL, Minn. – Saint John's tennis opened its 2023 season with a 9-0 loss to St. Scholastica on Saturday, Feb. 18, at Sta-Fit in Sartell.

The Johnnies (0-1, 0-1 MIAC) dropped two singles matches via the super-breaker and two of the three doubles matches were decided by three points or less to CSS (2-4, 1-3 MIAC). Senior Peyton Fischer (Spicer, Minn./Willmar) won his first set at No. 2 singles with a 6-3 score, but dropped the second (7-5) and fell in the super-breaker (10-4). Junior Daniel Perez (Quito, Ecuador) bounced back from a 6-4 loss in his first set at No. 4 with a 6-2 win in the second, but lost in a nail-biting 10-8 score in the super-breaker.

Senior Will Fischer (Spicer, Minn./Willmar) and junior Mason Meyer (Bloomington, Minn./Jefferson) suffered a close 8-6 loss at No. 3 doubles and the senior duo of Hunter Fischer (Spicer, Minn./Willmar) and Wil McDowell (Sioux Falls, S.D./O'Gorman) was denied with an 8-5 score at No. 1.

SJU hosts Bethany Lutheran (2-2, 0-0 UMAC) for a 1 p.m. non-conference match tomorrow (Sunday, Feb. 19) in Sartell.