Results

SARTELL, Minn. – Saint John's tennis completed a perfect, three-match homestand with a 7-2 non-conference victory over Northwestern on Tuesday night, March 21, at Sta-Fit in Sartell.

The Johnnies (5-6, 2-1 MIAC) won all three doubles matches and four singles bouts in straight sets, though two needed a tie-breaker. Senior Wil McDowell (Sioux Falls, S.D./O'Gorman) won a 7-3 tie-breaker in his first set (and took the second 6-2) at No. 1 and sophomore Ryan Will (Northfield, Minn.) – the reigning MIAC Men's Tennis Athlete of the Week – took his first set 6-3 at No. 4 and won the second-set tie-breaker, 7-5. Junior Mark Rosen (Bloomington, Minn./Jefferson) won his fifth-straight match, at No. 5 (6-1 and 6-3), and sophomore Cooper Anderson (St. Paul, Minn./White Bear Lake) claimed a victory at No. 6 (6-1 and 6-1).

Senior Peyton Fischer (Spicer, Minn./Willmar) suffered a marathon loss at No. 2 singles. He dropped the first set 6-4, but clawed back with a 7-6 (7-5) win in the second. Jacob Weddle took the high-scoring super-breaker, 16-14, for Northwestern (7-7, 0-0 UMAC).

The Johnnies return to MIAC competition with a pair of road matches this Saturday and Sunday, March 25-26: 1 p.m. Saturday at Concordia (Courts Plus in Fargo, N.D.) and 11:30 a.m. Sunday at No. 14 Gustavus Adolphus (Swanson Tennis Center in St. Peter).