Covenant Results | Hampden-Sydney Results

ORLANDO, Fla. – Saint John's tennis suffered a pair of losses on Tuesday, March 7, in Florida.

Covenant (Ga.) 6, Saint John's 3
The Johnnies (2-4, 0-1 MIAC) won two singles matches via the super-breaker – junior Ian Aadland (Brainerd, Minn.) at No. 5 (4-6, 6-4, 10-8) and senior Will Fischer (Spicer, Minn./Willmar) at No. 6 [7-6 (7-5), 0-6, 10-6] – against Covenant (8-2, 0-0 CCS) earlier in the day in Kissimmee, Fla.

SJU nearly won the first two doubles matches and the duo of freshman Taylor Duncan (Benson, Minn.) and senior Joe Dwyer (Hibbing, Minn.) posted an 8-4 win at No. 3. Senior Wil McDowell (Sioux Falls, S.D./O'Gorman) and sophomore Ryan Will (Northfield, Minn.) suffered an 8-7 loss at No. 1 with a 7-4 defeat in the tie-breaker, and sophomore Cooper Anderson (St. Paul, Minn./White Bear Lake) and senior Will Fischer (Spicer, Minn./Willmar) were edged 8-5 at No. 2.

Hampden-Sydney (Va.) 7, Saint John's 2
Ryan Will and senior Peyton Fischer (Spicer, Minn./Willmar) recorded an 8-5 win at No. 2 doubles and the two teams split singles victories via the super-breaker in an evening match back at the USTA National Campus in Orlando. Aadland collected his second singles win of the day, this time at No. 6: 6-2, 6-7 (4-7) and 10-4. Will won his first set at No. 4 with a 6-3 score, but dropped the second via tie-breaker (7-4) and lost with a 10-8 decision in the super-breaker. The Tigers (3-5, 0-0 ODAC) won the other four singles matches in straight sets.

The Johnnies return to the court against Piedmont (Ga.) at 11 a.m. ET on Thursday, March 9, at the USTA National Campus in Orlando.