Results

DULUTH, Minn. – Fifth-seeded Saint John's opened the MIAC Men's Tennis Playoffs with a 6-3 upset of fourth-seeded St. Scholastica in the tournament's quarterfinal match on Tuesday, April 25, at the Duluth Indoor Sports Complex.

The Johnnies (9-9, 5-4 MIAC) advance to face the top seed – No. 13 Gustavus Adolphus (23-10, 9-0 MIAC) – in the MIAC semifinals at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, April 27, in St. Peter.

SJU swept all three doubles matches and took three singles matches with a third-set tie-breaker in the win, which avenged a 9-0 defeat to the Saints (12-8, 6-3 MIAC) in the Johnnies' season opener back on Feb. 18 in Sartell.

The doubles tandems of junior Ian Aadland (Brainerd, Minn.)/senior Wil McDowell (Sioux Falls, S.D./O'Gorman) and senior Peyton Fischer (Spicer, Minn./Willmar)/sophomore Ryan Will (Northfield, Minn.) won with 8-5 scores at Nos. 1 and 2, respectively, while seniors Hunter and Will Fischer (Spicer, Minn./Willmar) posted a narrow 8-6 victory at No. 3.

CSS got on the board with a win at No. 5 singles, but P. Fischer made it 4-1 with a victory at No. 2: 6-3, 0-6, 6-1. McDowell clinched the postseason win by taking his match at No. 1: 2-6, 7-6 (7-0), 6-4.

H. Fischer recorded the Johnnies' sixth win at No. 4: 6-3, 4-6, 10-5. The third-set tie-breaker was played to 10 points after the team match was decided.