By: Ryan Klinkner, SJU Athletic Media Relations Director
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ST. PETER, Minn. – Eight Saint John's tennis student-athletes competed at the 2024 ITA Midwest Regional and Midwest Open Sept. 27-28 in Mankato and St. Peter.
Senior
Cooper Anderson (St. Paul, Minn./White Bear Lake) and sophomore
Alex Draeger (Litchfield, Minn.) both went 3-1 in the Midwest Open's B singles bracket. Anderson cruised to straight-set wins in his first three matches before falling to Gustavus' Odin Fouchier in the quarterfinals. He posted a 5-2 singles record, including a 4-1 (2-0 MIAC) mark at No. 6, last season.
Draeger, meanwhile, went 3-1 with a bit more adversity. He dropped the first set in all three of his wins, but battled back in the second and prevailed in the super-breaker. Draeger fell to Wisconsin-La Crosse's Brady Horstmann in the quarterfinal match.
A pair of doubles tandems – Anderson and senior
Ryan Will (Northfield, Minn.), and Draeger and sophomore
Sam Wolden (St. Louis Park, Minn.) – collected 1-1 records in the ITA Regional bracket.
Taylor Duncan (Benson, Minn.) and freshman
Andrew Eckmann (Eagan, Minn./Two Rivers) matched the 1-1 doubles record in the Midwest Open C bracket.
The Johnnies return to action with a pair of neutral-site matches against Wartburg (Iowa) and Wisconsin-La Crosse to open the 2025 season on Sunday, Feb. 23, in Rochester.