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Senior Cooper Anderson (image courtesy of Jordan Modjeski)

Anderson & Draeger Go 3-1 at Midwest Open

9/29/2024 1:39:00 PM


ITA Regional Results | Midwest Open B Results | Midwest Open C Results | Regional Website

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.



 
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