(New Berlin, Wis.) – The Carroll University men's tennis team opened the 2016 season with an 8-1 loss against Saint Mary's (MN) University at Moorland Park Tennis Center.
 
The final score doesn't indicate the actual competitiveness of the match. SMU won three points in tiebreakers.
 
Carroll's lone point came at No. 1 singles where Peter Jaeger won a close one at 7-6, 7-5.
 
Tiebreaker losses for Carroll came at No. 3 doubles (Blake Youngberg/Joshua Ramos), No. 5 singles (Ramos) and No. 6 singles (Ian Foster).
 
Box score:
 

Singles competition

1. Peter Jaeger (CU-M) def. Collin Kaczorowski (SMU) 7-6, 7-5

2. Brenden Amiotte (SMU) def. Quentin Lammers (CU-M) 6-2, 6-3

3. Brett Giesen (SMU) def. Blake Youngberg (CU-M) 6-2, 6-1

4. Warren Lawrenz (SMU) def. Noah Stemper (CU-M) 6-0, 6-2

5. Alex Holm (SMU) def. Joshua Ramos (CU-M) 6-3, 2-6, 10-3

6. Garen Merritt (SMU) def. Ian Foster (CU-M) 1-6, 6-4, 10-5

 

Doubles competition

1. Brenden Amiotte/Collin Kaczorowski (SMU) def. Quentin Lammers/Peter Jaeger (CU-M) 8-1

2. Warren Lawrenz/Alex Holm (SMU) def. Noah Stemper/Ian Foster (CU-M) 8-4

3. Brett Giesen/Alex Zuzek (SMU) def. Blake Youngberg/Joshua Ramos (CU-M) 9-8