Men's Tennis News Releases
Rams reel off three dual wins, improve season mark to 4-5
Coming up — Saturday, March 22, at Cedar Rapids, vs. Wartburg, 12:30 p.m., vs. Coe, 4:30 p.m.
Ram Review – Cornell (4-5 overall, 2-2 Iowa Conference) picked up three convincing dual wins over two days last weekend, capped by a 9-0 shutout of Milwaukee School of Engineering in the Rams’ home opener March 9 in the arena of the Small Multi-Sport Center.
The Rams rolled to a pair of wins March 8 in Storm Lake, blanking host Buena Vista 9-0 and then taking an 8-1 victory over Bethany Lutheran.
Sophomore Jay Welvaert (Moline, Ill./Moline), freshman Corey Dieser (Albert Lea, Minn./Albert Lea) and sophomore John Mineck (Cedar Rapids/Kennedy) all went 3-0 with straight-set wins in singles play. Bryan Henderson (Coleraine, North Ireland/Coleraine), Seth Henson (Blue Springs, Mo./Blue Springs South) and Isaku Begert (Edmonds, Wash./Edmonds Woodway) earned two singles wins apiece. Henderson improved to 3-0 at the No. 1 singles spot in the lineup.
The Rams went undefeated in nine doubles matches. Cornell prevailed in three tightly-contested matches with Milwaukee School of Engineering. Henderson and Dieser posted a 9-7 win at No. 1 doubles. Welvaert and Henson won 8-6 at No. 2. Brandon Wolff (Keokuk/Keokuk) and Courtland Olson (Afton, Minn./Woodbury) teamed up for a 9-7 victory at No. 3. Dieser and Henderson raised their doubles mark to 3-0 on the season.
Cornell 9, Milwaukee School of Engineering 0 (March 9, at Mount Vernon)Singles – Bryan Henderson (Cor) def. Mark Schadler 6-2, 7-5; Jay Welvaert (Cor) def. Max Ohland 6-1, 6-0; Seth Henson (Cor) def. James Kutil 0-6, 6-0, 10-6; Corey Dieser (Cor) def. Dustin Holzhauer 6-3, 6-0; John Mineck (Cor) def. Jason Anderson 6-3, 6-1; Isaku Begert (Cor) def. Grant Lees 6-2, 3-6, 10-6. Doubles – Henderson/Dieser (Cor) def. Ohland/Schadler 9-7; Welvaert/Henson (Cor) def. Kutil/Holzauer 8-6; Brandon Wolff/Courtland Olson (Cor) def. Anderson/Mitch Paulus 9-7.
Cornell 8, Bethany Lutheran 1 (March 8, at Storm Lake)
Singles – Welvaert (Cor) def. Ryan Latterman 6-1, 6-1; Dieser (Cor) def. Mike Lukasek 6-4, 6-2; Wolff (Cor) def. A.J. Hafner 6-1, 6-1; Mineck (Cor) def. Ben Wiechmann 6-0, 6-1; Paul Webber (BL) def. Olson 3-6, 6-3, 10-7; Begert (Cor) def. Jeff Huber 6-2, 6-0. Doubles – Henderson/Dieser (Cor) def. Latterman/Lukasek 8-3; Mineck/Olson (Cor) def. Hafner/Webber 8-4; Wolff/Begert (Cor) def. Wiechmann/Huber 8-4.
Cornell 9, Buena Vista 0 (March 8, at Storm Lake)
Singles – Henderson (Cor) def. Aaron Wigg 6-2, 6-1; Welvaert (Cor) def. Ben Stone 6-1, 6-3; Henson (Cor) def. Ron Muhammad 6-2, 6-1; Dieser (Cor) Andrew Humphrey 6-2, 6-3; Mineck (Cor) def. Tim Coleman 6-3, 6-3; Olson (Cor) def. Jeff Nichols 6-0, 6-2. Doubles – Welvaert/Henson (Cor) def. Wigg/Coleman 8-3; Henderson/Dieser (Cor) def. Muhammad/Humphrey 9-7; Begert/Wolff (Cor) def. Stone/Nichols 8-6.