St. Olaf 7, Macalaster College 2 (box)

Men's tennis wins third in a row

Michael Abdella
March 4, 2011

LAKEVILLE, Minn.- The St. Olaf men's tennis team won their third match in a row by defeating Macalaster College 7-2 Friday evening at Lakeville Life Time Fitness.

The Ole's got off to a good start by winning two out of the three doubles matches. John Wight and Andy Catania won 8-1 at second doubles while Jon Foss and Ryan Abdella won their match at the third spot 8-4.

St. Olaf won five out of the six singles matches to close out the match. Winning for the Ole's were Kunte Gunderson, Wight, Foss, Catania, and Will Mitchell at spots one through five. Scott Abdella fell in a tight match at sixth singles losing by a score of 6-4, 4-6, 10-6.

Contact media relations specialist Mike Ludwig at (507) 786-3834 or ludwig@stolaf.edu.