WAVERLY, Iowa-- The Wartburg men's tennis team (10-10 overall, 4-2 IIAC) defeated both Buena Vista and Nebraska Wesleyan in shutout fashion Saturday. Senior Connor Barnard (Cedar Falls) is now tied for eighth on the program's career win list in singles, with 45 to date.
All-Time Wins Top Ten:
| Koenen |
Tom |
55 |
| Bradley |
Mark |
52 |
| Buckingham |
Chris |
50 |
| Willadsen |
Blayne |
50 |
| Jarchow |
Brian |
48 |
| Akbar |
Raza |
47 |
| Hornback |
Brandon |
47 |
| Rasmussen |
Brian |
45 |
| Barnard |
Connor |
45 |
| Sanderman |
Dan |
44 |
| Stadtmueller |
Jon |
44 |
Against Buena Vista:
| Singles competition |
| 1. Connor Barnard (WARMT) def. John Foss (BVUM) 6-4, 6-1 |
| 2. Jeremy Ellerby (WARMT) def. Aaron Pluym (BVUM) 6-0, 6-0 |
| 3. Nate Kolz (WARMT) def. Jake Thompson (BVUM) 6-3, 7-6, 7-4 |
| 4. Jared Hefel (WARMT) def. Zach Henderson (BVUM) 6-2, 6-1 |
| 5. Alex Jedlicka-Kriz (WARMT) def. Aaron Mumm (BVUM) 6-3, 8-7 |
| 6. Andrew Linkletter (WARMT) def. Andrew Boell (BVUM) 3-6, 6-0, 13-8 |
| Doubles competition |
| 1. Connor Barnard/Jeremy Ellerby (WARMT) def. John Foss/Aaron Pluym (BVUM) 8-0 |
| 2. Will McDonald/Eliott Kuchera (WARMT) def. Jake Thompson/Aaron Mumm (BVUM) 8-3 |
| 3. Grant Kincaid/Nate Kolz (WARMT) def. Zach Henderson/Cole Goslar (BVUM) 8-1 |
Against Nebraska Wesleyan:
| Singles competition |
| 1. Connor Barnard (WARMT) def. Adam Olson (NWUM) 6-1, 6-0 |
| 2. Sam Nettleton (WARMT) def. Hale Breit (NWUM) 6-3, 6-1 |
| 3. Jeremy Ellerby (WARMT) def. Matheus Bustamante (NWUM) 6-3, 6-2 |
| 4. Nate Meister (WARMT) def. Gabriel Sellmer (NWUM) 6-2, 6-3 |
| 5. Will McDonald (WARMT) def. Jordan Pieper (NWUM) 6-3, 7-5 |
| 6. Grant Kincaid (WARMT) def. Jared Scherling (NWUM) 6-2, 7-5, 10-5 |
| Doubles competition |
| 1. Connor Barnard/Jeremy Ellerby (WARMT) def. Adam Olson/Hale Breit (NWUM) 8-5 |
| 2. Sam Nettleton/Nate Meister (WARMT) def. Jordan Pieper/Nathan Seaton (NWUM) 9-8, 7-3 |
| 3. Will McDonald/Eliott Kuchera (WARMT) def. Jared Scherling/Caleb Thiessen (NWUM) 8-5 |
The Knights return to the court next Saturday when they host Crown College at 1 p.m.