OWATONNA, Minn. - Wartburg men's tennis concluded its weekend road trip with a 3-6 defeat against Hamline University on Saturday, March 6 in Owatonna. The contest marked just the fourth all-time meeting between the two programs. 

The Knights (3-6, 0-1 A-R-C) will return home on Friday, March 12 when they play host to Northwestern College (2-3, 0-0 GPAC) at the Blackhawk Tennis Club in Waterloo, Iowa with first serve set for 4:30 p.m. 

The Orange & Black faced a 2-1 deficit after the doubles competition as the pair of Hunter Gerhardt and Jared Hefel were the only duo to secure a victory. Junior Lucas Huffman kept his hot streak going when he defeated his opponent at the No. 1 position in straight sets. Freshman Cade Davis improved to 5-3 in his collegiate debut season when he came away victorious in his No. 3 singles match. 

Singles Competition 
1. Lucas Huffman (WAR) def. Tou Ger Xiong (HU) 6-4, 6-4
2. Nazeer Robinson (HU) def. Jackson Eells (WAR) 6-3, 6-3
3. Cade Davis (WAR) def. Isaac Hultberg (HU) 6-2, 6-4
4. Dominic Warzecha (HU) def. Nile Petersen (WAR) 7-6, 6-0
5. Sam Thompson (HU) def. Hunter Gerhardt (WAR) 6-0, 6-0 
6. Elijah Krause (HU) def. Jared Hefel (WAR) 6-4, 6-2

Doubles Competition
1. Nazeer Robinson/Elijah Krause (HU) def. Lucas Huffman/Jackson Eells (WAR) 8-1
2. Tou Ger Xiong/Isaac Hultberg (HU) def. Cade Davis/Nile Petersen (WAR) 8-0
3. Hunter Gerhardt/Jared Hefel (WAR) def. Dominic Warzecha/Sean Le (HU) 8-7