Wildcats Lose in Rain-Shortened Tennis Match

The University School boys’ tennis team played Brookfield East in a dual match Monday at USM.  Brookfield East won all four of the singles matches.  The doubles matches were suspended due to the rain that began during the matches.

The Wildcats continually seek the best opponents possible. They frequently take on top ranked Division 1 teams like Brookfield East, which is currently ranked third amongst Division 1 schools in the area. This tough competition during the regular season prepares the USM players for the Division 2 state tournament at the end of the season.

USM’s head coach Russ Trimble explained, “Brookfield East is definitely for real. They will be state contenders at D1 for quite a few years. I thought we played them much better than the scores indicated. What a great chance to improve our games against a powerhouse like that. It can only help us get better.”

In Monday’s singles competition, Felix Corwin of Brookfield East defeated USM’s Michael Lukas, 6-3, 6-0 at number 1 singles.  In 2 singles, Tim Corwin defeated Robin Engel of USM, 6-1, 6-1.  Brookfield East’s David Horneffer defeated USM’s Jack Collison, 6-4, 6-1 in 3 singles, and in 4 singles, Tyler Kendler of Brookfield East defeated USM’s Jake Coran, 6-1, 6-0.

The rain and cold caused all of the doubles matches to be suspended before they were completed.  In the 1 doubles match, USM’s Tommy Camilleri and Brent Mackman played Brookfield East’s Doug Francken and Jimmy Engelhart. The score when the match was suspended was 7-6 (8), 1-6.  In 2 doubles USM’s Joey Harris and Spencer Haas played Henry Termuehlen and Patrick Krill. When the 2 doubles match was suspended the score was 5-7, 6-3, 0-4.  Andrew Buchanan and Zach Schneck of USM played Michael Wolff and Tim Langlois in the 3 doubles match.  The score when the rains came was 6-7 (3), 6-2, (8-2). In an exhibition 4 doubles match, USM’s Tommy Calvy and Kern Khanna defeated Brookfield East’s Ed Oakes and Phil Glapa, 7-5, 7-5.

The USM tennis team plays The Prairie School, perennially a top Division 2 opponent, in a dual meet Thursday at 4:00 p.m. at The Prairie School in Racine. The Wildcats will see Brookfield East again soon; they compete in an invitational tournament at Brookfield East High School on Saturday, April 20th beginning at 9:00 a.m.  Four of the area’s top six teams will be playing in that meet.