Cole Phillips and James Broach
Morgan Vogels, Sports Information Director
0
Carroll (WI) CARROLL (1-16)
9
Winner Millikin MILLIKIN (13-5)
Carroll (WI) CARROLL
(1-16)
0
Final
9
Millikin MILLIKIN
(13-5)
Winner

Match Recap: Men's Tennis | | Morgan Vogels

Men's Tennis Sweeps Carroll in CCIW Matchup

The Big Blue men's tennis team matched up with Carroll University on Saturday, April 15 for a College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin contest. Millikin earned a sweep victory, winning 9-0 over the Pioneers.

In doubles play, Hasting Bjorkman and Martin Cardestig were the first to record a victory, dowing Andrew LaBelle and Ryan LaBelle 8-2 at No. 1. Clayton Maack and Theodor Wolf teamed up to defeat Jack McCaffrey and David Eman 8-5 at No. 2, and the team of Cole Phillips and James Broach were victorious over Luke Barter and Layton Carls 8-4 at No. 3. 

On the singles side, Bjorkman defeated Andrew LaBelle at No. 1 in 6-1, 6-3 sets. Maack was the next to tally a win, defeating Ryan LaBelle 6-1, 6-0 at No. 2. Felix Persson was the victor at No. 6, downing Carls 6-0, 6-3. Cardestig earned a singles win at No. 3 against Eman by a 6-4, 6-3 margin. At No. 4, Phillips earned a 7-5, 6-3 win over McCaffrey. The final win was recorded by Cory Erickson, winning the first set 6-3 before falling in set two 4-6. He earned a 10-7 tiebreaker set win to down Barter at No. 5. 

With the win, Millikin improves to 13-5 overall, 3-2 in CCIW play. The Big Blue will continue their conference schedule on Tuesday, April 18 when they match up with the Vikings of Augustana College at the Fairview Park Tennis Complex in Decatur, Ill. 
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