LEANN BURKE / THE DEPAUW
DePauw’s men’s tennis team opened its spring season on Saturday as they hosted Principia College at the Indoor Track and Tennis Center.
The 24th ranked Tigers downed Principia easily by a final score of 9-0.
DePauw won all three of the day’s doubles matches. Senior Chris Bertolini and sophomore Dan Rodefeld won their match 8-3 playing in the number one spot. In the second pairing, DePauw sophomores Patrick Farrell and Harold Martin also defeated their counterparts 8-3. Senior Eric Vannatta and junior Alec Kaczkowski shutout their opponents 8-0.
It was much of the same in the singles matchups as the Tigers lost only one set in the six pairings.
In the number one spot, Bertolini won 6-0, 6-1, followed by Rodefeld who won his match 6-0, 6-2. Farrell was victorious in his match in the third seed 6-1, 6-0. It took Vannatta three sets to bring home a win but he ended up winning his match 4-6, 6-2, 1-0. Senior Rico Lumanlan won in the five spot 6-1, 6-1 and Martin finished up the day winning 6-0, 6-1.
The Tigers will take the next week off before the Spring season really picks up with three matches in the following week. DePauw has a home match with Washington University in St. Louis and the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater next Sunday and then hosts the University of Indianapolis and Rhodes College in the span of four days.