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Foresters Split MWC Matches in Iowa

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The Lake Forest College men's tennis team went 1-1 in Midwest Conference competition in Iowa on Saturday, rolling to a 9-0 victory at Cornell College in the morning before falling 7-2 at Grinnell College later in the day.

Forester junior Oleksyi Vyshyvanyuk was undefeated on the day. He and freshman Daniel Tulchinskiy doubled up their counterparts at #1 doubles 8-4 in both matches. Vyshyvanyuk also came out on top of a 6-2, 6-4 decision atop the singles lineup at Cornell before defeating the 24th-ranked player in the region 6-2, 7-5 at Grinnell.

In the morning match Lake Forest junior Jacob Tilton and sophomore Eduardo Manuitt won 8-2 at #2 doubles while senior Oliver Gallego and freshman Kyle Lassen blanked the Rams' #3 team 8-0.

Lassen was the first to finish in singles, posting a 6-2, 6-1 victory at #6, and senior Zach Cho followed with a match-clinching 6-4, 6-2 win at #3. Tilton and Manuitt did not drop a game at #4 and #5, respectively, and Tilton rolled 6-0, 6-1 at #2.

The closest loss for the Foresters at Grinnell was at #2 singles, where Tulchinski dropped the first set 6-2, took the second 6-1, and fell 10-7 in the third set super tiebreaker.

The Foresters finished the first day of MWC play with an overall record of 7-8. Cornell fell to 6-10 while Grinnell improved to 6-9.

Lake Forest will host conference matches against Illinois College and Monmouth College next Saturday.

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Players Mentioned

Zach Cho

Zach Cho

Senior
Oliver Gallego

Oliver Gallego

Senior
Kyle Lassen

Kyle Lassen

Freshman
Eduardo Manuitt

Eduardo Manuitt

Sophomore
Jacob Tilton

Jacob Tilton

Junior
Daniel Tulchinskiy

Daniel Tulchinskiy

Freshman
Oleksyi Vyshyvanyuk

Oleksyi Vyshyvanyuk

Junior

Players Mentioned

Zach Cho

Zach Cho

Senior
Oliver Gallego

Oliver Gallego

Senior
Kyle Lassen

Kyle Lassen

Freshman
Eduardo Manuitt

Eduardo Manuitt

Sophomore
Jacob Tilton

Jacob Tilton

Junior
Daniel Tulchinskiy

Daniel Tulchinskiy

Freshman
Oleksyi Vyshyvanyuk

Oleksyi Vyshyvanyuk

Junior