Grinnell 5, Augustana 4
Grinnell 5, Wheaton 4
UW-Whitewater 9, Grinnell 0
Grinnell 8, Central 1

GRINNELL, Iowa – The Grinnell College men's tennis team enjoyed a successful Saturday, winning three of four matches as a split-squad unit.
 
At the Charles Benson Bear '39 Recreation and Athletic Center Field House, the Pioneers defeated NCAA Division II Augustana College of South Dakota by a 5-4 score and then topped Central College 8-1.
 
At the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Invitational, the Pioneers defeated Wheaton College 5-4 in a battle of regionally-ranked teams. Grinnell entered the contest ranked 12th in the Central Region, while Wheaton is 14th.
 
After that, the Pioneers lost 9-0 to the host school, which is ranked seventh regionally and 25th in the nation.
 
In the win over Wheaton, the Pioneers broke out to a 2-1 lead through doubles with victories by Elliott Czarnecki '15 and Tommy Pitcher '17 at No. 1 (8-6) and Aaron Lapkin '15 and Cole Miller '17 at No. 3 (8-5).
 
Miller won 6-4, 6-3 at No. 3 singles, Tracy Johnson '16 posted a 6-4, 6-2 win at No. 5 and Pitcher won 6-1, 6-4 at No. 6.
 
The Pioneers also broke out to a 2-1 lead in doubles against Augustana with the second and third teams of C.J. Ray '16 and Will Hamilton '17 (8-5) and Charlie Wilhelm '15 and Sam Catanzaro '16 (8-1).
 
The Pioneers won at Nos. 2, 5 and 6 singles with Ray (6-3, 6-1), Catanzaro (6-4, 6-1) and Caleb Kumar '16 (6-4, 4-6, 10-4).
 
Ray and Hamilton won 8-2 at No. 2 doubles against Central, while Wilhelm and Catanzaro posted an 8-5 victory at No. 3.
 
Grinnell swept singles with Wilhelm (6-0, 6-1), Ray (6-0, 6-0), Rob Storrick '15 (6-1, 6-2), Bryson Cale '16 (6-0, 6-2), Kumar (6-0, 6-2) and Hamilton (6-2, 6-1).
 
Grinnell is now 6-4 on the season.