Grinnell 8, Cornell 1
Grinnell 7, Buena Vista 2
Grinnell 7, UW-La Crosse 2

MOUNT VERNON, Iowa – Grinnell College's men's tennis team opened up Midwest Conference play Saturday with an 8-1 victory over Cornell College.
 
Grinnell swept singles play with Jose Coloma (6-1, 6-3), Cole Miller (6-3, 6-0), C.J. Ray (6-1, 6-1), Bryson Cale (4-6, 6-1, 6-3), Sam Catanzaro (6-3, 6-3) and Caleb Kumar (6-0, 6-0).
 
In doubles, Ray and Miller won 8-2 at the second spot and Will Hamilton teamed with Catanzaro to win 8-2 at No. 3.
 
Grinnell then stepped out of MWC play to beat Buena Vista University 7-2 to improve to 10-3 overall. Kumar won 4-6, 7-5, 10-2 at the top singles spot. Winning at Nos. 3 through 6 were Beau Bressler (6-3, 6-2), Ameer Shujjah (6-1, 6-0), Peter Sills (6-2, 6-1) and Lucas LeDoux.
 
Sills and LeDoux won 8-4 at the second doubles spot, while Bressler and Zach Lane won at No. 3.
 
The Pioneers also beat the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse 7-2 in a battle of regionally-ranked teams. Grinnell entered the match ranked 18th in the Central Region and UW-La Crosse holds down the 13th spot.

Grinnell won five of six singles matches at the Nos. 1-3 spots as well as 5 and 6 with Jose Coloma (6-0, 3-6, 6-4), Cole Miller (6-3, 6-4), Tracy Johnson (6-4, 6-4), Tommy Pitcher (6-3, 6-2) and Sam Catanzaro (6-3, 4-6, 10-4).

Coloma and Catanzaro won 8-4 at the top doubles spot and Sam Stickels and Pitcher won 8-6 at No. 3.

Grinnell is 11-3 overall.