MADISON, Wis. – Grinnell College's men's tennis squad will seek team and individual accolades at the 2024 Midwest Conference Championships this weekend at the Nielsen Tennis Complex.
 
On Friday, the Pioneers will look to punch their ticket to the NCAA Division III Tournament for the 17^th consecutive year by competing in the MWC Team Tournament. The top-seeded Pioneers play fourth-seeded Lawrence University at 10 a.m. in the semifinal round. The other semifinal pits second-seeded Lake Forest College and third-seeded Cornell College. The semifinal winners meet after that for the MWC team title and NCAA Tourney berth.
 
Action switches to the MWC Individual Tournament Saturday and Sunday. Two rounds of singles and one round of doubles begins at 9 a.m. Saturday. Action finishes up at 9 a.m. Sunday.
 
Grinnell owns eight of the nine top seeds for the individual tourney, including Nos. 1 through 3 doubles with the duos of Aiden Klass '25-Lucas Willett '26, Sam Rudenberg '25-Henry Bridgers '24 and Albert Bostoen '26-Wilder Cooke '25.
 
At Nos. 2 through 6 singles, top seeds are Willett, Klass, Bostoen, Jacob Young '27 and Anshul Satav '27. Cooke is seeded second at No. 1 singles.