The Lakeland College men's tennis team dropped a pair of dual matches on the weekend, falling to Lawrence University and Loras (Iowa) College.

Lawrence defeated the Muskies 9-0 Friday night in Appleton, while Loras also topped Lakeland by the same score on Saturday at Sports Core in Kohler. The Muskies are now 0-4 this season.

Lakeland was more competitive against Loras, with freshman Jared Nummerdor (Waupun, Wis.) nearly scoring the team's first individual win of the season. Nummerdor won the first set of his match against Nick Barron at No. 4 singles before Baron bounced back for a 2-6, 6-2, 10-4 win.

Carlos Rodriguez (Sr.-Chicago, Ill.) also won three games in his match at No. 3 singles but lost to Neil Kane 6-2, 6-1. Greg Boknevitz (Sr.-St. Francis, Wis.) also was defeated by Ulises Hernandez 6-1, 6-1 at No. 1 singles.

Boknevitz and ShoSean Fujino (Sr.-Tokyo, Japan) had the team's best result in doubles against Loras, falling by a score of 8-1. As they have in all four matches this season, the Muskies competed with just five players and therefore had to forfeit matches at No. 6 singles and No. 3 doubles.

Lakeland struggled on Friday against a strong Lawrence team, able to win games in just two matches. Boknevitz was defeated by David James 6-1, 6-0 at No. 1 singles, while Rodriguez and Nummerdor lost by an 8-1 count to Ethan Perushek and Ben Tomhave at No. 2 doubles.

The Muskies return to action April 9 when they open Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference play by hosting Concordia University Chicago at 10 a.m. and Dominican (Ill.) University at 2 p.m. Both duals will be played at Sports Core.