BROOKFIELD, Wis. – Lakeland University earned one win each in both singles and doubles play but was defeated by Wisconsin Lutheran College 7-2 in a Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference men's tennis dual Wednesday afternoon at Elite Sports Club.

Bill Behrmann (Jr.-Long Lake, Wis.) became the first Muskie to win multiple singles matches this season, defeating WLC's Jake Brandt 6-2, 6-1 at No. 5 singles. Lakeland also added a win at No. 3 doubles as Yuki Sakata (Fr.-Japan) and Eeshi Vue (Fr.-Sheboygan, Wis.) picked up an 8-4 win over Brandt and Jake Larson.

The Muskies (1-6 overall, 1-2 NACC) were competitive in almost every match in both singles and doubles. The closest misses in singles came with Nick Lange (So.-Mukwonago, Wis.) falling to Jonny Wordell 6-2, 6-4 at No. 1 singles and Vue losing by the same score to Larson at No. 6 singles.

Lange and Nathaniel Nanda (Fr.-Elkhorn, Wis.) also were defeated 8-4 by Matt Plaski and Jeremy Ryno at No. 2 doubles. Jared Nummerdor (Jr.-Waupun, Wis.) and Dylan Skewis (Sr.-Ishpeming, Mich.) also lost to Wordell and David Ullerich 8-3 at No. 1 doubles.

Lakeland is idle for the next week before facing Milwaukee School of Engineering on the road next Wednesday at 4 p.m.

Wisconsin Lutheran 7, Lakeland 2
04/11/18 at Brookfield, Wis. (Elite Sports Club) 

Singles competition

1. Wordell, Jonny (WLCMT) def. Lange, Nick (LUMT) 6-2, 6-4

2. Ryno, Jeremy (WLCMT) def. Nummerdor, Jared (LUMT) 6-1, 6-0

3. Plaski, Matt (WLCMT) def. Nanda, Nathaniel (LUMT) 6-1, 6-3

4. Ullerich, David (WLCMT) def. Skewis, Dylan (LUMT) 6-1, 6-1

5. Behrmann, Bill (LUMT) def. Brandt, Jake (WLCMT) 6-2, 6-1

6. Larson, Jake (WLCMT) def. Vue, Eeshi (LUMT) 6-2, 6-4

Doubles competition

1. Wordell, Jonny/Ullerich, David (WLCMT) def. Nummerdor, Jared/Skewis, Dylan (LUMT) 8-3

2. Ryno, Jeremy/Plaski, Matt (WLCMT) def. Lange, Nick/Nanda, Nathaniel (LUMT) 8-4

3. Vue, Eeshi/Sakata, Yuki (LUMT) def. Brandt, Jake/Larson, Jake (WLCMT) 8-4

Match Notes

Lakeland 1-6, 1-2 NACC

Wisconsin Lutheran 3-13, 3-3 NACC