MOUNT VERNON - Cornell College's men's tennis team swept two Midwest Conference foes on Saturday, cruising to a pair of 9-0 shutouts over Monmouth College and Illinois College.
The Rams opened the day by blanking Monmouth College. Cornell got doubles victories from
Alexander Hadler-Strumlauf/
Trent Devore (8-1) and
Mills Arnold/
Edwin Holyoake (8-1).
In singles, winners were Hadler-Strumlauf (6-1, 6-0), Holyoake (6-0, 6-3),
August Krahn (6-0, 6-1) and
Evan Davis (6-2, 6-2).
Cornell followed suit and swept Illinois College in the afternoon match. Doubles winners were Hadler-Strumlauf/
Federico Polidori (8-1), Arnold/Devore (8-2) and Krahn/
Zachary Ong (8-1).
The Rams posted straight set wins at all six singles spots to complete the sweep.
Coming up: Cornell will host their senior day match, against Lake Forest College on Saturday, April 13th. First serve is set for 3pm.