ORLANDO, Fla. (csssaints.com) – The St. Scholastica men's tennis team opened play on its Spring Break trip with a victory over Saint Ambrose University (Iowa), but fell in the nightcap to Hampden-Sydney College (Va.) at the USTA National Campus on Sunday.
 
CSS 7, Saint Ambrose 2
The Saints swept all three doubles matches over the Fighting Bees (0-8). The No. 1 team of Elliot Schneider (Duluth, Minn./Duluth East HS) and Jake Jolowsky (Hibbing, Minn./Hibbing HS) won 8-5. The No. 2 duo of Duke Nguyen (St. Paul, Minn./St. Paul Academy and Summit School) and Jack Kearney (Hibbing, Minn./Hibbing HS), along with the No. 3 tandem of Rafa Gonzalez (La Libertad, El Salvador/FESA) and Carter Anderson (Hibbing, Minn./Hibbing HS) each won by 8-2 to margins.
 
In singles action, Schneider at the No. 1 spot and Kearney at the No. 2 spot, shut out their opponents 6-0, 6-0. Anderson won 7-5, 6-1 at the No. 4 position. The final winner was Giacomo Lucchesi (Lima, Peru/Santa Maria Marianistas) at the No. 5 spot by scores of 6-2, 6-2.
 
Hampden-Sydney 7, CSS 2
The Saints played on the clay during the evening against Hampden-Sydney, but would fall by a 7-2 score.
 
The Tigers (1-4) swept all three doubles matches, while the only Saints to win in singles play were Lucchesi at the No. 5 spot by scores of 6-2, 6-4 and Bradley Golant (Lakeville, Minn./Lakeville South HS (Hearst-NOJHL)) at the No. 6 spot by scores of 6-4, 6-0.
 
Up Next:
The Saints (2-6) are off until Tuesday when they will face Illinois Wesleyan University and McMurry University (Texas). Action begins at 11 a.m. (ET).