MUNICE, Ind.
(GreenBayPhoenix.com) - The Green Bay
men's tennis team continued its fall schedule over the weekend with a strong
showing at the 33rd annual Ball State Invitational, held at the Cardinal Creek
Tennis Center. The three-day tournament wrapped up on Sunday with the Phoenix prevailing
as the winner of one singles and two doubles brackets.
Senior Paul
Swanson (Coon Rapids, Minn.) posted a 5-0 record to take home the Flight A
Singles title, defeating Louisville's Michael Lippens 6-2, 6-0 in the final
match on Sunday. It marked the third time in as many tournaments this fall that
Swanson took home a singles crown, as he also won his respective individual
flights at the Bradley
and Purdue
Invitationals.
In doubles action, the freshman tandem of Michael Tebon (Excelsior, Minn.) and Michael Tenzer (Neuried, Germany) won
the Cardinal bracket, beating IUPUI's Joel Modesitt and Nick Volz 9-8(2)
Sunday. In addition, Swanson and junior Craig
Cox (Surrey, England) came away with the consolation title in the Flight A
doubles bracket.
The tournament consisted of a 12-team field, which included
opponents from Ball State, Butler, DePaul, Duquesne, Eastern Kentucky, IPFW,
IUPUI, Louisville, Marquette, Northern Illinois and Purdue. There were three singles draws with
32 players apiece, as well as three flights of doubles consisting of 16 pairs
apiece.
The Phoenix is next in action at the ITA Midwest
Regionals, held Oct. 13-17 in Columbus, Ohio.