Men’s Tennis Falls in First Home Match of the Season

Freshman Alex Kaldahl and senior Javier Moreno shakes hands before their match on Thursday, Feb. 9. Photo by Adam Christiansen.

by Chris Johnstone

The Concordia men’s tennis team was in action on Thursday night in the P.E. Building Gym, as they took on NCAA Division II William Jewell College of Missouri and lost 8-1.

Concordia is now 0-2 on the season. Last season, Concordia finished 7-12 overall and finished fifth in GPAC standings with a 1-4 record in conference play.

Sophomore Gabe Poling gave the Bulldogs its only victory in singles matches. The Chillicothe, Missouri, native went 6-2, 5-7 and 10-7 over Bjorn Myers from William Jewell College to get the win. The singles almost had another victory from senior Patricio Esquivel, but lost 7-5 and 6-2.

The Bulldogs now travel to Des Moines, Iowa, to take on Grand View University at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 10.