Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 ST. PETER, Minn. – The St. Olaf College men's tennis team began its season by competing at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Midwest Regional Championships and the Midwest Open from Friday through Sunday.

Juniors Madden Vanderwerf and Jacob Schultz represented St. Olaf in the singles draw at the ITA Midwest Regional, while pairing of Vanderwerf and senior Joe O'Flaherty played in the doubles draw. Vanderwerf and Schultz both dropped their first-round singles matches, with Vanderwerf falling by a 10-8 margin in a super tiebreak to Carter Michaels of UW-Whitewater.

Vanderwerf and O'Flaherty picked up a first-round 8-3 win over Gregor Gottein and Nirbhay Chhabra of Luther College before falling to a tandem from Coe College in the second round.

Junior Daniel Meunier was one of five Oles to play in one of the Midwest Open singles draws and won the 16-player "F" bracket by stringing together four consecutive wins. Meunier's final three matches were all decided in super tiebreaks, with the junior coming from a set down in two of the three to post wins.

O'Flaherty made a run to the final of the "E" singles draw before falling in a super tiebreak to Jose Solorzano Carballero of Bethany Lutheran College. O'Flaherty recorded back-to-back comebacks from a set down in his second and third matches to get to the final.

Junior Mason Ramirez won his first-round singles match in the "C" bracket, while senior Cathal Mee fell in the first round of the "B" bracket, and senior Ryan Birnesser lost his first-round match in the "D" bracket.

In the "B" doubles bracket, Meunier and Schultz advanced to the semifinals with four consecutive victories before falling to the eventual champions from Gustavus Adolphus College by an 8-5 margin. The pairings of Birnesser/Mee and Ramirez/sophomore Lucas Clauson both picked up one win in their respective doubles draws.

St. Olaf will play its lone dual match of the fall at UW-Superior on Saturday, Oct. 10 ta 12:30 p.m.