LAKEVILLE, Minn. – Wet weather forced Sunday’s match against Saint John’s University indoors, but the Knights enthusiasm was not dampened in an 8-1 triumph. The victory guaranteed Carleton will conclude the season second in the MIAC standings this season, the program’s seventh consecutive seventh consecutive top-2 conference finish. The Knights will be the No. 2 seed at next weekend’s MIAC tournament.
Play began with a doubles sweep by Carleton, including a 9-8 victory at first doubles by Winston Park (Jr./Encino, Calif./Harvard-Westlake) and Dan Vollman (Fy./Oak Park, Ill./Oak Park River Forest).
“The top doubles team from Saint John’s put up quite a fight, and at times Winston and Dan were as frustrated as a seven-year old trying to baptize a cat,” said Carleton Head Coach Stephan Zweifel. “But in the tiebreaker, our boys were as focused as fighter pilots.”
The Knights also prevailed at the top five singles spots, including straight set triumphs by Park, Vollman, and Jon Aranda (Fy./Los Angeles, Calif./Loyola).
“It was clear that we were hungry today,” Zweifel said, “but part of that is my fault since we left for the match before the dining hall opened.”
Carleton’s second scheduled match of the day—against Macalester College—was rained out and rescheduled for Tuesday, April 28 at the Bell Field Courts.