Junior Billy Evans and sophomore Lewis Towne advanced to the consolation finals of the Wilson/ITACentral Region Fall Tennis Tournament, held in St. Louis over the weekend. The pair scored two wins to kick off the 2009-2010 season.
Evans and Towne lost their opening match in the St. Louis Tournament bracket but rallied for two straight wins in the consolation portion of the bracket. After receiving a walkover win in the quarterfinals, the duo defeated Josh Clay and Andrew McKinley from North Central 8-2 in the semis. The final pitted Evans and Towne against Albion's Tucker Blake and Danny Frank. The Wabash pair lost 8-5.
Evans also advanced to the finals of the St. Louis bracket singles play. After an opening round loss to Calvin's Philip Reinken, Evans received two walkover wins in the consolation bracket. He moved on to face Denison's Jack Arlan in the finals before losing 6-2, 6-2.
Peter Gunderman won his opening match of the open portion of the tournament 6-4, 6-1 over John Reinetsen from Kalamazoo. Elliott Dewey scored a 6-2, 7-6 victory against Steve Hanselman from Kalamazoo in the first round of the open tournament.