Coe News
Sat, Feb. 14, 2009 - [Men's Tennis]
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - The Coe men's tennis team improved to 6-0 on the year with 9-0 wins over Wisconsin-La Crosse and St. Ambrose.  They also improved to 54-0 in singles and doubles matches played in dual meets.
Coe won all but one match in straight sets as freshman Ryan King (Wildwood, Mo./Lafayette), Sam Zerbib (Phoenix, Ariz./Arcadia) and Scott Stegemann (Davenport, Iowa/Central) all finished 4-0 on the day.  Joey Lankelma (Marshalltown, Iowa/Marshalltown) and Greg Janssen (Oshkosh, Wis./West) earned two wins at number three doubles.  Lankelma and Janssen each earned wins at two and three singles in the match with Wis.-La Crosse.
 
Zerbib teamed with sophomore Elliot Rausa (Waterloo, Iowa/Columbus) for a pair of wins at number one doubles.  Victor Khristenko (Orel, Russia), Jonathon Roger (Minneapolis, Minn./St. Anthony Village) and Dawson Shaver (Wichita, Kan./East) earned wins for the Kohawks at four, five and six singles in the win over St. Ambrose.
 
The Kohawks return to action next Saturday as they host Wis.-Oshkosh and Dubuque.  Matches start at 9 a.m.