{"id":523646,"date":"2026-03-09T02:10:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T02:10:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/523646\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T02:10:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T02:10:15","slug":"mens-tennis-wins-third-straight-over-johnnies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/523646\/","title":{"rendered":"Men&#8217;s tennis wins third straight over Johnnies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\tStory Links&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n        &#13;<br \/>\n   &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/r7.png\" alt=\"Saint Mary's University\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                Next Match:<\/p>\n<p> Saint Mary&#8217;s University<\/p>\n<p>3\/14\/2026 | 11:30 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                    Mar. 14 (Sat) \/ 11:30 a.m.&#13;\n                <\/p>\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-opponent-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/r7.png\" alt=\"Saint Mary's University\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        \u00a0Saint Mary&#8217;s University&#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<p>                    <a class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-details-history\" href=\"https:\/\/athletics.stolaf.edu\/sports\/mens-tennis\/opponent-history\/saint-marys-university\/21\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">History <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                             &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                    SARTELL, Minn. \u2013 The St. Olaf College men&#8217;s tennis team improved to 2-1 in Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) play with a 6-1 victory over Saint John&#8217;s University on Sunday at Sta-Fit.<\/p>\n<p>In its first MIAC match in over three weeks, St. Olaf (3-4, 2-1 MIAC) took the doubles point with wins at No. 2 and No. 3 doubles and went on to win five of the six singles matches to top Saint John&#8217;s (0-3, 0-3 MIAC). The win was the third in a row in the series for the Oles after the Johnnies won seven in a row from 2016-23.<\/p>\n<p>St. Olaf got out to a 1-0 lead after doubles thanks to wins from the pairs of sophomore <a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.stolaf.edu\/sports\/mens-tennis\/roster\/lou-smith\/13993\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"13993\" target=\"_blank\">Lou Smith<\/a> and junior <a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.stolaf.edu\/sports\/mens-tennis\/roster\/marjan-veldic\/13995\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"13995\" target=\"_blank\">Marjan Veldic<\/a> and sophomores <a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.stolaf.edu\/sports\/mens-tennis\/roster\/daniel-meunier\/13990\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"13990\" target=\"_blank\">Daniel Meunier<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.stolaf.edu\/sports\/mens-tennis\/roster\/mason-ramirez\/13991\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"13991\" target=\"_blank\">Mason Ramirez<\/a>, who both picked up their first victories of the season as pairings. Smith and Veldic recorded a 6-4 win at No. 2 doubles, while Meunier and Ramirez registered a 6-2 victory at No. 3 doubles to offset the Johnnies&#8217; 6-3 win atop the lineup.<\/p>\n<p>Vizoli, Veldic, and Smith all lost four games or fewer in their straight-set victories at the top-three singles spots, with Vizoli improving to 3-0 in conference play at No. 1 singles with his 6-4, 6-0 win. Sophomore <a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.stolaf.edu\/sports\/mens-tennis\/roster\/jacob-schultz\/13992\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"13992\" target=\"_blank\">Jacob Schultz<\/a> also got to 3-0 in the MIAC with a 6-3, 6-4 triumph at No. 6 singles, while sophomore <a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.stolaf.edu\/sports\/mens-tennis\/roster\/madden-vanderwerf\/13994\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"13994\" target=\"_blank\">Madden Vanderwerf<\/a> fought back from dropping the first set in a 3-6, 6-0, 1-0 (10-8) victory at No. 4 singles.<\/p>\n<p>St. Olaf is slated to play its first home outdoor match against Saint Mary&#8217;s University at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, March 14 at Carlson Courts.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; Story Links&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; Next Match: Saint Mary&#8217;s University 3\/14\/2026 |&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":523647,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[49,48,82,593],"class_list":["post-523646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=523646"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523646\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/523647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=523646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=523646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=523646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}