Nam Tran<\/a> (Shakopee, Minn.\/Eden Prairie) just missed his first MIAC win at No. 4 singles with a 6-3 victory in his first set, but dropped the second 6-0 and the super-breaker, 10-8.<\/p>\nLAST YEAR’S TRIP: The Johnnies went 3-2, in which both losses were 4-3 decisions, during last year’s spring-break trip (March 16-21, 2025) in Orlando, Fla: Western Connecticut State (W, 7-0); Wisconsin-La Crosse (L, 3-4); St. Norbert (Wis., W, 6-1); Colby-Sawyer (N.H., L, 3-4); and Crown (W, 7-0).<\/p>\n
THE OPPONENTS
\n-Western Connecticut State: The Wolves open their season Sunday against Scranton (Pa.) before taking on SJU Monday\u2026senior Aiden Burke, an All-Little East Conference (LEC) second-team selection, led the team with an 10-7 singles record at No. 2 and a 9-9 mark in doubles competition, all at No. 1, last spring.<\/p>\n
-Wisconsin-La Crosse: The Eagles are 9-3 and play a pair of matches in Florida before facing SJU Tuesday afternoon\u2026UWL defeated the Johnnies 5-2 back on Feb. 23 in Rochester\u2026the Eagles return three members from last season’s All-WIAC teams\u2026sophomore Tyler Schneider was named the league’s Newcomer of the Year, as well as on the All-WIAC first team for singles\u2026so far this season, Schneider is 4-4 in singles (No. 1) and 7-4 in doubles (No. 1) with senior Jack Hehli\u2026the All-WIAC first-team doubles pairing of junior Alex Aranda and sophomore Nikko Vilwock also returns\u2026Aranda is 6-4 across Nos. 2-3 doubles, while Vilwock is yet to make an appearance in the lineup this season.<\/p>\n
-Wisconsin-Eau Claire: The Blugolds are 4-3 and play three matches in Florida before the match with SJU on Thursday afternoon\u2026senior Pablo Rinc\u00f3n is currently 4-2 at No. 1 singles and 4-2 at No. 1 doubles with freshman Danylo Ripeckyj\u2026Ripeckyj is 6-0 at Nos. 1, 2, 4,and 5 singles.\u00a0<\/p>\n
-Crown: The Polars are currently 2-3 on the season and play four matches in Florida before ending the trip against SJU on Friday\u2026Crown returns All-UMAC second-team selection David Comings, who is currently 1-4 at No. 1 singles and 3-2 at No. 1 doubles, mostly with freshman Ean Clarke, who is 4-1 at No. 2 singles.\u00a0<\/p>\n
SERIES HISTORIES: Three of next week’s opponents are repeats from last year’s spring-break trip. SJU defeated Western Connecticut State 7-0 to move to 3-0 all-time against the Wolves and also defeated Crown by the same score in the first meeting between the schools on the tennis court. La Crosse is 3-0 against the Johnnies, who have a 5-4 edge over UWEC.<\/p>\n
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