SIOUX CITY, Iowa – The Prairie Wolves men's tennis team ended the 2016 regular season with a 7-2 loss at Morningside College on Monday (May 2) in a makeup GPAC tennis dual in Sioux City.
 
Nebraska Wesleyan closes out the regular season portion of their schedule with a 7-14 overall record and 0-5 mark in GPAC play.  The Prairie Wolves will be the No. 6 seed in the GPAC Postseason Tournament that begins on Friday (May 6) in Fremont.  NWU will face the No. 3 seed Doane College at 9:00 am.
 
The Prairie Wolves picked up two victories in singles action in the 7-2 loss.  At No. 5 singles, Adam Olson beat Aksay Krishna 6-1, 6-1 in the straight set win.  Another straight set victory occurred at No. 6 singles with Matheus Bustamante beating Hunter Renn 6-2, 6-4.
 
Morningside won the other four singles matches in straight sets, but NWU was very competitive in those matches.  In the No. 1 singles showdown between Pedro Pinassi and Trevor Milburn, Pinassi came out on top 6-1, 7-6 (7-3).  Gabriel Sellmer fell 7-5, 6-2 ta No. 3 singles and Hale Breit dropped a 7-5, 6-3 decision as NWU battled with the Mustangs.  The other singles match saw Danny Graves defeating Pedro Bethlem 6-2, 6-4 at No. 2.
 
The Mustangs opened the dual with three wins in doubles matches.  The No. 1 doubles dual was a back and forth match as Graves/Stoll finally edged Milburn & Bethlem 9-8 (7-4) for the victory.