DE PERE, Wis. -- The Lawrence University men's tennis team fell 7-2 to Saint Mary's (Minn.) University in the season opener Friday at the Green Bay Tennis Center.
    The Cardinals got off to a fast start with a sweep of the three doubles matches. Lawrence came back to win two of the five tightly contested singles matches.
    Lawrence's No. 1 singles player, Andrew Larson, picked up his first collegiate win with a 6-0, 6-1 victory over Brandon Kurilla. Senior Cam Strawn also was a winner for the Vikings as he took a 6-3, 2-6, 10-4 victory at No. 4 singles.

Saint Mary's University 7, Lawrence University 2
Singles competition 
1. Andrew Larson (LU) def. Brandon Kurilla (SMU) 6-0, 6-1
2. Josh Janssen (SMU) def. Giacomo Bocanegra (LU) 7-5, 4-6, 11-9
3. E.J. Hietala (SMU) def. Yui Ito (LU) 6-0, 6-3
4. Cam Strawn (LU) def. Peter Quinn (SMU) 6-3, 2-6, 10-4
5. Brendon Raabolle (SMU) def. Dylan Delgado (LU) 3-6, 6-2, 10-4
6. Matt Besek (SMU) def. Jackson Gross (LU) 6-3, 6-4
Doubles competition 
1. Brandon Kurilla/Josh Janssen (SMU) def. Andrew Larson/Giacomo Bocanegra (LU) 8-6
2. E.J. Hietala/Peter Quinn (SMU) def. Yui Ito/Cam Strawn (LU) 8-4
3. Brendon Raabolle/Matt Besek (SMU) def. Rahul Sabnis/Jonathan Hogan (LU) 8-3