JACKSONVILLE, Ill. -- The Lawrence University men's tennis team opened Midwest Conference play on Saturday with a 9-0 shutout of Illinois College at the Bruner Center.
    The Vikings started the day by sweeping the three doubles matches. The closest match came at No. 1 doubles where Lawrence's Andrew Larson and Yui Ito topped Ethan Sabotta and Derek Wilkinson 8-5. Cam Strawn and Rahul Sabnis were 8-3 winners at No. 2, and Dylan Delgado and Jonathan Hogan won 8-4 at No. 3.
    The toughest singles match also came at No. 1 where Larson topped Sabotta 6-2, 4-6, 10-7. Delgado also went to a super-tiebreaker at No. 3 where he stopped Derek Wilkinson 6-3, 6-7, 10-6. 
    In the other four singles matches, the Vikings lost just 10 games total. Strawn was a 6-2, 6-1 winner at No. 2, and Ito won 6-1, 6-3 at No. 4. Jackson Gross took a 6-0, 6-1 victory at No. 5, and Kenneth Penaherrera-Quiroz was a 6-2, 6-0 winner at No. 6.    
    Lawrence is now 3-10 overall and 1-0 in the league.

Lawrence University 9, Illinois College 0
Singles  
1. Andrew Larson (LU) def. Ethan Sabotta (IC) 6-2, 4-6, 10-7
2. Cam Strawn (LU) def. Jack Leardini (IC) 6-2, 6-1
3. Dylan Delgado (LU) def. Derek Wilkinson (IC) 6-3, 6-7, 10-6
4. Yui Ito (LU) def. Kyle Kantor (IC) 6-1, 6-3
5. Jackson Gross (LU) def. Senaf Fayissa (IC) 6-0, 6-1
6. Kenneth Penaherrera (LU) def. Jovan Norris (IC) 6-2, 6-0
Doubles  
1. Andrew Larson/Yui Ito (LU) def. Ethan Sabotta/Derek Wilkinson (IC) 8-5
2. Cam Strawn/Rahul Sabnis (LU) def. Jack Leardini/Kyle Kantor (IC) 8-3
3. Dylan Delgado/Jonathan Hogan (LU) def. Senaf Fayissa/Jovan Norris (IC) 8-4