The Aurora University men's tennis team opened the 2017 Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference season with a split of matches, defeating Wisconsin Lutheran College 7-2 and fell to Milwaukee School of Engineering 7-2.

THE BASICS - MATCH ONE
FINAL SCORE:  Aurora University 7; Wisconsin Lutheran College 2
LOCATION: Aurora, Illinois - Washington Middle School
RECORD: Aurora University 3-1; 1-0 NACC

SPARTAN TOP PERFORMERS
Doubles -
No. 2 - David Dobrose and Jared Burrow won 8-2
No. 3 - Patrick MacDonald and Tom Asavarachan won by forfeit

Singles -
No.2 - Robert Salerno won 2-6, 6-3, 14-12
No 3 - Jake Lipka won 6-1, 6-4
No 4 - Tom Asavarachan won 6-1, 6-0
No. 5 - Jared Burrow won 6-2, 6-0
No. 6 - Patrick MacDonald won by forfeit

THE BASICS - MATCH TWO
FINAL SCORE:  Milwaukee School of Engineering 7, Aurora University 2
LOCATION: Aurora, Illinois - Washington Middle School
RECORD: Aurora University 3-2; 1-1 NACC

SPARTAN TOP PERFORMERS
Singles -
No. 2 - Robert Salerno won 6-0, 6-1
No. 5 - Patrick MacDonald won 6-4, 6-2

UP NEXT:
Next action for the Spartan men's tennis team comes on Friday, April 7 when they host Judson University. Match time is set for 4:00 p.m. at Washington Middle School in Aurora, Illinois.