The Monroe Cheesemakers competed against Edgewood in the first round of the Mukwanago Quadrangular in tennis on May 3. Edgewood defeated the Cheesemakers, 6-1. Cheesemaker coach Matt Bordner said, “Edgewood is in our subsectional, so playing competitively with them was important for both seeding purposes and for our confidence. It would have been great to pick up another win or two in this round, but I think we all felt like we can certainly hang with this team which should give us some confidence heading into the postseason.”
Edgewood 6, Monroe 1
Singles
No. 1 — Breck Wegner, Edgewood defeated Matthew Setterstrom, Monroe, 6-3, 6-4.
No. 2 — Alex Gerrits, Monroe defeated Sawyer Korb, Edgewood, 6-2, 7-6 (6).
No. 3 — Linus Powless, Edgewood defeated Allen Gerrits, Monroe, 6-2, 6-4.
No. 4 — Alex Cataldo, Edgewood defeated Cash McCabe, Monroe, 6-1, 6-1.
Doubles
No. 1 - Mac Yackee and Johnathan Buye, Edgewood defeated Carsen Bartholf and Hamilton Stites, Monroe, 6-3, 6-1.
No. 2 - Jake Stacey and Hayden Meier, Edgewood defeated Travis Saunders and Caleb Figi, Monroe, 5-7, 6-2, 10-8.
No. 3 - Jordan Chesmore and Patrick Feagan, Edgewood defeated Eli Salzwedel and Graysan Bartholf of Monroe, 6-1, 6-4.
In the 2nd round, the Cheesemakers rested Matthew Setterstrom to continue to manage his knee, so the singles lineup all slid up and the Cheesemakers fell to Burlington, 4-3. Despite the loss, Bordner came away very impressed with his team. “Alex Gerrits picked up another big win at #1 singles and continues to build on an impressive season. He hasn’t lost in singles since his first match of the season which is quite impressive.”
Burlington 4, Monroe 3
Singles
No. 1 — Alex Gerrits, Monroe defeated Jaxon Grant, Burlington, 6-3, 7-5.
No. 2 — Benji Rauch, Burlington defeated Allen Gerrits, Monroe, 6-3, 7-5.
No. 3 — Sean Nie, Burlington defeated Cash McCabe, Monroe, 6-1, 6-3.
No. 4 — Ryan Lesage, Burlington defeated Tysen Folgate, Monroe, 6-1, 6-1.
Doubles
No. 1 — Carsen Bartholf and Hamilton Stites, Monroe defeated Mitchell Crabtree and Porter Tiedt, Burlington, 6-1, 6-1.
No. 2 — Kade Boyd, Burlington and Grant Sulik, Burlington defeated Travis Saunders and Caleb Figi, Monroe, 4-6, 6-0, 10-7.
No. 3 — Eli Salzwedel and Graysan Bartholf, Monroe defeated Karl Loppnow and Dane Landreman, Burlington, 7-6 (3), 6-2.
The last round of the day for the Cheesemakers was against the host school, Mukwonago, who has one of the top #1 singles and #1 doubles teams in the state. Bordner said there are many positives in facing a team like Mukwonago. “I think many of our guys had some good points and learning opportunities against one of the top 20 D1 schools in the state.”
Mukwonago 7, Monroe 0
Singles
No. 1 — Andrew Davies, Mukwonago defeated Matthew Setterstrom, Monroe, 6-0, 6-0.
No. 2 — Ethan Martin, Mukwonago defeated Carsen Bartholf, Monroe, 6-4, 6-2.
No. 3 — Cole Kusick, Mukwonago defeated Allen Gerrits, Monroe, 6-1, 6-0.
No. 4 — Tyler Erbs, Mukwonago defeated Simon Carus, Monroe, 6-0, 6-0.
Doubles
No. 1 — Isaac Basar and Nate Christensen, Mukwonago defeated Alex Gerrits and Hamilton Stites, Monroe, 6-1, 6-1.
No. 2 — Ben Ciganek and Tommy Nettesheim, Mukwonago defeated Travis Saunders and Caleb Figi, Monroe, 6-1, 6-2.
No. 3 — Caleb Poling and Cruz Tsimpidis, Mukwonago defeated Eli Salzwedel and- Graysan Bartholf, Monroe, 2-6, 7-5, 10-7.
“It was a tough day going 0-3, but we scheduled this quad knowing it would be great competition,” Bordner said following the quadrangular. The Cheesemakers now drop to 7-5 on the season but remain unbeaten in the Rock Valley Conference at 3-0. Monroe hosted a subsectional opponent, Madison Country Day, on May 5 before traveling to Whitewater for a Rock Valley match on May 6.
