NEW BERLIN, Wis. - The Elmhurst College men's tennis team kicked off the 2009 season by splitting a pair of matches. Elmhurst dropped its opener 5-4 to the University of Dubuque, but rebounded to defeat Carroll University 6-2.

In the loss to Dubuque, the Bluejays swept all three doubles contests, but dropped five of the six singles matches en route to the loss. David Devaney scored the Bluejays' lone singles victory at No. 2 singles.

The Bluejays bounced back from the loss to Dubuque by toppling Carroll 6-2. Dave Douglass, Devaney, James White, and Justin Guenther all posted singles victories for Elmhurst. The doubles teams of Douglas/Jarrod Kec and White/Guenther also scored wins for Elmhurst.

Dubuque 5, Elmhurst 4 February 14, 2009 - New Berlin, Wis.
Position	Elmhurst	Dubuque	Winner	Score
#1 Singles	Dave Douglass	Claudio Giraldi	Dubuque	6-3, 6-1
#2 Singles	David Devaney	Jonathan Kroll	Elmhurst	6-3, 6-1
#3 Singles	Robert Korsch	Austin Stewart	Dubuque	6-0, 6-3
#4 Singles	James White	Cory McCarthy	Dubuque	6-3, 7-5
#5 Singles	Justin Guenther	David Jacobsen	Dubuque	6-3, 4-6, 11-9
#6 Singles	Matthew Ingraffia	Chris Matteson	Dubuque	6-0, 6-2
#1 Doubles	Douglas/Jarrod Kec	Giraldi/Stewart	Elmhurst	9-8 (5)
#2 Doubles	Korsch/Devaney	McCarthy/Jonathan Gouris	Elmhurst	8-1
#3 Doubles	White/Guenther	Kroll/Jacobsen	Elmhurst	8-5

Elmhurst 6, Carroll 2 February 14, 2009 - New Berlin, Wis.
Position	Elmhurst	Carroll	Winner	Score
#1 Singles	Dave Douglass	Michael Wajda	Elmhurst	4-6, 6-1, 10-5
#2 Singles	David Devaney	Seth Pamperin	Elmhurst	6-4, 7-5
#3 Singles	Robert Korsch	John Silseth	Carroll	6-2, 6-4
#4 Singles	James White	John Krewer	Elmhurst	2-6, 6-3, 10-2
#5 Singles	Justin Guenther	Adam Knoelke	Elmhurst	6-1, 6-0
#6 Singles	Matthew Ingraffia	Shea O'Rorke	- -	Did Not Finish
#1 Doubles	Douglas/Jarrod Kec	Wajda/Silseth	Elmhurst	8-4
#2 Doubles	Korsch/Devaney	Pamperin/Krewer	Carroll	8-5
#3 Doubles	White/Guenther	Knolke/O'Rorke	Elmhurst	8-3