WHITE BEAR LAKE, Minn.— The Bethel Royals men's tennis team came into this afternoon's match unbeaten and continued their great play with a 7-2 win over Concordia College. Last weekend the Royals defeated both Bethany Lutheran and Wartburg by scores of 9-0 and 8-1 respectively. Saturday the Royals picked up where they left off by sweeping all three doubles matches against Concordia and continued to have success in singles, losing only two matches. 
 
No. 1 singles player Matt Schull and No. 3 singles player Hunter Fernelius teamed up and prevailed in a tight No. 1 doubles match by a score of 8-3.  Kolin Kiekhoefer and Noah Ridgway followed in another tough match at No. 2 doubles, winning 8-4.  Henry Morris and Jakob Bartels cruised to an 8-1 win, completing the doubles sweep.  Bethel went on to win four out of the six singles matches, one of which was by No. 5 player Noah Ridgway who beat a tough opponent 6-0 and 6-2.  Kolin Kiekhoefer followed with a 6-2, 6-3 win.  No. 6 player Nick Knudsen won in a third set tiebreaker.  The Royals only dropped two close matches, one of which being in No. 1 singles, where senior Matt Schull lost to one of the best players in the region 6-4, 1-6, (8-10).  Jakob Bartles also lost a close match 1-6, 6-7 (8-10) in a second set tiebreak.      
 
"It was a really good win for us," Coach Fernelius said.  "Really proud of the effort and the enthusiasm."
 
Bethel's next match comes on Saturday February 18^th at 8:30 a.m.  They will be facing off against the Gusties of Gustavus Adolphus at the Lifetime Fitness in White Bear Lake, Minn.