MINNETONKA, Minn. - The Martin Luther College men's tennis team split its triangular on Saturday at the Oakdale Valley Tennis Club, defeating Northwestern (Iowa) 7-2 before falling 9-0 to Morningside.

MLC 7, NWC 2

MLC earned its first win of the season by the final of 7-2 against Northwestern (Iowa).

The Red Raiders took the hard fought number one doubles match 8-7, but the number two team of Nicolas Gartner and Josh Schroeder won 8-0, while the number three team of Seth Koelpin and Caleb Koelpin gave MLC a 2-1 lead in the match with an 8-1 win.

In singles, Josh Koelpin won the number one match 6-4, 6-4, while Gartner, Jonah Schulz, Schroeder and Caleb Koelpin each added straight sets wins of their own to secure the team win for MLC.

Morningside 9, MLC 0

After the win over NWC, the Knights were unable to slow down Morningside in a 9-0 defeat.

Morningside dominated the doubles matches with wins by the scores of 8-1, 8-0 and 8-1, and then scored six singles wins in straight sets to get the team win.

MLC moved to 1-3 on the season with the split, and will return to action on Tuesday, February 19, for a non-conference match against North Central at Lifetime Fitness Center in Lakeville, Minn.