Lake Forest College Sports Information
April 27, 2008
Contact: Mike Wajerski, SID

Lake Forest Players Reach MWC Title Matches at Six of Nine Positions
Flaksman, Fretter, and Paterakos accomplish the feat in both singles and doubles
  

Alex Presman Jon Flaksman
Andrew Fretter Chris Paterakos
MADISON, Wis. - The Forester men’s tennis team completed its 2008 schedule with the Midwest Conference positional singles and doubles tournaments over the weekend (April 26-27). Lake Forest players scored 63 points, trailing leader Grinnell College’s 105 but finishing well ahead of the 39 posted by third-place St. Norbert College.

In Saturday’s singles play, junior Andrew Fretter (Bloomfield, Mich./Cranbrook Kingswood), sophomore Alex Presman (Deerfield, Ill/Deerfield), and freshmen Jon Flaksman (Northbrook, Ill./Glenbrook North) and Chris Paterakos (Wilmette, Ill./New Trier) finished second in their respective flights. Presman won 6-4, 6-2 in the quarterfinals at #2 and 6-2, 6-4 in the semifinals before falling 6-1, 6-0 in the championship match. Flaksman recorded a 6-0, 6-2 victory in the quarterfinals and won both sets by a 6-4 margin in the semifinals. He was edged out 6-7 (6-8), 6-1, 7-6 (7-5) in the final and finished the season with a 19-4 record. After routing his quarterfinal opponent 6-1, 6-1 at #4, Fretter came away with a 6-1, 3-6, 6-4 triumph in the semifinals but was defeated 3-6, 6-3, 6-0 in the title match. Paterakos won 6-4, 6-0 in the quarters and 6-2, 6-4 in the semis before falling 2-6, 6-4, 6-0 in the final.

Sophomore Joe Campagna (Elmwood Park, Ill./Fenwick) won 6-1, 6-2 in the quarterfinals at #6 but dropped a 6-1, 6-3 decision in the semifinals to the eventual champion. The Foresters’ #1 player, junior Rocky Tektumanidze (Riverwoods, Ill./Deerfield), won the first set but was unable to finish his first round match and retired.

Flaksman and Fretter also reached the championship match but fell 6-1, 6-1 at #2 doubles. They had recorded a 6-1, 6-3 victory in the quarterfinals and a 6-4, 6-4 triumph in the semifinals to reach the flight’s final. Campagna and Paterakos prevailed 6-3, 4-6, 6-2 in their first-round contest at #3 doubles and added a 6-2, 6-3 win in the semifinals before falling 6-0, 6-1 in the title match.

Presman partnered with junior Ricky Galvez (Poolville, N.Y./Hamilton Central) at #1 doubles and won 6-3, 6-4 in the first round. They were eliminated by a 6-4, 6-3 loss in the quarterfinals.

Lake Forest moved up three places from a fifth-place finish at last year’s tournament and there are no seniors on the roster.

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