I Love St. Peter, Minn.; Part 29

Carthage College tennis coach Brady Lindsley made his 29th career trip to Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minn., on Oct. 2-4, 2009 for the Intercollegiate Tennis Association’s Midwest Regional Men’s Tournament.  Lindsley has made 16 trips with the Carthage men’s tennis team, including 11 Rolex/Intercollegiate Tennis Association tournaments and five NCAA appearances.  He has made 10 other trips to Gustavus Adolphus with the women’s tennis team, including seven Rolex/ITA tournaments and three NCAA appearances.  In addition, Lindsley made the trip three times as a Carthage player between 1992 and 1995.  At 408 miles one way, or 816 round-trip miles, Lindsley has covered 23,664 miles in those 28 trips.  The circumference of Earth is approximately 24,900 miles.

Carthage's Sammy Ramoni Falls at ITA Tournament Semifinals

Sammy Ramoni Advances to ITA SemifinalsThe Carthage College men’s tennis team (0-0, 0-0 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin) opened its 2009-10 season by playing in the Friday-Sunday, Oct. 2-4 Intercollegiate Tennis Association’s Midwest Regional Tournament at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minn.

In first-round singles on Oct. 2, Sammy Ramoni (Sr., Honiara, Guadalcanal/New Mexico Military Institute defeated Bethel University’s Joel Cassens, 6-4, 6-4; J.T. Delk (Sr., Wheaton, Ill./North) defeated Hamline University’s Kyle Helgemoe, 6-3, 6-3; Matt Whiteside (So., Sacramento, Calif./Natomas Pacific Pathways Prep) defeated Pawel Czczepkowski from St. Mary’s University (Minn.), 6-1, 6-1; Andy Schwenke (Jr., Mukwonago, Wis.) defeated Lawrence University’s Jason Dunn, 3-6, 6-1, 10-8; Jeffery Lotz (Jr. (Fr., Racine, Wis./Horlick) defeated Hamline’s Andrew Lutz, 6-0, 6-2; Nick Lehnert from Augustana College (Ill.) defeated Carthage’s Nick Boomgarden (So., Fitchburg, Wis./Verona Area), 6-2, 6-2; St. Olaf College’s Knute Gundersen defeated Chris Vargo, 2-6, 6-3, 10-7; and Coe College’s Scott Stegemann defeated Alex McLean (So., Belleville, Ill./West), 4-6, 6-1, 10-3.

In second-round singles, also on Oct. 2, Ramoni defeated Grinnell College’s Dmitry Glumox, 6-4, 4-6, 6-0; Lotz defeated Wisconsin-Whitewater’s Kyle Halweg, 6-2, 6-4; Tyler Johnson from Gustavus Adolphus eliminated Delk, 6-0, 6-2; Wisconsin-Eau Claire’s Chris Kuna eliminated Whiteside, 6-1, 6-0; and Wisconsin-Eau Claire’s Kevin Fawcett eliminated Schwenke, 6-3, 6-2.

In third-round singles on Oct. 2, Ramoni defeated Mike Lunka from St. Mary’s (Minn.), 6-1, 6-1; but Amrik Donkena from Gustavus Adolphus eliminated Lotz, 7-5, 6-1.  In the fourth round on Saturday, Oct. 3, Ramoni defeated Matt Edin from Concordia University (Minn.), 6-0, 2-6, 6-4.  In the Oct. 3 quarterfinals, Ramoni defeated Dubuque University’s Nick Garcia, 6-2, 6-3.  Ramoni advanced to a Sunday, Oct. 4 semifinal match against Kenyon College’s Mike Greenberg, with Greenberg winning, 7-6, 4-6, 6-2.