WHITEWATER, Wis. – One year after being blanked by Wisconsin Whitewater, the Roosevelt men's tennis team rallied in singles play for a 5-2 win over the Warhawks on the road Saturday.

The Lakers started off doubles strong with a 6-3 win from Juan Caicedo and Justus Peters at the No. 1 position. However, the Warhawks came back to claim Nos. 2 and 3 to take an early 1-0 lead. As the teams transitioned into singles play, Roosevelt came alive by claiming the first set in five of the six matches.

Peters was the first to finish off his opponent, winning 6-3, 6-0 at No. 2 to tie the match at one apiece. Demille Scarabello followed up his 6-4 win in the first set with a 6-1 victory in the second to make it 2-1 with a win at No. 6. The Warhawks tied the match by winning the fifth singles spot, but Juan Pablo Espinosa claimed a 6-4, 6-4 win at No. 4 singles to move the Lakers within a victory of the dual.

Jules Rumeau delivered with a 6-4, 7-6 win at the No. 3 flight, taking the second-set tiebreaker 7-5 for the fourth point. Caicedo then took his third-set supertiebreaker 10-5 after two tight sets at the top singles position to claim victory. The freshman won the first set 7-6 with an 8-6 win in the tiebreak before dropping the second set 7-5.

The women did not have the same luck, falling 4-3 to UW Whitewater in a tightly-contested battle. This time, Roosevelt claimed the doubles point by winning the second and third doubles positions.

Sophie Christie and Zeynep Barut cruised to a 6-1 win at No. 2 doubles before Malena Moya and Ximena Mercado dropped a tight match at the top spot. Nathalie Ramazzini and Luciana Trigosso, though, teamed up to eke out a 7-5 win at No. 3 to give Roosevelt a 1-0 lead.

UW Whitewater claimed victories at No. 2 and No. 6 singles in short order, but Roosevelt responded with wins at No. 3 and No. 5. Barut ran through her foe for a 6-2, 6-3 win at No. 3 and Milena Novikova raced to a 6-1 win in the first set before gutting out a 7-5 win in the second set at No. 5. The Warhawks also won the fourth singles position in straight sets to set up the winner-take-all match at No. 1 singles.

Christie won the first set 6-4, but dropped the second set 6-1 for the only three-set match of the afternoon on the women's side. After a tough battle, the Warhawks claimed the third set 6-4 to take the match.

UW Whitewater 4, Roosevelt Women 3

No. 1 Doubles – Gracie Ha/Abigail Weaver (UWW) def. Malena Moya/Ximena Mercado (RU), 6-4

No. 2 Doubles – Sophie Christie/Zeynep Barut (RU) def. Molly Asfeld/Crystina Lee (UWW), 6-1

No. 3 Doubles – Nathalie Ramazzini/Luciana Trigosso (RU) def. Alexandra Repplier/Kaitlyn Remke (UWW), 7-5

No. 1 Singles – Weaver (UWW) def. Christie (RU), 4-6, 6-1, 6-4

No. 2 Singles – Ha (UWW) def. Trigosso (RU), 6-1, 6-1

No. 3 Singles – Barut (RU) def. Asfeld (UWW), 6-2, 6-3

No. 4 Singles – Lee (UWW) def. Ramazzini (RU), 6-3, 6-3

No. 5 Singles – Milena Novikova (RU) def. Remke (UWW), 6-1, 7-5

No. 6 Singles – Ashley Adkisson (UWW) def. Moya (RU), 6-3, 6-0

Roosevelt Men 5, UW Whitewater 2

No. 1 Doubles – Juan Caicedo/Justus Peters (RU) def. Theo Billson/Carter Michaels (UWW), 6-3

No. 2 Doubles – Gavin Kelleher/Charles Morgan (UWW) def. Demille Scarabello/Abhay Singh (RU), 6-3

No. 3 Doubles – Julius Jonsson/Daniel Moeller (UWW) def. Chakib Madcur/Juan Pablo Espinosa (RU), 6-3

No. 1 Singles – Caicedo (RU) def. Morgan (UWW), 7-6 (6), 5-7, 10-5

No. 2 Singles – Peters (RU) def. Andrew Dumbauld (UWW), 6-3, 6-0

No. 3 Singles – Jules Rumeau (RU) def. Michaels (UWW), 6-4, 7-6 (5)

No. 4 Singles – Espinosa (RU) def. Kelleher (UWW), 6-4, 6-4

No. 5 Singles – Moeller (UWW) def. Chakib Madcur (RU), 6-1, 6-4

No. 6 Singles – Scarabello (RU) def. Seth Smigel (UWW), 6-4, 6-1