Men's Tennis Drops Pair in Iowa
MONMOUTH, Ill. (10/12/2026) — The Monmouth College men's tennis team lost 5-2 against both Buena Vista and Simpson on Sunday. The Scots only took five players to Iowa, resulting in forfeits at both No. 6 singles and No. 3 doubles to start the matches.
Against Buena Vista, Matt Savage (Washington, Illinois) lost 6-2, 6-4 at No. 1 singles while freshman Tommy Ramsden (Grayslake, Illinois) won 6-1, 6-4 at No. 2. Cadan De Jong (Freeport, Illinois) lost 7-5, 6-4 at No, 3 while freshman Tate Darcy (Morton, Illinois) won 6-1, 7-6 (4) at No. 4. Jacob Cooper (Seguin, Texas) lost 7-6 (5), 6-3 at No. 5.
DeJong/Ramsden won 7-5 at No. 1 doubles but Cooper/Darcy lost 6-2 at No. 2 and the Beavers took the doubles point with the Monmouth forfeit at No. 3.
In the second match against Simpson, Ramsden again won at No. 2 singles with a score of 6-2, 6-3. Cooper picked up a 6-2, 6-3 win at No. 5 singles and teamed with Darcy to win 6-4 at No. 2 doubles. Savage/Ramsden lost 6-4 at No. 1 doubles.
DeJong lost a 10-3 tiebreaker at No. 3 singles after splitting the first two sets with identical 6-4 scores. Darcy lost 6-3, 6-4 at No. 4 singles and Savage had to retire in the second set at No. 1 singles.
MONMOUTH MOMENTS: Ramsden, Cooper and Darcy each picked up their first career singles wins ... Ramsden went 2-0 in singles and 3-1 overall on the day ... The Scots are next in action on Feb. 6 against Illinois Wesleyan and Principia indoors at Lakeside in Galesburg.