Needing to sweep perennial powers Grinnell and Cornell on Saturday to have a chance at qualifying for the league team tournament, the Monmouth men's tennis team came up on the wrong end of the scores.
     
Grinnell ended the Scots' postseason chances in the first match of the day, taking an 8-1 decision. Cornell followed suit in the afternoon, posting a 7-2 win over Monmouth.
     
The Scots fell behind 3-0 in doubles in both contests as Grinnell surrendered just three total points. Monmouth came a bit closer with the Rams as Andrew Shie and Brendan Guenther battled in an 8-5 loss at No. 2.
     
Joseph Shie and Zach Harris picked up the Monmouth wins in singles where Shie was a two-time winner. After battling to a 7-6, 4-6, 0-6 win at No. 1 singles with Grinnell, Shie rolled to a 6-4, 6-3 win against Cornell. Harris had an easy time at No. 3 vs. Cornell, winning 6-0, 6-1. Guenther nearly joined the singles' party, but dropped a 3-6, 6-1, 10-8 match to Cornell at No. 5.
     
Monmouth moves to the single and doubles Midwest Conference Tournament set for April 26-28 in Madison, Wis.