The Monmouth College men's tennis team dropped the 2022 season opener 9-0 to Central College on Saturday at the Hawkeye Center in Iowa City. 

At No. 1 singles, Andrew Shie (Davenport, Iowa) lost 6-2, 6-4. The No. 2 and No. 3 singles matches both went 6-1, 6-1 as Brendan Guenther (Pekin, Illinois) played No. 2 and freshman Sawyer Day (Cupertino, California) played at No. 3. The other three singles matches all went 6-0, 6-0 for Central. 

Shie and Guenther teamed at No. 1 doubles and lost 8-4. Day teamed with fellow freshman Andre Myklebust (Cambridge, Wisconsin) at No. 2 doubles with an 8-1 loss. Matthew Simonson (Monmouth, Illinois) and Nick Robertson (Covington, Georgia) lost 8-0 at No. 3 doubles. 

The Scots will next be in action on Sunday with an indoor road match against Millikin University in Decatur, Illinois.