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SEASON PREVIEW
TENNIS
With a core of All-MIAC performers returning, the Saint John’s tennis team is looking to improve on last season when the Johnnies finished tied for fifth in the MIAC with a 4-5 conference record and compiled an overall mark of 5-10.
SJU just missed its 10th trip to the five-team MIAC Playoffs in the last 12 seasons a year ago and is hoping to bet back into the field this time around.
Sophomore Sam Wolden (St. Louis Park, Minn.) and now-graduated senior earned All-MIAC honors in singles competition, while the now-graduated Will Deters and sophomore Alex Draeger (Litchfield, Minn.) were named All-MIAC honorable in doubles competition.
Wolden posted a 9-3 (7-2 MIAC) record at No. 3 singles in his first collegiate season and totaled a 4-1 (3-1 MIAC) mark at No. 2 doubles with Aadland. He won six of his final seven matches and became the first Johnnie freshman to earn All-MIAC recognition in singles competition since Thomas Gillach '21 in 2018.
Deters and Draeger ended the 2024 season with an 8-6 record (6-2 MIAC) at No. 3 doubles, including wins in each of their final six matches.
Senior Ryan Will (Northfield, Minn.) finished with a 4-12 singles record, including a 4-11 (3-6 MIAC) record at No. 1 singles, though 10 of his 15 matches at the
top spot were decided by the superbreaker (4-6 record).
ITA Success
Senior Cooper Anderson (St. Paul, Minn./White Bear Lake) posted a 5-2 mark with a 4-1 (2-0 MIAC) record at No. 6 singles.
Eight Johnnies competed at the 2024 ITA Midwest Regional and Midwest Open Sept. 27-28 in Mankato and St. Peter.
Anderson and Draeger both went 3-1 in the Midwest Open’s B singles bracket. Anderson cruised to straight-set wins in his first three matches before falling to Gustavus’ Odin Fouchier in the quarterfinals. He posted a 5-2 singles record, including a 4-1 (2-0 MIAC) mark at No. 6 singles, last season.
Draeger, meanwhile, went 3-1 with a bit more adversity. He dropped the first set in all three of his wins, but battled back in the second and prevailed in the super-breaker. Draeger fell to Wisconsin-La Crosse’s Brady Horstmann in the quarterfinal match.
A pair of doubles tandems – Anderson and Will and Draeger and Wolden –collected 1-1 records in the ITA Regional
bracket. Junior Taylor Duncan (Benson, Minn.) and freshman Andrew Eckmann (Eagan, Minn./Two Rivers) matched the 1-1 doubles record in the Midwest Open C bracket.
Lucky No. 7
The NCAA announced a new scoring format pilot for Division III teams in nonconference matches this season.
Each match will consist of seven team points, and the team that wins two of the three doubles matches receives one dual-match point. Each singles match is worth one point. In addition, doubles matches will be a 6-game set with a 7-point tiebreak at 6-all. Singles will be a best-of-three.
NAME YR.
TENNIS 2025 JOHNNIES
HOMETOWN / HIGH SCHOOL
Cooper Anderson Sr. St. Paul, Minn. / White Bear Lake
Finn Dolezal Jr. Inver Grove Heights, Minn. / East Ridge
Alex Draeger So. Litchfield, Minn. / Litchfield
Taylor Duncan Jr. Benson, Minn. / Benson
Andrew Eckmann Fr. Eagan, Minn. / Two Rivers
Cole Haabala Fr. Alexandria, Minn. / Alexandria
Sebastian Hoehn Fr. North Mankato, Minn. / West
Evan Kostynick Jr. Hudson, Wis. Hudson
Josh Peterson Jr. Perham, Minn. / Perham
Ryan Will Sr. Northfield, Minn. / Northfield
Sam Wolden So. St. Louis Park, Minn. / St. Louis Park
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COACHING STAFF
JACK BOWE
Jack Bowe is in his 28th season as the head tennis coach at Saint John’s in 2024-25 and has a 242-251 career dual record (124-112 MIAC). He is a three-time MIAC Coach of the Year (2003, 2019 and 2022).
2024 Season
The Johnnie tennis team tied for fifth in the MIAC with a 4-5 record (5-10 overall) and just missed its 10th trip to the five-team MIAC Playoffs in the last 12 seasons in 2024.
2023 Season
SJU finished 5-4 in MIAC play and 9-10 overall, ending the regular season in fifth place in the conference standings and qualifying for the MIAC playoffs for the ninth time in 11 seasons, beating St.
Scholastica in the quarterfinals before falling eventual conference champion Gustavus in the semifinals.
2022 Season
The Johnnies finished fourth in the MIAC with a 6-3 record (10-7 overall) to earn an MIAC playoff berth.
2021 Season
SJU finished sixth in the MIAC, one win from the MIAC playoffs, with a 4-5 record (6-5 overall) in 2021.
2020 Season
SJU started the 2020 tennis season with seven consecutive wins and finished with a 7-3 (2-0 MIAC) record. Two of the three losses were to non-Division III opponents.
ASSISTANT COACH
JOE AMSBERRY
Amsberry – in his seventh season on the SJU staff – is a USPTA certified teaching pro. A native of Park Rapids, Minnesota, he played tennis for four years at Concordia College. Following graduation from Concordia, he completed his master’s degree in occupational therapy at Midwestern University in Glendale, Arizona.
Additionally, Amsberry has been working with Bowe Tennis Academy for the past five years.
2019 Season
SJU tied for third in the MIAC with a 6-3 record (9-9 overall) to earn its fourth consecutive trip to the MIAC Playoffs and 10th in the last 13 seasons.
Past Experience
Prior to his tenure at the College of Saint Benedict, Bowe served as the head men’s tennis coach at St. Cloud State University for five years. Bowe played tennis at St. Cloud State and is currently a member of the United States Professional Tennis Association.
MIAC CHAMPIONSHIPS/AWARDS
MIAC CHAMPIONS
ALL-MIAC SELECTIONS (SINCE 2003)
SINGLES
2003 Mike Solum
2004 Mike Solum
Steve Tacl
2005 Trevor Beach
2006 Ted Lauer
2007 Trevor Beach
Ted Lauer
Mark Steelman
2008 Luke Odegaard
2009 Dutch Hansen
Mark Steelman
2010 Dutch Hansen
Fabricio Moncada
2011 Fabricio Moncada
2012 Ian Hansen
Fabricio Moncada
2013 Fabricio Moncada
Willie Paul
2014 Jack Hansen
Joe Laue
Jordan Otto
2015 Jack Hansen
Tim Larson
2016 Tim Larson
2017 Tim Larson
Ryan Meger
2018 Thomas Gillach
Tim Larson
Ryan Meger
2019 Thomas Gillach
Ryan Meger
2021 Thomas Gillach
Wil McDowell
2022 Peyton Fischer
Wil McDowell
2024 Ian Aadland
Sam Wolden
ALL-AMERICANS
1989 Todd Schlorf (singles)
1990 Todd Schlorf (singles)
1990 Todd Schlorf & Craig Herold (doubles)
1992 Ray Young (singles)
1993 Ray Young (singles)
DOUBLES
2005 Curtis Horton/Steve Tacl
2006 Curtis Horton/Steve Tacl
2007 Trevor Beach/Ted Lauer
Kevin Goihl/Dan Ruehl
2008 Trevor Beach/Dan Ruehl
Kevin Goihl/Ted Lauer
2012 Ian Hansen/Fabricio Moncada
2013 Fabricio Moncada
2015 Ben Lahren/Tim Larson
2016 Jack Hansen/Ben Lahren
Tim Larson/Andrew Nagel
2018 Thomas Gillach/Nate Jordre
Tim Larson/Jonah Punnoose
2019 Thomas Gillach/Nate Jordre
Ryan Meger/Jonah Punnoose
2021 Thomas Gillach/Wil McDowell
2022 Hunter Fischer/Peyton Fischer
Wil McDowell/Ryan Will
2023 Ian Aadland/Wil McDowell
THOMAS GILLACH WIL MCDOWELL
MIKE SOLUM
TREVOR BEACH DAN RUEHL
TIM LARSON JONAH PUNOOOSE
IAN AAdland Sam WOLDEN
TENNIS
In addition to the beautiful sights of Collegeville, the Saint John’s University tennis program also visits Florida during spring break for a training trip.
TENNIS
CHANG TENNIS COMPLEX
The complex includes seven United States Tennis Association-approved courts, lights, fencing, bleachers and a storage building. It is located behind Becker Park’s left-field fence.
The tennis portion is named in honor of Dr. Lian Chang by her spouse, Paul Winter '61, an avid tennis player. A Twin Cities psychiatrist, Chang was born and raised in Taiwan and attended Catholic University in Washington, D.C. She received a Master of Science at Texas Woman’s University before completing her residency in psychiatry at the University of Minnesota Medical School.
STA-FIT TENNIS DOME
Sta-Fit’s tennis dome in nearby Sartell is climate controlled making tennis a year-round activity.
THE DONALD MCNEELY SPECTRUM
The 60,000-square-foot Spectrum field house, designed by Ellerbe Becket Architects, features the university’s eight-lane indoor 200-meter track, five indoor tennis courts, and facilities for golf and baseball practices. The Spectrum and the Palaestra bustle with varsity, intramural and club sports activities throughout the academic year.
MCGLYNN FITNESS CENTER
Opened in 1997, the 5,600-square-foot McGlynn Fitness Center is equipped with upper body, lower body and full core machines as well as cardiovascular machines such as treadmills, ellipticals and bikes.
SENIOR SPOTLIGHT
Ryan Will Northfield High School
What made you decide to come to Saint John’s?
The campus and the accounting program.
What is your best memory of your time here – on or off the court?
Spring break with the team.
What is something most people wouldn’t know about you?
I went to the state tournament for fishing.
Who is someone you really admire and why?
Roger Federer for his mental strength.
If you were trapped on a desert island, what teammate would you want with you and why?
Finn (Dolezal) so I can play cribbage with him.
Cooper Anderson White Bear Lake High School
What made you decide to come to Saint John’s?
I decided to come to Saint John’s for the opportunity to play hockey and tennis close to home. After playing junior hockey in New Mexico and Texas, I wanted to be closer to family, and to set myself up for quality employment post-graduation.
What is your funniest memory from tennis at SJU?
How angry my teammates got when I won in Liar’s Dice on spring break.
What is your favorite spot on campus and why?
Tommy 1. That is where I lived as a freshman, and I had a lot of good memories with my friends and roommate.
Who is someone you really admire and why?
Both of my parents. They always show up to my events and prioritize others over themselves.
If you were trapped on a desert island, what teammate would you want with you and why?
Finn (Dolezal). I’m not sure if we we’d make it, but we’d have fun while it lasts.
In 1991, Tennis Magazine ranked St. Cloud as the sport’s top city nationally – the culmination of an over-a-decadelong tennis boom in Central Minnesota.
Todd Schlorf was right at the center of it all – first at St. Cloud Tech High School
SCHLORF WAS AN ALL-TIME GREAT AT SJU
of Saint Benedict over the years). He was a huge sports enthusiast, and he sponsored a traveling junior tennis program. So 20 boys and 20 girls would get on busses and go to tournaments in the Twin Cities. (Current SJU head coach) Jack Bowe was one of our coaches.”
After graduating from Tech in 1986, Schlorf enrolled at SJU where he went on to win MIAC singles titles as both a freshman and senior and earn fourstraight berths in the NCAA Division III tournament (though he only accepted three of them … more on that
He was a two-time AllAmerican singles selection, and a onetime doubles selection with his partner Craig Herold. In addition, he led the Johnnies to the national tournament as a team in 1990 – the first and only time in program history that’s happened.
“I looked at a few different schools out-of-state, but I wasn’t getting the big offers from Division I schools,” Schlorf said. “I’d become friendly with Dick Schroeder, who was the coach at Saint John’s at the time. He came and watched me in some junior tournaments and we hit it
off. He was a lovely guy and a perfect fit for me as a coach. He was a real people person and so kind.
“It was a natural fit because Saint John’s was an awesome school. I loved my time there.”
Schroeder was impressed enough by Schlorf’s game to make him SJU’s No. 1 singles player as a freshman in 1987 when he went 14-3 overall and defeated Carleton’s Tom James 6-4, 6-2 in the MIAC title match, earning a berth at nationals.
But away from the court, he was struggling in his classes. So he made the difficult decision to decline the bid in order to focus on ending his freshman year strong academically.
“I just decided I wasn’t ready,” he said. “My grades weren’t the best at the time, and I needed to get my act together. There were no scholarships in Division III, and my parents were paying a lot in tuition. So I needed to focus on school.
“That was another thing I loved about being at Saint John’s. When I needed help, there was a lot of opportunity to get it. It really helped get me back on track.”
But Schlorf was back at nationals as a sophomore, then again as a junior and senior – compiling a 24-3 record in each of his final two seasons. He also earned All-American honors in both of those years – the first time a Johnnie player had accomplished that feat.
SCHLORF CONTINUED...
“When a ball is near him, he’s going to get it,” Schroeder told the St. Cloud Times in 1990. “His great foot speed and court sense mean he’s always around the ball. He’s playing at a more sophisticated level and he’s developed much more thinking, working on the mental aspects of the game.”
Schroeder also built chemistry with Herold, a classmate from Oshkosh, Wisconsin. The duo won multiple MIAC titles and advanced to nationals three times. As seniors, the pair defeated the Gustavus team of Ryan Skanse and Schlorf’s former Tech teammate Dave Jussila 6-1, 1-6, 6-4 in the conference championship match.
The victory helped solidify a secondplace finish for SJU and likely secured the team’s berth in the national tournament.
“Craig had a nice game,” said Schlorf, whose team finished in 11th place nationally that season. “He had a nice return, a nice volley and he was smart.
We gelled well together. The more you practice and play with someone, the more you know what he’s going to do and not do. We always communicated really well.”
Schlorf went to work for Clemens at Bankers System after graduation –first in St. Cloud, then in Texas and eventually Florida. He’s still in sales with the company – which became part of Wolters Kluwer in 1994 – today.
He and his wife – who raised three children (Emily, Clare and Abby, whose first initials backward spell out ace … get it?) – currently reside just outside of Fort Lauderdale. Schlorf remains active on the tennis court and is nationally ranked in the 55-and-over age group.
“The sport has been a big part of my life for a long time,” he said. “I still enjoy playing as much as I ever did.”
PROUD
SPONSOR AND CONTRACTOR FOR JOHNNIE
ATHLETICS
SCHOLARSHIP FEATURE
Scholarships help Deutschman thrive at SJU
It was one of his high school coaches who first put Saint John’s University on Jacob Deutschman’s radar.
Ben Sieben – an All-MIAC standout at wide receiver for the Johnnies in the late 1990s – is now an assistant coach at Anoka High School where Deutschman was the starting quarterback before graduating in 2022.
“I didn’t know much about Saint John’s before that,” Deutschman said. “But (Sieben) went here and he talked to me about it. So I took a visit and I really enjoyed the campus. When I discovered more about the quality of education that’s offered here, I knew this was where I wanted to be.”
And it was scholarships that helped make that possible. Deutschman – an exercise and health science major who will be a junior this fall –currently receives the Agee Family Scholarship, as well as an academic achievement scholarship.
“It takes away so much stress when you know you have scholarships in place to help make everything work financially,” said Deutschman, who hopes to one day pursue a chiropractic career. “It allows you to focus your energy on academic success.”
Deutschman is doing just that while continuing as a member of the SJU football team.
“Jacob is a testament to the kind of young men that we have here at Saint John’s,” Johnnies head
coach Gary Fasching said. “As a member of our football team, Jacob has battled through a couple of injuries but has persevered. He had a very good spring for us, and we hope that he can carry that into the coming season.”
Deutschman is the oldest in a family of four children – two of whom are cousins whom his parents Brent and Sarah adopted after his aunt died of cancer and his uncle died of complications from ALS within a month of one another in 2016.
“That was a really rough moment to go through as a family,” he recalls. “My cousins lost their mother and father and we lost an aunt and uncle. It was hard, but we got through it, and it drew us even closer together.
“We’re a very tight-knit family.”
Those close familial ties are part of why he values so deeply the sense of community he’s found at SJU and the College of Saint Benedict.
“If I hadn’t been able to come here, I would have missed out on the bonding experiences I’ve had with my classmates, as well as the oneon-one relationships I’ve formed with my professors and coaches,” he said.
“I’ve made such great friends during my time here. I can’t imagine being anywhere else.”
Which is why he’s so appreciative of the assistance scholarships have provided, and so grateful to the donors who’ve helped make that possible.
“I want to say thank you for giving me this opportunity,” he said. “It’s meant so much to me to be here.”
TENNIS IN THE SJU J-CLUB HALL OF HONOR
Tom Arth ’66 2019 J-Club
Distinguished Service Award Winner
Arth was a standout tennis player at St. Paul’s Cretin High School before graduating in 1962. He then came to Saint John’s where he was not only a top player, but the student head coach as well.
After graduating, he remained involved with Johnnies sports, including as a member of the SJU J-Club, and was a lifelong ambassador for SJU. He served on several boards and helped fundraise for many buildings and upgrades on campus.
“There’s such great tradition and longevity here,” said Arth in 2019. “I’ve known some of these coaches for so long.
“And Saint John’s is just a special place. It becomes a part of you.”
Lou Adderley ’55 (Inducted 2022)
Lou Adderley had played some tennis prior to arriving at Saint John's University as a freshman from The Bahamas in 1951. He hadn't wrestled at all.
But Adderley managed to master both sports during his time in Collegeville, going on to win conference championships in each over the course of his collegiate career.
“I was always so impressed with his work ethic,” recalls Patrick Wangen ’58, a tennis teammate during Adderley’s senior season in 1955 when he was not only a star player, but the team’s head coach.
“We only had outdoor courts back then, but in the winter, he used to practice on the handball courts at Saint John’s. He turned himself into the top player in the conference. He was very good. I think he could compete against a lot of the players today.”
Indeed, after falling in the MIAC singles championship match in the spring of 1952, Adderley went on to win the conference title the next three seasons.
“When you saw Lou Adderley passing out laundry or waking up late sleepers on the second floor of St. Benet’s Hall, you’d hardly expect him to be any kind of an athlete,” wrote future U.S. Sen. Dave Durenberger in a feature story on Adderley in The Record (the SJU student newspaper) in 1955. “Standing 5-foot-6, he weighs only around 130 pounds.
“But in the sports world, he was rated A-plus by the many competitors who were affected both by his quiet personableness and his ability to take advantage of their mistakes.”
Those traits proved advantageous on the wrestling mat as well where Adderley was the 1953-54 MIAC champion at 130 pounds and might have repeated as a senior the following year had he not been dealing with a back injury.
After leaving SJU, Adderley passed his skills and knowledge down to future generations as a longtime coach, principal and director of athletics at Saint Augustine’s College, a secondary school for grades 7-12.
There, Adderley, who died in 2003, had a profound impact on not only some of the top athletes in the nation’s history, but on some of the country’s future leaders as well.
LAST SEASON IN PICTURES
SJU Soccer at Gustavus in MIAC Quarterfinals (image courtesy of Graham Miller).
ACADEMIC ALL-MIAC HONORS
The 2024 Saint John’s University tennis team and nine studentathletes earned academic honors from the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) following the 2024 season.
To be eligible for the ITA AllAcademic Team Award, an institution must submit the academic year’s grade-point averages for each student-athlete on the roster and carry a team GPA of 3.2 or higher.
The 13 Johnnies combined for a 3.4 GPA in 2023-24.
In order to earn ITA Scholar-Athlete status, a student-athlete must have a grade-point average of 3.5 or better for the current academic year.
The Johnnies recognized were (alphabetically, academic years are for 2023-24):
• Senior Ian Aadland (Brainerd, Minn.), a mathematics major;
• Junior Cooper Anderson (White Bear Lake, Minn.), a global business leadership and mathematics double-major;
• Sophomore Finn Dolezal (Inver Grove Heights, Minn./East Ridge), an economics major;
• Freshman Alex Draeger (Litchfield, Minn.), a computer science major;
• Sophomore Taylor Duncan (Benson, Minn.), a global business leadership major;
• Senior Mason Meyer (Bloomington, Minn./Jefferson), a computer science major;
• Senior Daniel Perez (Quito, Ecuador), a global business leadership major;
• Senior Mark Rosen (Bloomington, Minn./Jefferson), a biology major;
• Freshman Sam Wolden (St. Louis Park, Minn.), a global business leadership major.
The Johnnies tied for fifth in the MIAC with a 4-5 record (5-10 overall) and just missed their 10th trip to the five-team MIAC Playoffs in the last 12 seasons.
2024 ALL-MIAC JOHNNIES
Saint John’s senior Ian Aadland and Freshman Sam Wolden earned AllMIAC honors for singles competition during the 2024 season.
In addition, senior Will Deters (Minneapolis, Minn./Wayzata) and freshman Alex Draeger (Litchfield, Minn.) were named All-MIAC honorable mention for doubles competition.
The All-MIAC distinction was the second for Aadland and his first in singles play after achieving the
honor in doubles in 2023. Aadland went 6-9 at No. 2 singles in his final collegiate season, including a 4-5 MIAC record, and finished 6-9 in doubles (3-6 MIAC). He ended his career with a 9-13 (4-6 MIAC) singles record and a 23-24 (10-13 MIAC) mark in doubles.
Wolden posted a 9-3 (7-2 MIAC) record at No. 3 singles in his first collegiate season and also totaled a 4-1 (3-1 MIAC) mark at No. 2 doubles with Aadland.
He won six of his final seven matches and was the first Johnnie freshman to earn All-MIAC recognition in singles competition since Thomas Gillach ‘21 in 2018. Deters and Draeger ended the 2024 season with an 8-6 record (6-2 MIAC) at No. 3 doubles, including wins in each of their final six matches.
The Johnnies tied for fifth in the MIAC with a 4-5 record (5-10 overall) and just missed the MIAC playoffs.
Ian Aadland
SAM WOLDEN
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