The Coe College tennis teams ran into tough competition Saturday and dropped a pair of non-conference meets.

The Coe men were topped 8-1 by Washington University of St. Louis, which is ranked fifth in the nation in NCAA Division III.

The Coe women lost to Upper Iowa University, which is an NCAA Division II school.

Noah Sprinkel won his match at No. 1 singles for the Kohawks (17-5). Jordan Ferree and Laura Birky won their singles matches for the Coe women (19-6).

WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY 8, COE 1

Singles

1. Noah Sprinkel (C) def. John Carswell, 6-1, 6-2
2. Ross Putterman (W) def. Riley Galbraith, 6-1, 6-0
3. Jeremy Bush (W) def. Brady Anderson, 6-2, 7-5
4. Kevin Chu (W) def. Ryan Hickman, 6-3, 7-6
5. Shaun Berman (W) def. Alex Bernt, 6-1, 6-0
6. Jake Klein (W) def. Chad Moklestad, 6-1, 6-1

Doubles

1. Bush/Putterman (W) def. Galbraith/Anderson, 8-5
2. Chu/Jason Haugen (W) def. Sprinkel/Hickman, 8-2
3. Parker Chang/Eric Zishka (W) def. Bernt/Moklestad, 8-3

UPPER IOWA 6, COE 3

Singles

1. Iris Verweij (UIU) def. Haley Resnick, 6-4, 6-2
2. Sako Kawabata (UIU) def. Amy Sebastian, 6-3, 6-4
3. Jordan Ferree (C) def. Yamit Vodavoz, 7-6, 2-6, 10-6
4. Laura Birky (C) def. Anna Okolot, 4-6, 7-5, 12-10
5. Victoria Kulbokas (UIU) def. Sarah Lasecki, 6-1, 6-1
6. Kelly Jachymowski (UIU) def. Diannah Watson, 3-6, 6-1, 6-3

Doubles

1. Verweij/Kawabata (UIU) def. Ferree/Birky, 8-6
2. Resnick/Lasecki (C) def. Vodavoz/Kulbokas, 8-4
3. Jachymowski/Okolot (UIU) def. Watson/Tamara Washington, 9-7