Barnes, a sophomore, won the Iowa Conference Individual title in flight A singles and doubles. In singles action, he defeated Luther’s Scott Rheinschmidt (6-2, 6-3) and teammates Lucas Elliott (6-1, 6-2), Phil Williams (6-2, 6-4) and Nick Frank (6-3, 6-1) en route to the title. Barnes was the top ranked player in flight A, Frank was ranked second and Williams third. In doubles, Barnes teamed with Frank to repeat as flight A champions. They defeated Luther’s Marcin Niewiadomski and Ryan Sommers (8-1), Coe’s Adam and Lucas Elliott (8-2) and Cornell’s Austin Reed and Scott Tolliver (9-7). Barnes and Frank were the top seeded doubles team, Reed and Tolliver were ranked third. Barnes was named IIAC Men’s Tennis Most Valuable Player. (IIAC Male Athlete of the Week)
