Sprinkel, a freshman, won the No. 1 singles flight at the Kerry Seward Memorial Tournament hosted by Wabash. Sprinkel defeated Rose-Hulman’s Ben Paras (6-2, 6-3), Coe teammate Sean Stokstad (6-4, 7-5) and Carthage’s Jeff Lotz (6-2, 6-4) en route to the title. He also paired with Curtis Newman to take third in the No. 1 doubles flight. The pair opened with an 8-1 win over Paras and Devon Fritz of Rose-Hulman but fell 8-6 to Ohio Northern’s Joey Frank and Michael Kathary in the semifinals before bouncing back with an 8-2 win over Wabash’s Wade Miller and Peter Gunderman in the third-place match.
Special mention — Seth Harris, sr., Central; Brian Rasmussen, jr., Wartburg