Anderson, a sophomore, successfully defended his Flight A singles title at the 2015 Iowa Conference Men‘s Tennis Individual Tournament September 25-26 at Waterloo. He topped Luther’s Sam Buffington, 6-1, 6-1, in the second round before topping Kohawk teammates Josh Pudlo (6-2, 6-3), Alex Bernt (6-0, 6-1) and Ryan Hickman (6-4, ret.) en route to the crown. Bernt was seeded sixth, while Hickman was seeded fifth. Anderson also paired with Hickman in the Flight A doubles draw where they finished third. Entering the tournament as the top seed, Anderson and Hickman defeated Luther’s Isaiah Mayerchak and Kenny Goins, 8-1, in the quarterfinals before dropping an 8-4 decision to teammates Pudlo and Chad Moklestad. The tandem bounced back with an 8-5 win over Luther’s Sam Buffington and Nate Parsons in the third-place match.
Special mention — Kyle Appel, jr., Luther; Trent Schneider, so., Luther; Ethan Dirksen, fr., Coe; Jared Barnes, so., Luther; Jake Smith, fr., Luther.
