Sophomore Encounters Familiar Challenger in Fort Wayne Tennis Tournament

July 31, 2008

July 31, 2008, Greencastle, Ind. - Hunter Schouweiler, who will be a DePauw University sophomore this fall, plays in this evening's semifinals of the Fort Wayne city tennis tournament. His opponent, as the News-Sentinel reports, is the defending men's singles champion, Derek Carpenter, who also happens to be Schouweiler's best friend.

"In fact, Carpenter is living at Schouweiler's house, and they've played two or three times a week all summer and traveled to three summer college tournaments together," writes Blake Sebring. "They are also doubles partners. They'd really rather not play each other tonight."

"You can't go into it having a game plan already," Schouweiler tells the newspaper, which notes that he is a member of DePauw's men's tennis team. "You have to see what's working. He obviously doesn't have a weakness, so it's all on whatever shot isn't going so well that day. This summer it's all been whoever played worse that day."

Read the complete article, "Friends become foes," at the Web site of the Fort Wayne News-Sentinel.