ESCANABA — The Escanaba tennis team took care of business here Wednesday, edging Munising 7-1.

Escanaba’s Christer Carne earned a hard-fought victory at No. 1 singles, outlasting Munising’s Mitch Coyne 6-3, 6-2.

Esky’s other three singles players also earned wins, with Shaun Beauchamp winning at No. 4 by forfeit.

“Our singles play was very good. The scores didn’t indicate how close the matches were,” Esky coach Tom Penegor said. “They were short-handed — they only had 11 guys today.”

Munising’s lone win came at No. 1 doubles, as Landon Peters and Russ Holloway remained undefeated by defeating Esky’s Travis Burch and Garrett LaMarche 6-0, 6-1. It was the first time this season the Mustangs’ tandem dropped a game.

“Their No. 1 doubles team played very well. This was their third match and they haven’t even lost a game yet,” Penegor said.

The Eskymos won the other three doubles matches.

“I think overall we played well. When you play for the second day in a row, I think there’s a thing where you’re not rusty because you just got done playing. I think playing back-to-back days like that improves their play. I think there’s an advantage to that and I think that helped,” Penegor said.

“The guys who haven’t played that much are going to make bigger improvements than the guys who have been playing for a while. It’s nice to see that with the freshman and the sophomores.”

Esky visits Kingsford for the Kingsford Invitational Saturday.

Singles

No. 1 — Carne, E, def. Coyne, 6-3, 6-2; No. 2 — Dlugas, E, def. Sese, 6-0, 6-2; No. 3 — Mayville, E, def. Westcomb, 6-0, 6-1; No. 4 — Beauchamp, E, forfeit.

Doubles

No. 1 — Peters-Holloway, M, def. Burch-LaMarche, 6-0, 6-1; No. 2 — Lord-Moreau, E, def. Matson-Masters, 6-1, 6-4; No. 3 — Valentine-Lamarch, E, def. Van Zant-Borowski, 6-0, 6-1; No. 4 — Johnson-Maki, E, def. Holcomb-Whitehead, 6-2, 6-1.