ST. LOUIS, MO. - The University of Missouri-St. Louis men's tennis team swept doubles en route to posting a 5-4 victory over No. 45 ranked Rockhurst on Friday afternoon in Great Lakes Valley Conference action.

The Tritons, which improved to 7-4 overall and 4-0 in GLVC play, also got singles victories from Nils Mueggenburg at No. 3 and Nils Corrales at No. 6 to secure the match win. Rockhurst slips to 9-5 overall and 2-2 in the league.

UMSL returns to action tomorrow, hosting William Jewell at 10 a.m.


Missouri-St. Louis 5, #45 Rockhurst 4
Apr 05, 2013 at St. Louis, Mo. (UMSL Tennis Courts)

Singles competition

1. Gauto-Mariotti, Ro. (RU) def. Heyburn, Harry (UMSL) 6-1, 6-4

2. El Ghazi, Yassir (RU) def. McLarty, Tim (UMSL) 2-6, 6-4, 6-2

3. Mueggenburg, Nils (UMSL) def. Gray, Truit (RU) 7-5, 6-3

4. Grzegrzolka, Pawel (RU) def. Vonsee, Daan (UMSL) 6-4, 6-3

5. Lazenby, John (RU) def. Gorter, Tim (UMSL) 6-2, 6-1

6. Corrales, Nils (UMSL) def. Ibarra, Anthony (RU) 6-1, 6-1

Doubles competition

1. Mueggenburg, Nils/McLarty, Tim (UMSL) def. Gauto-Mariotti, Ro./Grzegrzolka, Pawel (RU) 8-6

2. Gorter, Tim/Heyburn, Harry (UMSL) def. Gray, Truit/El Ghazi, Yassir (RU) 8-6

3. Corrales, Nils/Corrales, Irving (UMSL) def. Lazenby, John/Ibarra, Anthony (RU) 8-5

Match Notes

Rockhurst 9-5, 2-2 GLVC; National ranking #45; Regional ranking #6

Missouri-St. Louis 7-4, 4-0 GLVC