ELSAH, ILL. - The University of Missouri-St. Louis men's tennis team opened the spring portion of its schedule with a 5-4 win over Bellarmine on Sunday.

The Tritons won two of three doubles matches, while the squads split the singles matches. Juniors Nils Mueggenburg and Harry Heyburn won an 8-0 match at No. 1 doubles before picking up singles victories with Mueggenburg at No. 1 and Heyburn at No. 5. Junior Tim McLarty was also a dual winner, teamming with reshman Dario Vidaurre at No. 3 doubles before claiming a 7-5, 6-3 win at No. 4 singles.

UMSL (1-1) is back on the court tomorrow night, hosting Harding at 9 p.m. at the Frontenac Tennis Club.



Missouri-St. Louis 5, Bellarmine 4

Singles competition

1. Mueggenburg, Nils (UMSLM) def. Kuo, Zachary (BU) 6-3, 6-0

2. Legarreta, Jose (BU) def. Oliveira, Gabriel (UMSLM) 7-5, 6-3

3. Swords, Alex (BU) def. Vidaurre, Dario (UMSLM) 7-6, 2-6, 10-8

4. McLarty, Tim (UMSLM) def. Knott, Logan (BU) 7-5, 6-3

5. Heyburn, Harry (UMSLM) def. Jabaley, Chip (BU) 6-0, 6-0

6. Walroth, Nathan (BU) def. Gorter, Tim (UMSLM) 6-3, 6-3

Doubles competition

1. Mueggenburg, Nils/Heyburn, Harry (UMSLM) def. Gardiner, Alan/Swords, Alex (BU) 8-0

2. Kuo, Zachary/Legarreta, Jose (BU) def. Gorter, Tim/Oliveira, Gabriel (UMSLM) 9-7

3. McLarty, Tim/Vidaurre, Dario (UMSLM) def. Fernandez, Jimmy/Knott, Logan (BU) 8-5

Match Notes

Bellarmine 3-3

Missouri-St. Louis 1-1