ST. LOUIS, MO. - The University of Missouri-St. Louis men's tennis team swept doubles en route to claiming an 8-1 victory over Emporia State on Monday.

The Tritons improve to 5-2 overall with the win and will host McKendree on Wednesday at 2 p.m.

Junior Harry Heyburn was one of four UMSL players to get a win in singles and doubles. His 6-1, 6-1 victory at No. 2 singles was his sixth straight.


Missouri-St. Louis 8, Emporia State 1
Mar 17, 2014 at St. Louis, Mo. (UMSL Tennis Courts)

Singles competition

1. Mueggenburg, Nils (UMSLM) def. Diego Prudencio (EMPORIA) 5-7, 7-6, 11-9

2. Heyburn, Harry (UMSLM) def. Jonathan butron (EMPORIA) 6-1, 6-1

3. McLarty, Tim (UMSLM) def. Andrew Davids (EMPORIA) 6-4, 6-1

4. Keenan Smith (EMPORIA) def. Oliveira, Gabriel (UMSLM) 6-1, 0-6, 10-4

5. Vidaurre, Dario (UMSLM) def. Arsen Iskindirov (EMPORIA) 6-3, 7-5

6. Gorter, Tim (UMSLM) def. Collin Connor (EMPORIA) 7-5, 6-2

Doubles competition

1. Mueggenburg, Nils/Heyburn, Harry (UMSLM) def. Diego Prudencio/Keenan Smith (EMPORIA) 8-5

2. Oliveira, Gabriel/Gorter, Tim (UMSLM) def. Andrew Davids/Jonathan butron (EMPORIA) 8-4

3. McLarty, Tim/Corrales, Irving (UMSLM) def. Payton Hays/Collin Connor (EMPORIA) 8-5

Match Notes

Emporia State 7-2

Missouri-St. Louis 4-2