SPRINGFIELD, MO. - No. 20 ranked Drury handed the University of Missouri-St. Louis women's tennis team a 7-2 setback on Friday in a battle of the top two teams in the Great Lakes Valley Conference West Division.

The Tritons slip to 8-5 overall, including 4-1 in league play, while Drury is now 18-1 overall and 5-0 in the GLVC.

UMSL picked up its two points in singles witth wins at No. 2 by junior Renee Verboven and at No. 3 by Natalia Carvalhais. Senior Leanne Cantalupo suffered her first loss of the spring season at No. 5, snapping an impressive 15-match win streak, dating back to the fall season.

The Tritons will close out GLVC play at Rockhurst tomorrow.

 

Singles competition

1. Ali, Hadeil (DU) def. Parra, Lina (UMSLW) 6-0, 6-2

2. Verboven, Renee (UMSLW) def. Monsch, Stefanie (DU) 2-6, 7-6, 10-7

3. Carvalhais, Natalia (UMSLW) def. Muller, Lara (DU) 6-2, 1-6, 6-1

4. Zambrano, Samanta (DU) def. Hays, Annie (UMSLW) 6-3, 6-2

5. Karl, Larissa (DU) def. Cantalupo. Leanne (UMSLW) 6-1, 6-0

6. Halicka, Weronika (DU) def. Duchaine, Chandler (UMSLW) 6-0, 6-2

 

Doubles competition

1. Monsch, Stefanie/Muller, Lara (DU) def. Parra, Lina/Duchaine, Chandler (UMSLW) 8-2

2. Ali, Hadeil/Karl, Larissa (DU) def. Carvalhais, Natalia/Cantalupo. Leanne (UMSLW) 8-1

3. Halicka, Weronika/Zambrano, Samanta (DU) def. Verboven, Renee/Hays, Annie (UMSLW) 8-1