ELSAH, ILL. - The No. 43 ranked University of Missouri-St. Louis men's tennis team won its spring opener on Sunday, defeating conference foe Bellarmine in a non-league contest, 6-3.

Senior Dario Vidaurre, junior Alberto Maza and freshman Milan Kovacs all went 2-0 on the day.

UMSL improves to 2-0 in dual matches and returns to action Saturday, March 4, hosting McKendree.


Missouri-St. Louis 6, Bellarmine 3
Feb 19, 2017 at Elsah, Ill.

Singles competition

1. Jose Legarreta (BU) def. Ben Kasprzak (UMSLM) 6-0, 6-3

2. Zachary Kuo (BU) def. Rob White (UMSLM) 6-1, 7-6

3. Alberto Maza (UMSLM) def. Alex Swords (BU) 6-4, 6-2

4. Milan Kovacs (UMSLM) def. Matthew Momper (BU) 6-4, 6-3

5. Dario Vidaurre (UMSLM) def. Lauren de Boeck (BU) 5-7, 6-3, 10-6

6. Lucas Lobao (UMSLM) def. Andrew Jones (BU) 6-2, 6-3

Doubles competition

1. Jose Legarreta/Zachary Kuo (BU) def. Kristoffer Lindal/Rob White (UMSLM) 8-2

2. Ben Kasprzak/Alberto Maza (UMSLM) def. Alex Swords/Matthew Momper (BU) 8-4

3. Dario Vidaurre/Milan Kovacs (UMSLM) def. Lauren de Boeck/L.J. Allara (BU) 8-1

Match Notes

Bellarmine 0-5

Missouri-St. Louis 2-0; National Ranking #43; Regional ranking #6