EVANSVILLE, IND. - The No. 45 ranked University of Missouri-St. Louis men's tennis team picked up its sixth straight win on Wednesday, posting a 5-2 victory at Southern Indiana.
The Tritons swept the doubles matches to garner that point before winning at Nos. 1, 4, 5 and 6 singles en route to marking the program's first win over Southern Indiana during head coach Rick Gyllyenborg's 23 seasons.
Senior
Rob White (No. 5), junior
Ben-Hur Kasprzak (No. 1) and sophomore
Karl Heinrichs (No. 6) all won their sixth straight matches, while Heinrichs and freshman
Adrian Lessing (No. 1) also won their sixth straight in doubles.
UMSL (9-3) is at No. 36 ranked Illinois Springfield on Friday and at No. 23 Drury on Saturday.
#45 Missouri-St. Louis 5, Southern Indiana 2
3/27/2019 at Evansville, IN (Wesselmans)
| Singles competition |
| 1. Ben-Hur Kasprzak (UMSLM) def. Karelin, Ilia (USI) 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 |
| 2. Vitor Monteiro (UMSLM) def. Collignon, Parker (USI) 6-2, 6-3 |
| 3. Kromer, Marvin (USI) def. Adrian Lessing (UMSLM) 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 |
| 4. Blandford, Spencer (USI) def. Milan Kovacs (UMSLM) 6-4, 6-2 |
| 5. Rob White (UMSLM) def. Linares, Martin (USI) 6-3, 1-6, 6-4 |
| 6. Karl Heinrichs (UMSLM) def. Falkenstein, Kooper (USI) 6-3, 6-4 |
| Match Notes |
| Missouri-St. Louis 9-3; National ranking #45 |
| Southern Indiana 6-10 |
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