ST. LOUIS, MO. - The University of Missouri-St. Louis men's and women's tennis teams won their matches against Rockhurst University on Friday at the Dwight Davis Courts in Forest Park. The UMSL men won 5-2. The Triton women won 6-1.
Men
The Tritons (3-10, 2-2 GLVC) picked up the doubles point against Rockhurst (8-9, 2-3 GLVC) with a pair of wins at No. 2 and No. 3 doubles.
Juan Vigil and
AJ Bower won No. 2 doubles 6-2.
Raphael Kerndl and
Jose Mayorga took No. 3 doubles 6-4. RU won No. 1 doubles 6-4.
The Tritons won four singles matches to clinch the match.
Marcos Navas won No. 1 singles 6-2, 7-5, followed by a 6-4, 7-5 No. 2 singles win by Vigil.
Kerndl breezed to a 6-2, 6-1 win in No. 4 singles for the Tritons.
Karl Heinrichs won No. 5 singles 6-4, 6-2 to secure the fifth point for the Tritons.
Women
UMSL (8-7, 3-2 GLVC) was at full strength against Rockhurst (9-9, 3-3 GLVC) and it proved important in doubles play.
Odette Beagrie and
Leticia Lunge won No. 1 doubles 6-2, but Rockhurst claimed No. 2 doubles 7-5. The Tritons would win the doubles point when
Maja Lietzau and
Clara Lopez Bueno won No. 3 doubles, 6-3.
Beagrie put the Tritons up 2-0 after a 6-3, 6-1 win in No. 1 singles.
Tara Erler claimed No. 5 singles 6-3, 6-4 for a third point for UMSL.
Anna Domingo lost the first set of No. 2 singles, 6-2, before winning sets two and three, 6-3, 6-4, to take the match.
Maja Lietzau won the first set of No. 3 singles, 6-4. Lietzau fell, 6-1, in the second set, but rebounded for a 6-2 win in set three.
Clara Lopez Bueno lost the first set of No. 6 singles 6-1. Lopez Bueno battled through a 7-6 tiebreak second set and went on to claim the third set as well, 10-6.
Leticia Lunge won the first set of No. 4 singles, 6-3, but Rockhurst went on to win the second set tiebreak and the third set, 10-4.
Up Next
The Tritons conclude the regular season with a match against William Jewell College at the Dwight Davis Courts in Forest Park starting at 4:30 p.m. Senior Day festivities will be held prior to the match at 4 p.m.
