UMSL Notches Win in First Spring Match

UMSL Wins 7-2 Over Lewis & Clark

Godfrey, Ill. – The University of Missouri-St. Louis men’s tennis team notched a win in its first spring match of the season, defeating Lewis & Clark 7-2.

UMSL swept the three doubles matches, winning one doubles 8-5, two doubles 8-4 and three doubles 8-6. In the singles matches, UMSL lost at the first two singles spots, but got wins from two newcomers as Francis Lam (Kettering, England) won 6-1, 6-0 at three singles and James Daugherty (White Settlement, Texas/Brewer) won 6-2, 6-1 at six singles. Other singles wins came from Raj Saini (Victoria, British Columbia) at four singles and Stephen Pobst (Sikeston, Mo./Sikeston) at five singles.

The Rivermen pick up the victory, but because Lewis & Clark is a two-year institution, it does not count in official team or individual statistics. UMSL will be in action again at home this Saturday against Maryville College beginning at 10 am.

RECAP
Missouri-St. Louis 7, Lewis & Clark 2
Singles:
1. Enrico Kasjan (LC) def. Matt Vaulkhard (UMSL) 6-4, 6-2
2. Daniel Quinn (LC) def. Mike Schaaf (UMSL) 4-6, 6-4 (5)
3. Francis Lam (UMSL) def. Eric Cromer (LC) 6-1, 6-0
4. Raj Saini (UMSL) def. Kyle Jobe (LC) 6-1, 6-1
5. Stephen Pobst (UMSL) def. Travis Tillman (LC) 6-2, 6-1
6. James Daugherty (UMSL) def. J.D. Foree (LC) 6-2, 6-1
Exhib. Mike Buscher (LC) def. Max Bugner (UMSL) 3-6, 7-6 (5), (8)
Exhib. Rusty Durbin (UMSL) def. Mitch Buscher (LC) 6-1, 6-4
Doubles:
1. Vaulkhard/Daugherty (UMSL) def. Quinn/Tillman (LC) 8-5
2. Schaaf/Lam (UMSL) def. Kasjan/Cromer (LC) 8-4
3. Saini/Pobst (UMSL) def. Jobe/Mike Buscher (LC) 8-6
Exhib. Bugner/Durbin (UMSL) def. Mitch Buscher/James Palmer (LC) 8-3