UMSL Cruises Past SIUE

Rivermen Win 8-1 in Conference Match

St. Louis, Mo. – The UMSL men’s tennis team defeated SIUE 8-1 in a conference match on Tuesday afternoon, winning all three doubles matches to start the match and take control early.

UMSL battled through the doubles matches, getting a close 9-7 win at one doubles from Matt Vaulkhard (Victoria, British Columbia) and James Daugherty (White Settlement, Texas/Brewer). Raj Saini (Victoria, British Columbia) and Francis Lam (Kettering, England) then got a close 9-8 (1) win at two doubles. UMSL then got a couple of easy wins in singles matches, as Vaulkhard won 6-1, 6-0 at one singles, Lam was a 6-1, 6-1 winner at three singles and Saini got a 6-0, 6-0 win at four singles.

UMSL is now 5-5 on the season and 1-2 in the GLVC. The Rivermen will be in action again at home this weekend when they host Indianapolis on Saturday morning at 9 am, and the host Saint Joseph’s Saturday afternoon at 3 pm.

RECAP
Missouri-St. Louis 8, SIU Edwardsville 1
Singles:
1. Matt Vaulkhard (UMSL) def. Matt Kuban (SIUE) 6-1, 6-0
2. Justin Free (SIUE) def. Mike Schaaf (UMSL) 7-6, 2-6, (5)
3. Francis Lam (UMSL) def. Andy Renner (SIUE) 6-1, 6-1
4. Raj Saini (UMSL) def. Daniel Lipe (SIUE) 6-0, 6-0
5. Stephen Pobst (UMSL) def. Chris Rigdon (SIUE) 6-4, 6-2
6. James Daugherty (UMSL) def. Doug Kummer (SIUE) 2-6, 6-1, 10-8
Doubles:
1. Daugherty/Vaulkhard (UMSL) def. Lipe/Rigdon (SIUE) 9-7
2. Saini/Lam (UMSL) def. Free/Kummer (SIUE) 9-8 (1)
3. Schaaf/Pobst (UMSL) def. Renner/Kuban (SIUE) 8-4