UMSL Completes Tough Road Weekend

Rivermen Fall to NKU and Indianapolis

The Missouri St. Louis men’s tennis team dropped two conference matches over the weekend, falling 6-3 at Northern Kentucky and losing 8-1 at Indianapolis in a match that was much closer than it appeared.

In the Indianapolis match, UMSL lost five of the six singles matches, but went to a third set tie breaker in three of the singles matches. Mike Schaaf (St. Louis, Mo./Francis Howell) lost in three sets at number two singles, as did Stephen Pobst (Sikeston, Mo./Sikeston) at three singles. Ryan Burgdorfer (Downers Grove, Ill./Downers Grove North) got the lone point for UMSL with a three set win at four singles, winning 3-6, 6-1, (8). In the doubles matches, UMSL came up just short at both one and two doubles, losing 8-6 in both matches.

The Rivermen are now 6-4 on the season and 4-2 in the GLVC standings. UMSL will be at home next weekend to host Southern Indiana on Friday and Bellarmine on Saturday.

RECAP
Northern Kentucky 6, Missouri-St. Louis 3
Singles:
1. Francis Lam (UMSL) def. Oliver Marinkovic (NKU) 6-2, 4-6 (6)
2. Mike Schaaf (UMSL) def. Nick Herzog (NKU) 6-2, 4-6, (6)
3. Marek Pawelec (NKU) def. Stephen Pobst (UMSL) 6-3, 6-4
4. Billy Hopkins (NKU) def. Rajan Saini (UMSL) 5-0 - Ret.
5. Adam Moler (NKU) def. Max Bugner (UMSL) 6-3, 6-0
6. Jonathan Hart (NKU) def. Ryan Burgdorfer (UMSL) 6-1, 7-5
Doubles:
1. Hopkins/Marinkovic (NKU) def. Schaaf/Pobst (UMSL) 8-4
2. Herzog/Moler (NKU) def. Lam/Saini (UMSL) 8-6
3. Bugner/Burgdorfer (UMSL) def. Pawelec/Hart (NKU) 8-5

RECAP
Indianapolis 8, Missouri-St. Louis 1
Singles:
1. Russ Johnson (UI) def. Francis Lam (UMSL) 6-1, 6-2
2. Ketan Sagger (UI) def. Mike Schaaf (UMSL) 6-4, 5-7, (11)
3. Jan Stastny (UI) def. Stephen Pobst (UMSL) 6-4, 6-7 (5), (4)
4. Ryan Burgdorfer (UMSL) def. Alan Dowell (UI) 3-6, 6-1 (8)
5. Justin Linder (UI) def. Max Bugner (UMSL) 6-3, 6-3
6. Dustin Guthrie (UI) def. Raj Saini (UMSL) 4-6, Ret.
Doubles:
1. Johnson/Stastny (UI) def. Lam/Pobst (UMSL) 8-6
2. Sagger/Dowell (UI) def. Schaaf/Burgdorfer (UMSL) 8-6
3. Guthrie/Felipe Rojas (UI) def. Saini/Bugner (UMSL) 8-3