UMSL Opens Conference Season with a Win

Rivermen Beat Quincy 8-1

St. Louis, Mo. – The UMSL men’s tennis team opened up the GLVC season with a dominating 8-1 win over Quincy University.

The Rivermen got off to a good start, sweeping all three doubles matches. The only close match of the three was at one doubles, where Mike Schaaf (St. Louis, Mo./Francis Howell) and Stephen Pobst (Sikeston, Mo./Sikeston) held on for an 8-6 win. In singles action, UMSL won five of the six matches, with the only loss coming in a third-set tiebreaker. Francis Lam (Kettering, England) won easily at on singles, 6-0, 6-1. Other easy singles wins were Stephen Pobst, a 6-0, 6-3 winner at three singles, and Raj Saini (Victoria, British Columbia), a 6-1, 6-0 winner at four singles. Max Bugner (Kingwood, Texas/Kingwood) was a 6-1, 6-4 winner at five singles and Ryan Burgdorfer (Downers Grove, Ill./Downers Grove North) was a 6-3, 6-3 winner at six singles.

UMSL will play at St. Louis University on Wednesday, and at Maryville on Friday.

RECAP
Missouri-St. Louis 8, Quincy 1
Singles:
1. Francis Lam (UMSL) def. Scott Radecki (QU) 6-0, 6-1
2. Dave Fuhrig (QU) def. Mike Schaaf (UMSL) 6-7 (6), 6-0, 10-4
3. Stephen Pobst (UMSL) def. Jake Snyder (QU) 6-0, 6-3
4. Raj Saini (UMSL) def. Mike Fenwick (QU) 6-1, 6-0
5. Max Bugner (UMSL) def. Tim Stephens (QU) 6-1, 6-4
6. Ryan Burgdorfer (UMSL) def. Adam Albertson (QU) 6-3, 6-3
Doubles:
1. Schaaf/Pobst (UMSL) def. Radecki/Snyder (QU) 8-6
2. Saini/Lam (UMSL) def. Fuhrig/Fenwick (QU) 8-3
3. Bugner/Burgdorfer (UMSL) def. Stephens/Albertson (QU) 8-2