UMSL Tennis Aces SIUE

Rivermen Beat Cougars 8-1

Edwardsville, Ill. - The Missouri St. Louis men’s tennis team continued their winning streak, defeating local rival SIU Edwardsville 8-1 on Tuesday afternoon. The win was the fourth consecutive victory for UMSL, who improves to 6-2 on the season and a perfect 4-0 in the Great Lakes Valley Conference.

UMSL won three tough doubles matches to take early control of the match. Mike Schaaf (St. Louis, Mo./Francis Howell) and Stephen Pobst (Sikeston, Mo./Sikeston) won 9-8 at one doubles, and Francis Lam (Kettering, England) and Rajan Saini (Victoria, British Columbia) was another close match at two doubles, winning 9-7. Ryan Burgdorfer (Downers Grove, Ill./Downers Grove) and Max Bugner (Kingwood, Texas/Kingwood) pulled out an 8-6 win at three doubles to complete the sweep. UMSL got a couple of easy wins to open the singles matches, as Francis Lam, Mike Schaaf and Stephen Pobst all posted two set wins in the first three singles matches. Rajan Saini fought out a tough three-set win at four singles, winning 5-7, 6-4, 10-8. Max Bugner won a close match at five singles 6-2, 7-6 (7-3) to round out the UMSL wins.
The Rivermen will play a non-conference match at home on Thursday before a big conference road trip this weekend with matches at Northern Kentucky and at Indianapolis.

RECAP
Missouri-St. Louis 8, SIU Edwardsville 1
Singles:
1. Francis Lam (UMSL) def. Matt Warner (SIUE) 7-5, 6-3
2. Mike Schaaf (UMSL) def. Justin Free (SIUE) 6-1, 6-4
3. Stephen Pobst (UMSL) def. Andrew Reznack (SIUE) 7-5, 6-3
4. Rajan Saini (UMSL) def. Dan Glon (SIUE) 5-7, 6-4, 10-8
5. Max Bugner (UMSL) def. Andy Renner (SIUE) 6-2, 7-6 (7-3)
6. Chris Rigdon (SIUE) def. Ryan Burgdorfer (UMSL) 6-2, 6-4
Doubles:
1. Schaaf/Pobst (UMSL) def. Warner/Free (SIUE) 9-8
2. Saini/Lam (UMSL) def. Reznack/Glon (SIUE) 9-7
3. Bugner/Burgdorfer (UMSL) def. Rigdon/Renner (SIUE) 8-6