March 28, 2009

Complete Results

Evansville, Ind. - The Southern Indiana men's tennis team rallied from a 4-1 deficit against Lewis on Saturday afternoon to earn the 5-4 Great Lakes Valley Conference victory over the Flyers at Advantage Courts and Fitness in a match that lasted over eight hours and featured a one hour delay due to thunderstorm and tornado warnings.

Lewis freshmen Uno Lapimaa (Talinn, Estonia/Tallina Audentese Erakooli) and Tonis Irdoja (Rocca Al Mare) led the charge for the Flyers, as each claimed a pair of wins on the afternoon. Lapimaa took home the 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 win over USI's Diego Gimenez while Irdoja emerged victorious with the 6-4, 6-4 win over Joseph Boesing. Irdoja and Lapimaa also teamed up at No. 1 doubles for the 8-4 win over Gimenez and Boesing.

"We were up 4-1 after a good showing in doubles and of course by our always reliable No. 1 and No. 2 singles players," Lewis head men's tennis coach Brett Bridel said. "Now we need to learn how to close out these matches."

With the victory, Southern Indiana improves to 5-4 overall and 2-2 in GLVC action, while the Flyers drop to 1-11 on the campaign and 0-3 in conference play.

The Flyers other victory came at No. 2 doubles with senior Ben Karas (Barrington, Ill./Barrington) and freshman Balazs Somogyi (Kvassay Jeno Muszaki Szakkozepiskola) claiming the 8-6 win over Nathan Sexton and Ben Hamm.

The Flyers are back in action on Sunday (March 29) as they travel to Edwardsville, Ill., to square off with both SIU-Edwardsville (10 a.m.) and Truman State (2 p.m.).

A Catholic University sponsored by the De La Salle Christian Brothers, Lewis offers nearly 80 undergraduate majors and programs of study, accelerated degree completion options for working adults, various aviation programs and 22 graduate programs in nine fields. The mid-sized university is being honored for the fifth consecutive year by The Princeton Review and U.S. News & World Report. For more information please visit www.lewisu.edu.

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