April 1, 2010

Complete Results

St. Louis, Mo. - A new era has dawned on the Lewis University men's tennis team, as the Flyers won their ninth match of the season with a 9-0 Great Lakes Valley Conference road whitewash over host Maryville on Thursday (Apr. 1) afternoon.

With the win, Lewis improves to 9-4 overall in the 2010 campaign. Prior to this season, the Flyers had won a total of 10 contests since 2006. Maryville falls to 1-7 on the season.

Lewis sophomore and reigning GLVC Player of the Week, Uno Lapimaa (Tallinn, Estonia/Audentese) extended his singles winning streak to 15 matches with a 6-2, 6-1 victory over Maryville's Jonas Skold at No. 1. At No. 1 doubles, Lapimaa paired with fellow sophomore Tonis Irdoja (Tallinn, Estonia/Rocca Al Mare) for the 8-1 win over Skold and Ryan Williams. Irdoja also picked up the 6-0, 6-0 triumph over Williams at No. 2 singles.

At No. 2 doubles, Lewis juniors Michael Wojnarowski (Oak Lawn, Ill./Richards/Moraine Valley C.C.) and Lorenz Pestinger (Bad Homburg, Germany/Humboldtschule/Missouri Valley) dropped Maryville's Kevin Rader and Patrick Kroener, 8-0. Wojnarowski added a 6-0, 6-0 win over Dino Kanlic at No. 3 singles, while Pestinger claimed the 6-0, 6-0 win over Kroener at No. 5 singles.

Lewis freshmen Jesse Hardacre (Racine, Wis./St. Catherine's) and Brandon Tilton (Chicago Heights, Ill./Marian Catholic) teamed up at No. 3 doubles for the 8-1 victory over Andy Tipton and Matt Murray. Hardacre chipped in a 6-0, 6-0 victory over Ryan Lund at No. 4 singles, while Tilton earned the 6-4, 6-1 decision over Tyler Sexton at No. 6 singles.

Lewis returns to action on Friday (Apr. 2), as the Flyers take on Missouri-St. Louis for a 10 AM first serve.

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 9th largest private, not-for-profit university in Illinois is being honored for the sixth consecutive year by The Princeton Review and U.S. News & World Report. For more information please visit www.lewisu.edu.

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