April 2, 2010

Complete Results

St. Louis, Mo. - The Lewis University men's tennis team found themselves trailing 2-1 after doubles play, but the Flyers dug in deep and won four singles matches to preserve their five match winning streak with the 5-4 Great Lakes Valley Conference victory over Missouri-St. Louis on Friday (Apr. 2) afternoon.

With the win, Lewis improves to 10-4 overall, while the host Tritons are now 2-6 on the campaign.

Lewis sophomore Uno Lapimaa (Tallinn, Estonia/Audentese) extended his singles winning streak to 16 matches with a 6-4, 6-2 victory over UMSL's Andreas Hammer at No. 1. He also teamed up with classmate Tonis Irdoja (Tallinn, Estonia/Rocca Al Mare) for the 8-4 win over Hammer and Daniel Anthony. Irdoja would later defeat Anthony, 6-4, 6-3, at No. 2 singles.

Freshman Jesse Hardacre (Racine, Wis./St. Catherine's) claimed the 6-3, 6-4 victory over Tim Bryant at No. 4 singles, while junior Lorenz Pestinger (Bad Homburg, Germany/Humboldtschule/Missouri Valley) secured the team win with the 6-4, 6-2 triumph over Alex Cherman at No. 5 singles.

Lewis returns to action on Saturday (Apr. 3), as the Flyers welcome Indianapolis to the Jack Oremus Tennis Courts for a 2 PM (CST) 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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