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St. Louis, Mo. - Despite winning two out of three doubles matches, the Lewis University men's tennis team was unable to sustain that momentum as Missouri-St. Louis captured four singles contests to earn the 5-4 non-conference victory over the Flyers at the UMSL Tennis Courts on Friday (March 14) afternoon.
With the win, UMSL improves to 5-1 on the campaign, while the Flyers fall to 2-6.
At No. 1 doubles, Lewis juniors
Armand Levandi (Tallinn, Estonia/Audentese Spordigumnaasiumi) and
Erik Aunapuu (Tallinn, Estonia/Audentese Spordigumnaasiumi) teamed up for the 8-6 win over UMSL's Nils Mueggenburg and Harry Heyburn. Levandi added a 7-6, 7-5 win over Mueggenburg at No. 1 singles.
The Flyers were also victorious at No. 2 doubles, as the pair of freshman
Mate Srdanovic (Split, Croatia/Graditeljsko-Geodetska Tehnicka) and senior
Philip Kuenzi (Manitowoc, Wis./Roncalli) earned the 8-6 triumph over Tim Gorter and Gabriel Olivera. Srdanovic also turned away UMSL's Tim McLarty, 6-1, 7-5, at No. 3 singles.
The Flyers are back in action on Saturday (March 15), as they take on Northwest Missouri State on the UMSL Tennis Courts. The match is scheduled to begin at 3 PM.
