(LEBANON, Ill., April 20)—The McKendree University men's tennis team saw its six-match win streak came to an end on Tuesday with an 8-1 loss at Washington University in St. Louis.
Freshman Barnabas Toth (Cegleo, Hungary/Kossuth Lajos) (Budapest, Hungary) helped the Bearcats avoid a shutout by posting a 6-4, 6-2 victory at No. 2 singles. McKendree, the No. 19-ranked team in the NAIA, slipped to 18-3 on the season. Washington University, rated No. 2 in NCAA Division III, improves to 13-3 overall.
The Bearcats will close out the 2010 regular season Wednesday at home against Olivet Nazarene University.
McKENDREE UNIVERSITY MEN'S TENNIS RESULTS
TUESDAY, APRIL 20 AT LEBANON, ILL.
Washington University 8, McKendree University 1
Singles –
John Watts (WU) def. Evgeniy Nigmatyanov (McK) 7-5, 6-0
Barnabas Toth (Cegleo, Hungary/Kossuth Lajos) (McK) def.Isaac Stein (WU) 6-4, 6-2
Adam Putterman (WU) def. Danny Gonzalez (McK) 6-4, 6-3
Max Woods (WU) def. Fabio Tschuyia (McK) 6-1, 6-4
Danny Levy (WU) def. Paulo Goncalves (Betim, Brazil/Colegio Pitagoras) (McK) 6-2, 6-2
Gary Parizher (WU) def. Davi Venditto (Jundiai, Brazil/Divino Salvador) (McK) 7-5, 6-1
Doubles –
Stein/Woods (WU) def. Gonzalez/Toth (McK) 8-2
Watts/Farah (WU) def. Tsuchiya/Mennerick (McK) 8-1
Chiang/Levy (WU) def. Rosa/Venditto (McK) 8-5
McKendree is 18-3 overall
-McK-
