(LEBANON, Ill., April 6)—The McKendree University men's tennis team improved to 12-2 overall with a narrow 5-4 victory Friday against Carthage College. The match was played at Washington University in St. Louis.
McKendree dominated singles action, taking four of the six contests while posting a victory at No. 2 doubles to record the win. The Bearcats are now 12-2 on the year and will be on the road in western Missouri Saturday for non-conference matches at William Jewell College and Missouri Valley College.
McKENDREE UNIVERSITY MEN'S TENNIS RESULT
FRIDAY, APRIL 2 AT ST. LOUIS, MO.
McKendree University 5, Carthage College 4
Singles –
Evgeniy Nigmatyanov (McK) def. Sammy Ramoni (CC) 6-3, 6-3
Barnabas Toth (Cegleo, Hungary/Kossuth Lajos) (McK) def. Jack Schiro (CC) 6-1, 6-4
Danny Gonzalez (McK) def. Jeff Lotz (CC) 6-3, 6-1
J.T. Delk (CC) def. Fabio Tsuchiya (Sao Paulo, Brazil/Ateneu) (McK) 7-6, 3-6, 10-6
Matt Whiteside (CC) def. Paulo Goncalves (Betim, Brazil/Colegio Pitagoras) (McK) 7-5, 6-2
Davi Venditto (Jundiai, Brazil/Divino Salvador) (McK) def. Alex McLean (CC) 6-3, 4-6, 7-5
Doubles –
Ramoni/Lotz (CC) def. Nigmatyanov/Venditto (McK) 8-4
Gonzalez/Toth (McK) def. Schiro/Schwenke (CC) 8-3
Delk/Whiteside (CC) def. Tsuchiya/Mennerick (McK) 8-4
McKendree is 12-2 overall
-McK-
