(BELLEVILLE, Ill., Feb. 3)- The McKendree University men's tennis team was defeated in its season opener on Friday night by Washington University in St. Louis 9-0.

The Bearcats fell to 0-1 overall this season and will travel to Indianapolis, Ind. on Saturday, February 11th to face University of Indianapolis at 1 p.m.

McKendree 0, Washington U. 9
Played at Kings Point Sports Club, Belleville, Ill.

Doubles:
 1. Adam Putterman & Ross Putterman def. Barnabas Toth (Cegleo, Hungary/Kossuth Lajos) & Paulo Goncalves (Betim, Brazil/Colegio Pitagoras), 8-6
2. Cameron Chiang & Max Franklin def. Alex Shuck & Luciano Misitriano, 9-8(2)
3. Gary Parizher & Kevin Chu def. Davi Venditto (Jundiai, Brazil/Divino Salvador) & Doug Mennerick (O'Fallon, Ill./O'Fallon), 8-2

Singles:
1. Adam Putterman def. Barnabas Toth (Cegleo, Hungary/Kossuth Lajos), 6-4,1-6,10-5
2, Ross Putterman def. Paulo Goncalves (Betim, Brazil/Colegio Pitagoras), 6-1,6-0
3. Gary Parizher def. Alex Shuck, 6-3,6-3
4. Kareem Farah def. Luciano Misitriano, 6-2,4-6, 10-3
5. Bryan Haywood def. Davi Venditto (Jundiai, Brazil/Divino Salvador), 6-2,6-0
6. Tim Noack def. Jake Halde (Troy, Ill./Triad), 6-0,6-0