(St. LOUIS, Mo., April 6)- The McKendree University men's tennis team dropped a match to Washington University in St. Louis, 7-2, but bounced back to defeat Brescia University, 8-1, to split its two matches on Friday.

The Bearcats are now 8-4 overall and will host Lindenwood University on Thursday, April 12th at Kings Point Sports Club in Belleville, Ill., at 2 p.m.

McKendree University 2, Washington University in St. Louis 7
April 6, 2012 - St. Louis, Mo.

Doubles

#1 Toth / Tsuchiya vs. Adam Putterman / Ross Putterman  WU  8-5
#2 Misitrano / Schuck vs. Parker Chang / Kareem Farah  WU  8-4
#3 Venditto / Mennerick vs. Max Franklin / Kevin Chu  MCK  8-5

Singles

#1 Barnabas Toth (Cegleo, Hungary/Kossuth Lajos) vs. Adam Putterman  WU  6-4 6-3
#2 Luciano Misitrano (Buenos Aires, Argentina/ORT) vs. Gary Parizher  WU  5-7 7-5 10-3
#3 Fabio Tsuchiya (Sao Paulo, Brazil/Ateneu) vs. Ross Putterman  WU  6-4 6-4
#4 Alex Schuck vs. Kareem Farah  MCK  3-6 7-6(4) 10-8
#5 Davi Venditto (Jundiai, Brazil/Divino Salvador) vs. Parker Chang  WU  6-2 5-7 10-8
#6 Paulo Goncalves (Betim, Brazil/Colegio Pitagoras) vs. Tim Noack  WU  6-1 6-2


McKendree University 8, Brescia University 1
April 6, 2012 - St. Louis, Mo.

Doubles

#1 Toth / Tsuchiya vs. Julien Chenneberg / Moises Goncalves  MCK  8-1
#2 Misitrano / Schuck vs. Jacob Blevins / Spencer Hall  MCK  8-1
#3 Venditto / Mennerick vs. Logan Stull / Sean McGehee  MCK  8-1

Singles

#1 Fabio Tsuchiya (Sao Paulo, Brazil/Ateneu) vs. Julien Chenneberg  BU  7-6 2-6 10-6
#2 Alex Schuck vs. Moises Goncalves  MCK  6-0 6-2
#3 Davi Venditto (Jundiai, Brazil/Divino Salvador) vs. Jacob Blevins  MCK  6-2 6-1
#4 Paulo Goncalves (Betim, Brazil/Colegio Pitagoras) vs. Spencer Hall  MCK  6-2 6-2
#5 Doug Mennerick (O'Fallon, Ill./O'Fallon) vs. Logan Stull  MCK  6-2 6-1
#6 Jake Halde (Troy, Ill./Triad) vs. Isaac Duncan  MCK  6-2 6-4