(BELLEVILLE, Ill., March 25) – The McKendree University tennis programs split with nearby Lindenwood-Belleville as the women defeated the Lynx 6-1, and the men narrowly fell 4-3 late Sunday night.
 
The women advance to 2-8 on the season while the men move to 2-6.
 
Women:
Singles:
No. 1: Steffany Bermudez (Miramar, FL/Jose Pio Tamayo High School) def. Tarrisco 6-0, 6-0
No. 2: Jessica Molinari (Waterloo, Ill./Waterloo) def. Montoya 6-2, 6-4
No. 3: Hailey Waguespack (Jupiter, Fl./) def. Troilo 6-1, 6-0
No. 4: Gonzalez def. Megan Molinari (Waterloo, IL/Waterloo) 6-3, 6-1
No. 5: Alex Tinnin (Festus, MO/Festus) def. Leti 6-0, 6-0
No. 6: Nicole Uzcategui (Doral, Fl./) win by default
 
Doubles:
No. 1: Bermudez/Waguespack def. Tarrisco/Montoya 6-2
No. 2: J. Molinari/Tinnin def. Troilo/Gonzaloez 6-3
No. 3: M. Molinari/Uzcategui win by default
 
Men:
Singles:
No. 1: Herrera Barreda def. Alwyn Mushonga (Mutare, Zimbabwe/Mutare Boys High School) 7-5, 5-7, 7-10
No. 2: Caselles def. Johnny Hu (Antwerpen, Mol, Belgium/Campus Het Spoor) 6-4, 6-4
No. 3: Diaz def. Nicholas De Guzman (Courtice, ON/Holy Trinity) 6-3, 2-6, 10-6
No. 4: Kyle Aubrey () def. Calligros 6-7, 6-4, 10-4
No. 5: Kayser Khan (London, England/Southfields Academy) def. Dahiya 5-7, 6-2, 10-7
No. 6: Vishnu Prasad () def. Gest 6-7, 6-4, 10-8
 
Doubles:
No. 1: Herrera Barreda/Gest def. Mushonga/De Guzman 7-5
No. 2: Hu/Aubrey def. Caselles/Diaz 7-5
No. 3: Dahiya/Furukawa def. Khan/Evan Lockwood (Maitland, FL/Winter Park) 6-4
 
The Bearcat tennis teams will return to action on March 29 when they travel up north for a match against Lewis University.