O'FALLON, Ill. - McKendree University men's tennis dropped its second match of the spring season against No.10-ranked William Woods this past weekend, falling to the Owls 5-2. The Bearcats are 1-1 for the season after defeating the University of St. Mary during the first week of February.

McKendree secured the win in doubles, taking two of the three matches on the day. Senior Leonardo Schmitz Frederico and freshman Benedek Szombathelyi kicked off doubles with a 6-2 victory followed by another 6-1 win from freshman Tomas Leston and Jose Antonio Velasco. In the third doubles match, seniors Lorenzo del Biondo and Nanase Ebisu were defeated by a score of 6-4.

In singles play, Ebisu was the lone victor for the Bearcats with winning scores of 6-3 and 6-2. Schmitz Frederico was defeated in a close 6-7, 6-7 battle while Szombathelyi fell 3-6, 2-6. The No.3 and No.4 singles matches were also taken by William Woods as senior Ryan Fung dropped the third match 6-7, 6-7 and Leston fell 5-7, 4-6.

Before McKendree's match with William Woods, the Bearcats held an exhibition match against Kaskaskia College, defeating the Blue Devils 7-0.

BOX VERSUS WILLIAM WOODS

#1 Doubles

Score     Doubles Pairing

6             Leonardo Schmitz Frederico / Benedek Szombathelyi

2             Schneider / Hubert

#2 Doubles

Score     Doubles Pairing

6             Tomas Leston / Jose Antonio Velasco

1             Shelepov / Nahirniak

#3 Doubles

Score     Doubles Pairing

4             Lorenzo del Biondo / Nanase Ebisu

6             Schorr / Grumley

#1 Singles

Score         Matchup

6     6         Schmitz Frederico

7     7         H. Lindeboom

#2 Singles

Score     Matchup

3     2     Szombathelyi

6     6     Subert

#3 Singles

Score     Matchup

6     6     Fung

7     7     Grumley


#4 Singles

Score     Matchup

5     4     Leston

7     6     Nahirniak

#5 Singles

Score     Matchup

4     3     del Biondo

6     6     Shelepov
 

#6 Singles

Score     Matchup

6     6     Ebisu

3     2     Salamanca

The Bearcats are set to host two more matches this week as they face Missouri Baptist on Friday, Feb. 24 at 3:30 p.m. and Webster on Saturday, Feb. 25 at 5 p.m. Both matches will be held at the St. Clair Tennis Club in O'Fallon, Ill.

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