KANSAS CITY, MO. – The University of Missouri-St. Louis men's tennis defeated Lewis, 5-1, on Friday afternoon in one of four quarterfinal round matches at the GLVC Tennis Championships. With the win, the Tritons advance to tomorrow's semifinals against No. 24 ranked Indianapolis at 12 p.m.
 
UMSL, which has won three straight, improves to 11-7 overall.
 
The Tritons lost at No. 1 doubles, but won the next five matches to garner the win, including victories at Nos. 2 and 3 doubles and Nos. 2, 4 and 6 singles.
 
Three-time All-GLVC honoree Tim McLarty went 2-0 on the day, winning at No. 2 doubles with freshman Alberto Maza Martin, before claiming No. 2 singles. With that win McLarty became the program's all-time wins leader in singles matches with 66. Freshman Kristoffer Lindal also made it a two-win day, taking No. 3 doubles with junior Irving Corrales before winning at No. 6 in convincing 6-0, 6-1 fashion. Senior Harry Heyburn took No. 4 singles by the same score, while senior Nils Mueggenburg was up one set on GLVC Player of the Year Armand Levandi at No. 1 singles before the victory was sealed by UMSL.
 

Missouri-St. Louis 5, Lewis 1
Apr 17, 2015 at Kansas City, MO (Plaza Tennis Center)
 
Singles

1. Mueggenburg, Nils (UMSLM) vs.  Levandi, Armand (LEWIS) 6-4, 2-2, unfinished

2. McLarty, Tim (UMSLM) def. Aunapuu, Erik (LEWIS) 6-0, 6-2

3. Maza Martin, Alberto (UMSLM) vs. Srdanovic, Mate (LEWIS) 1-6, 3-3, unfinished

4. Heyburn, Harry (UMSLM) def. Norasith, Andre (LEWIS) 6-1, 6-0

5. Vidaurre, Dario (UMSLM) vs. Fijalkowski, Alan (LEWIS) 6-7 (2-7), 1-0, unfinished

6. Lindal, Kristoffer (UMSLM) def. Jastrab, Chris (LEWIS) 6-1, 6-0

 
Doubles

1. Levandi, Armand/Srdanovic, Mate (LEWIS) def. Mueggenburg, Nils/Heyburn, Harry (UMSLM) 8-4

2. McLarty, Tim/Maza Martin, Alberto (UMSLM) def. Aunapuu, Erik/Norasith, Andre (LEWIS) 8-5

3. Lindal, Kristoffer/Corrales, Irving (UMSLM) def. Fijalkowski, Alan/Jastrab, Chris (LEWIS) 8-6

 
Match Notes

Lewis 12-8; Regional ranking #6

Missouri-St. Louis 10-7; Regional ranking #7

Order of finish: Doubles (1,2,3); Singles (2,4,6)