ST. LOUIS, MO. - The University of Missouri-St. Louis women's tennis team saw its hope of the program's first GLVC championship match appearance fall just short on Sunday with a 5-4 loss to No. 14 ranked Drury in the league's tournament semifinals.

The Tritons, who slip to 14-2 overall with both losses coming to Drury to equal 5-4 scores, will learn of their NCAA Tournament fate on Tuesday night when the field is selected. UMSL was ranked sixth in last week's poll with the top seven in the region earning a spot. Drury improves to 20-2 and advances to tomorrow's championship match against Indianapolis.

UMSL claimed a 2-1 lead after doubles, while Drury pulled even at 2-2 with a win at No. 1 singles. Sophomore All-GLVC pick Salome Bleuler earned a win at No. 2 singles to make it 3-2 before the Panthers went ahead 4-3 with wins at Nos. 3 and 5 singles. Freshman Marina Prediger won her 20th match of the season at No. 6 to even it at 4-4 with the match then coming down to No. 4 singles. Graduate student Carlota Trevino lost a 7-6 decision in the first set, took the second set 6-2 and fell in the third set, 7-5.

The match took four hours and 47 minutes to complete.


#14 Drury University 5, Missouri-St. Louis 4
Apr 23, 2017 at St. Louis, MO (Dwight Davis Tennis Center)

Singles competition

1. #44 Larissa Karl (DU) def. Jennifer Hauer (UMSLW) 6-2, 6-0

2. Salome Bleuler (UMSLW) def. Lara Muller (DU) 6-1, 6-4

3. Chung-Yen Huang (DU) def. Kristine Lindal (UMSLW) 7-5, 6-0

4. JiaQing Mo (DU) def. Carlota Trevino (UMSLW) 6-7, 6-2, 7-5

5. J. Jedrychowski (DU) def. Patricia Maya (UMSLW) 1-6, 6-0, 6-2

6. Marina Prediger (UMSLW) def. Julia Schepp (DU) 7-5, 7-5

Doubles competition

1. Kristine Lindal/Carlota Trevino (UMSLW) def. #8 Julia Schepp/Larissa Karl (DU) 9-8

2. JiaQing Mo/Lara Muller (DU) def. Salome Bleuler/Patricia Maya (UMSLW) 8-2

3. Jennifer Hauer/Marina Prediger (UMSLW) def. Chung-Yen Huang/J. Jedrychowski (DU) 8-5

Match Notes

Drury University 20-2; National ranking #14; Regional ranking #2

Missouri-St. Louis 14-2; Regional ranking #5

Order of finish: Doubles (2,3,1); Singles (1,2,3,5,6,4)

GLVC Championship Tournament Semifinal