INDIANAPOLIS, IND. - The University of Missouri-St. Louis men's tennis team posted a 4-2 win over Illinois Springfield (No. 3 East) on Friday in quarterfinal round action of the 2019 GLVC Tournament. The Tritons advance to tomorrow's semifinals against No. 6 ranked Indianapolis at 1 p.m. (EST).

UMSL, the No. 2 West seed, earned the doubles point before getting singles wins at Nos. 1, 3 and 5 with Karl Heinrich's victory at five sealing the match victory.


Missouri-St. Louis 4, Illinois Springfield 2
4/19/2019 at Indianapolis, IN (Bulter Tennis Center)

Singles competition

1. Ben-Hur Kasprzak (UMSLM) def. Clarke, Sam (UIS) 6-4, 3-6, 6-4

2. Burgess Hayes, Logan (UIS) def. Vitor Monteiro (UMSLM) 6-2, 6-3

3. Adrian Lessing (UMSLM) def. Servaes, Menno (UIS) 6-4, 6-3

4. Martinez, Tommy (UIS) def. Rob White (UMSLM) 6-2, 6-1

5. Karl Heinrichs (UMSLM) def. Chan, Alex (UIS) 6-4, 6-3

6. Toro, Oscar (UIS) vs. Nathan Pinto (UMSLM) unfinished

Doubles competition

1. Adrian Lessing/Karl Heinrichs (UMSLM) def. Clarke, Sam/Martinez, Tommy (UIS) 6-3

2. Ben-Hur Kasprzak/Vitor Monteiro (UMSLM) def. Burgess Hayes, Logan/Servaes, Menno (UIS) 7-5

3. Chan, Alex/Toro, Oscar (UIS) def. Milan Kovacs/Rob White (UMSLM) 6-3

Match Notes

Missouri-St. Louis 11-5

Illinois Springfield 13-5

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