The William Jewell men's tennis team split a pair of matches in the St. Joseph's College Invitational in Michigan City, Ind., on Saturday.  The Cards fell 9-0 to fellow Great Lakes Valley Conference foe Lewis University before coming back with a 7-2 win over The University of St. Francis.

In the first match of the day the Flyers went up on the Cards in doubles play 3-0 with wins a No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3 doubles by scores of 8-4 and 8-1 and 8-5.  

Lewis then picked up wins at No.1 and No. 2 singles to clinch the match.

The Jewell  men rebounded for a 7-2 win over The University of St. Francis. 

The Cards came out of doubles up 2-1 with wins at No. 2 and No. 3 doubles respectively.  Sophomore Bryan Thomas picked up 7-5, 6-2 straight set win at No. 2 singles and junior Bronson Brassel picked up a win at No.3 singles 6-1, and 6-1.  Sophomore Max Cooper came away with the match clinching win for the Cardinals at No. 4 singles with a 6-0, 6-1 win.  Jewell also received wins from first-year players Eric Dailey and Jimmy Hunter. 

The Cardinals improved to 4-1 on the year and will take on St. Joseph's College Sunday at 12:00 p.m.

Lewis Box Score

St. Francis Box Score