In its final match of the 2017 campaign, the William Jewell College men's tennis team dropped a 7-2 decision to University of Missouri-St. Louis in Great Lakes Valley Conference action Saturday afternoon at the Plaza Tennis Center. 

The Tritons took an early 2-0 lead winning No. 2 and No. 3 doubles.   The freshman tandem of Timo Kiesslich and Bjorn Myers came back from a 6-1 deficit to win a 9-7 battle at No.1 doubles. 

Junior Marc Gartner won the only singles match for Jewell 7-5, 3-6 and 10-8 at No.3 singles. 

The loss pushed the Cardinals to 6-11 on the year and 1-4 in GLVC play to end the schedule.

Missouri-St. Louis 7, William Jewell College 2
Apr 15, 2017 at Kansas City, MO (Plaza Tennis Center)

Singles competition

1. Ben Kasprzak (UMSLM) def. Timo Kiesslich (WJC) 6-2, 6-1

2. Alberto Maza (UMSLM) def. Bjorn Myers (WJC) 6-3, 6-3

3. Marc Gartner (WJC) def. Nathan Pinto (UMSLM) 7-5, 3-6, 10-8

4. Rob White (UMSLM) def. Caul Pearson (WJC) 6-1, 6-3

5. Dario Vidaurre (UMSLM) def. Hayden Fulk (WJC) 6-3, 6-4

6. Lucas Lobao (UMSLM) def. Marco Martinez (WJC) 6-0, 6-0

Doubles competition

1. Timo Kiesslich/Bjorn Myers (WJC) def. Ben Kasprzak/Milan Kovacs (UMSLM) 9-7

2. Dario Vidaurre/Alberto Maza (UMSLM) def. Caul Pearson/Hayden Fulk (WJC) 8-2

3. Lucas Lobao/Nathan Pinto (UMSLM) def. Marc Gartner/Pedro Uno (WJC) 8-1

Match Notes

Missouri-St. Louis 7-4, 3-2 GLVC

William Jewell College 6-11, 1-4 GLVC

T-3:30 A-143