KEARNEY, Neb. - The William Jewell men's tennis team took an early lead over Augustana University on Sunday afternoon but fell in the final three matches to drop a 4-3 decision and fall to 5-6 on the season. 

The Cardinals won the doubles point early as Ugnius Bickauskis and Gage Foltz won a dominant 6-1 match at No. 1. Julien Lafranchise and Max Quennery won the tie breaker over Clayton Poppenga and Meg Siritaworachan at No. 2. 

Bickauskis then took down Henry Dornbusch at No. 1 while Quennery also won at No. 2 to give the Cardinals an early 3-1 lead, before the Augies came storming back to take the final four matches. 
 

SINGLES

• No. 1 | Ugnius Bickauskis def. Henry Dornbusch (6-2, 6-7 (5-0), 7-6 (5-0))
• No. 2 | Max Quennery def. Nicholas LaPoint (6-2, 6-2)
• No. 3 | Meg Siritaworachan def. Gage Foltz (6-2, 3-6, 6-3)
• No. 4 | Tyson Cowger def. Julien Lafranchise (7-6 (5-0), 6-2)
• No. 5 | Joseph Plachy def. Cory Conley (6-3, 7-6 (5-0))
• No. 6 | Clayton Poppenga def. Ian Lewis (6-1, 6-4) 

DOUBLES

• No. 1 | Bickauskis/Foltz def. Dornbusch/LaPoint (6-1)
• No. 2 | Lafranchise/Quennery def. Poppenga/Siritaworachan (7-6 (7-2))
• No. 3 | Christina Cortinas/Cowger def. Conley/Evan Acuff (6-1)

UP NEXT
Jewell is back in action on Friday as they host Northwest Missouri State at Clayview Country Club.