St. Louis, Missouri – After suffering a tough loss to William Woods University at home, McPherson College packed their bags for their spring break road trip. Their first stop of the week was on the campus of the University of Missouri-St. Louis. UMSL, a Division II member of the Great Lakes Valley Conference, came into the matchup after three straight losses.
The Basics
Location: Dwight Davis Tennis Center
Records: MC 2-4, UMSL 2-5
Score: MC 3, UMSL 4
How it Happened
After dropping the doubles point to UMSL, the Bulldogs were in need of four wins in the singles matches. In #1 Singles, Arthur Nardy picked up the win over Tommy Griese; Griese was leading the match 1-0 until he needed to retire due to injury. Jayson Wasserfuhr gave an excellent effort in #2 Singles against Percy Siercke. Wasserfuhr would force a tie-breaker game in the first set but would fall 7-5 followed by a 6-2 loss in the second set.
Bruno Barrientos found McPherson’s second win of the day with a win in the #3 Singles match. After winning a hard-earned first set 7-5, Barrientos rolled to a 6-2 second set to win his match 2-0. Similar to Nardy’s match, Hamish Wyatt took the match in #4 Singles due to his opponent retiring with injury; the match ended in the first set with Wyatt down 5-3.
Despite McPherson’s three wins, UMSL earned the victory in the #5 and #6 Singles matches. Balazs Temesvari and Davian Spies both fell in two sets to their opponents; the Tritons held on for the 4-3 victory at home.
