Griffins' tennis earns first victory

The Fontbonne University men's tennis team won their first game of the season yesterday outlasting Eureka College 5-4. The Griffins improved to 1-9 overall and 1-3 in the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SLIAC).

The Griffins got single competition victories from Karl Faust, Thaddeus Justice and Tyler Malek. Faust won 6-0, 6-2 while Justice won 6-2, 3-6 and 10-1. Malek won 6-0 and 6-0. Fontbonne got doubles victories from the teams of Faust/Justice (8-6) and Malek/Yada Demisse (8-2).

Fontbonne returns to the court today to play their final SLIAC match against Westminster College.