Griffins suffer 7-2 loss to Illinois College
The Lendy brothers win their doubles contest while Brian Nguyen won his singles for his first collegiate victory.
April 7, 2016
St. Louis, Mo. - Jacob and Stephen Lendy opened spring play with a doubles win as the Griffins fell to Illinois College 7-2. It was Jacob's first career doubles win. Brian Nguyen picked up the only other victory for the Griffins. Nguyen recorded his first collegiate victory at No. 6-singles. Koha Trieu and Nguyen put up quite the fight at No. 2-doubles for an exciting matchup but fell after trailing by one (3-2).
The Griffins travel to Greenville College Saturday for two contests including a neutral-site matchup against Millikin Univeristy.
Illinois College 7, Fontbonne 2
Apr 07, 2016 at St. Louis, Mo. (Shaw Park Tennis Center)
| Singles competition |
| 1. Miguel Vaca (IC) def. Wisniewski,Blake (FUMT) 6-3, 7-5 |
| 2. Michael Connolly (IC) def. Trieu,Khoa (FUMT) 6-2, 6-2 |
| 3. Elijah Rhoad (IC) def. Lendy, Stephen (FUMT) 3-6, 6-2, 10-8 |
| 4. T.J. Lawal (IC) def. Lendy, Jacob (FUMT) 3-6, 7-6, 10-6 |
| 5. Ryan Golab-Vice (IC) def. Aljamaan,Mo (FUMT) 6-0, 6-1 |
| 6. Nguyen, Brian (FUMT) def. Austin Franceschelli (IC) 6-3, 6-1 |
| Doubles competition |
| 1. Miguel Vaca/Michael Connolly (IC) def. Wisniewski,Blake/Aljamaan,Mo (FUMT) 8-0 |
| 2. Elijah Rhoad/Ryan Golab-Vice (IC) def. Trieu,Khoa/Nguyen, Brian (FUMT) 8-4 |
| 3. Lendy, Stephen/Lendy, Jacob (FUMT) def. T.J. Lawal/Austin Franceschelli (IC) 8-3 |
| Match Notes |
| Illinois College 1-9 |
| Fontbonne 0-12 |
| A-15 |