GREENVILLE, Ill. – The Webster University men's tennis team was back in action this afternoon when they traveled to Greenville, Illinois, to play a doubleheader. The Gorloks lost both matches of the doubleheader as they fell to Loras (Iowa) College by a final score of 5-4 and to Greenville (Ill.) University by a final score of 6-3. With the losses, the Gorloks fall to 2-4 on the year.

In their first match of the day, the Gorloks got the match started by going 1-2 in doubles. Britton Struewing and Carson Fisher had the lone win for Webster as they defeated Konnor Barth and Gage Becker in #2 doubles by a final score of 8-1.

Struewing and Fisher also won their singles matches as Struewing defeated Thomas Kampmier in #2 singles by final scores of 7-5, 6-7 (6), and 10-6 while Fisher won #3 singles over Gage Becker by final scores of 0-6, 6-1, and 10-8. Nicholas Granada picked up the final point for Webster as he won #4 singles over Sean Gelski by final scores of 6-3 and 7-6 (3).

Webster got off to a great start in their second match of the day as they went 2-1 in doubles. Alex Pinkston and Matthew Birchmeier took #1 doubles over Andres Sanchez and Rafael Rodriguez by a final score of 8-7 (2). Nick Granada and Jack Forlenza took #3 doubles of Thibaut Tignee and Dylan Collins by a final score of 8-6.

Matthew Birchmeier won the lone match for the Gorloks in singles as he defeated Thibaut TIgnee in #5 singles by final scores of 6-4 and 6-4.

The men's tennis team will wrap up their season at the ITA Regional Championships from Friday, September 23^rd to Sunday, September 25^th. The tournament will take place at Washington (Mo.) University in St. Louis, Missouri.