Drury University

BELLEVILLE, Ill. - The Drury men's tennis team opened its 2010 spring season against Division III No. 3 ranked Washington University with a 6-3 victory at the King's Point Racquet Club here on Saturday.

Drury won four of six singles with wins from #2 Alex Kacamakis, #3 Jesus Roman Garcia, #5 Ivan Marevic and #6 Lukas Zielen.  The Panthers captured doubles wins at #1 Gonda/Zielen and #3 Garcia Santos and Garcia by scores of 8-6 and 8-4.

"We played very good doubles and it was a great win over a team that has not lost a home indoor match in a long time," said Drury coach Luc Godin.

The Panthers of Coach Luc Godin will host Seminole State College on February 12 in a 12 p.m. match at Cooper Tennis Complex.

Singles
1.) John Watts (WU) defeated Roman Gonda (Drury) 6-3,6-1
2.) Alex Kacamakis (Drury) defeated Isaac Stein (WU) 7-5,2-6,6-2
3.) Jesus Roman Garcia (Drury) defeated Adam Putterman (WU) 6-3,6-4
4.) Max Woods (WU) defeated Antonio Garcia Santos (Drury) 7-6,3-6,6-3
5.) Ivan Marevic (Drury) defeated Gary Parizher (WU) 6-4,6-4
6.) Lukas Zielen (Drury) defeated Danny Levy (WU) 4-6,6-4,6-4

Doubles
1.) Gonda/Zielen (Drury) defeated Stein/Woods (WU) 8-6
2.) Watts/Kareem Farah (WU) defeated Kacamakis/Marevic (DU) 8-6
3.) Garcia Santos/Garcia (Drury) defeated Putterman/Slavi Fidish (WU) 8-4