SPRINGFIELD, Mo.— 18^th ranked Drury battled past Missouri-St. Louis for a 6-1 at the Cooper Tennis Complex in Springfield on Saturday.
 
The Panthers lifted their record to 9-4 and 3-1 in the Great Lakes Valley Conference, while the Tritons dropped to 3-4 and 1-1 in the league.
 
Drury took a 1-0 lead winning two of the three doubles matches. The Panthers got wins from their number one, and number two teams as Nico Hadeler and Marlon Wilken won 6-4 in the lead position, while Augustin Diot and Sylvain Garin-Michaud earned a 6-3 win in the second spot.
 
Drury's number two singles player, Augustin Diot, improved to 9-1 on the season as he dominated his 6-0, 6-1. The other points were hard-fought ones for the Panthers. Lead singles player Nico Hadeler needed three sets to get by Ben-Hur Kasprzak, 4-6, 7-6, 6-4, but came away with the win to improve to 8-3 on the season. Marlon Wilkin and Isaac Ogilvy also posted wins as Drury closed out the match to win 6-1. 
 
Drury is at home again on Sunday when they host William Woods at 1 pm at the Cooper Tennis Complex.
 
#18 Drury 6 Missouri-St. Louis 1
Singles competition
1. Nico Hadeler (DU) def. Ben-Hur Kasprzak (UMSL) 4-6, 7-6, 6-4
2. Augustin Diot (DU) def. Victor Monteiro (UMSL) 6-0, 6-1
3. Sylvain Garin-Michaud (DU) def. Karl Heinrichs (UMSL) 6-4, 6-4
4. Marlon Wilken (DU) def. Marcos Navas (UMSL) 6-3, 6-2
5. Jose Mayorga (UMSL) def. Lukas Stierling (DU) 6-4, 1-6, 7-6 (10-4) 
6. Isaac Ogilvy (DU) def. Raphael Kerndl (UMSL) 6-1, 7-5
 
Doubles competition
1. Hadeler/Wilken (DU) def. Kasprzak/Heinrichs (UMSL) 6-4
2. Diot/Garin-Michaud (DU) def. Monteiro/Mayorga (UMSL) 6-3
3. Navas/Vigil (UMSL) def. Ogilvy/Stierling (DU) 6-4
 
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