SPRINGFIELD, Mo.— The Panthers were toppled in the Great Lakes Valley Conference quarterfinals on Friday as Illinois Springfield defeated 17^th ranked Drury 4-1 in Romeoville, Illinois.
 
The Panthers, seeded second in the West Division, went to 10-6, while the Prairie Stars advanced to the semifinals with a 12-3 record. 
 
Illinois Springfield took a 1-0 lead after winning two of the three doubles matches. Drury's team of Augustin Diot and Sylvain Garin-Michaud won their round with a 6-3 in the number two doubles position. But the Prairie Stars got a win in the number one spot, then Matthew Lapsley and Nick Revin defeated Isaac Ogilvy and Lukas Stierling 6-4.
 
Lukas Stierling picked up Drury's lone singles win, defeating Matthew Lapsley 7-5, 7-5 in the number five position. Illinois Springfield got a 6-4, 6-0 win from Oscar Toro over Isaac Ogilvy in the number six spot, and Tomas Martinez knocked off the Panthers top singles player, Nico Hadeler, 6-4, 6-4. The Prairie Stars then clinched with a three-set win from Menno Servaes in the number two singles spot over Augustin Diot, 6-2, 4-6, 6-1.
 
Illinois Springfield will play Indianapolis in the semifinals on Saturday.
 
#3-E Illinois Springfield 4 #2-W Drury 1
Singles competition
1. Tomas Martinez (UIS) def. Nico Hadeler (DU) 6-4, 6-4
2. Menno Servaes (UIS) def. Augustin Diot (DU) 6-2, 4-6, 6-1
3. Sylvain Garin-Michaud (DU) vs. Nick Revin (UIS) unfinished
4. Marlon Wilken (DU) vs. Rafa Rojas (UIS) unfinished
5. Lukas Stierling (DU) def. Matthew Lapsley (UIS) 7-5, 7-5
6. Oscar Toro (UIS) def. Isaac Ogilvy (DU) 6-4, 6-0
 
Doubles competition
1. Menno Servaes/Tomas Martinez (UIS) def. Hadeler/Wilken (DU) 6-3
2. Diot/Garin-Michaud (DU) def. Alex Chan/Oscar Toro (UIS) 6-3
3. Matthew Lapsley/Nick Revin (UIS) def. Ogilvy/Stierling (DU) 6-4