SPRINGFIELD, Mo.— Drury picked up their second win of the weekend with a 5-2 win at Southwest Baptist on Saturday in Bolivar.
The 20
th ranked Panthers improved to 13-3 and 3-0 in the Great Lakes Valley Conference. The Bearcats went to 6-12-1 and 2-1 in the GLVC.
Drury went in front as they took two of the three doubles matches. The doubles point was decided went
Sylvain Garin-Michaud and
Chuy Gonzalez knocked SBU's Youssef Nabil and Ilyes Khelifi, ranked 26
th nationally in doubles, 6-3.
Drury's top four singles players all picked up wins.
Yaroslav Sharyy, ranked 11
th in NCAA-II singles, stayed unbeaten this spring and improved to 12-0 with a 7-5, 6-3 win over 68
th ranked Youssef Nabil. The was was Sharyy's third victory this spring against a nationally ranked singles player.
Marlon Wilken went to 11-1 with a 6-7 (7-9), 6-1, 1-0 (11-9) win over Bojan Radoman. Garin-Michaud and Gonzalez also posted singles wins for the Panthers.
Drury ends the regular season next Saturday at Quincy for an 11 am match in Quincy, Illinois.
#20 Drury-M 5, Southwest Baptist 2
Apr 20, 2024 at Bolivar, Mo. (Bryant Tennis Center)
Singles competition
1. #11
Yaroslav Sharyy (DRURY-M) def. #68 Youssef Nabil (SBU-M) 7-5, 6-3
2. S. Garin-Michaud (DRURY-M) def. Alejandro Sanchez (SBU-M) 6-0, 7-5
3. #64
Marlon Wilken (DRURY-M) def. Ilyes Khelifi (SBU-M) 6-0, 6-3
4. Chuy Gonzelez (DRURY-M) def. Bojan Radoman (SBU-M) 6-7 (7-9), 6-1, 1-0 (11-9)
5. Pedro Pinto (SBU-M) def.
Matthieu Gachon (DRURY-M) 3-6, 6-3, 1-0 (10-6)
6. Fabian Neff (SBU-M) def.
Lukas Rieber (DRURY-M) 3-6, 6-4, 1-0 (10-8)
Doubles competition
1. S. Garin-Michaud/Chuy Gonzelez (DRURY-M) def. #26 Youssef Nabil/Ilyes Khelifi (SBU-M) 6-3
2. Alejandro Sanchez/Pedro Pinto (SBU-M) def.
Lukas Rieber/
Marlon Wilken (DRURY-M) 6-4
3.
Mark Drozdetskii/
Yaroslav Sharyy (DRURY-M) def. Alejandro Diaz/Bojan Radoman (SBU-M) 6-3
Match Notes
Southwest Baptist 6-12-1 (2-1)
Drury-M 13-3 (3-0); National ranking #20
Order of finish: Doubles (1,3,2); Singles (3,2,5,6,4,1)
T-3:11 A-42