O'FALLON, Ill.— Drury won their sixth straight match with a 4-3 win at McKendree on a contest decided in the third set of the number six singles round on Saturday in O'Fallon, Ill. The Panthers improved to 9-2 and dropped the Bearcats to 4-10.
 
Highlights

• McKendree took a 1-0 lead after winning two of the three doubles matches. Drury's Yaroslav Sharyy and Lukas Rieber stayed unbeaten and went 10-0 with the lone win in doubles with a 6-3 victory
• A match-up on nationally ranked singles players didn't disappoint as Sharyy, ranked 21^st nationally, got past 54^th ranked Seb Holden in a third-set tie-breaker. Sharyy improved to 11-0 with a 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (7-5) victory
• Lukas Rieber won in the number three singles match, 7-6 (7-4), 6-4 over Bendix Schroeder
• Mark Drozdetskii won a three-set match, 5-7, 7-5, 6-3 over Felix Deidrichs
• Alejandro Esquivel delivered the win for Drury in a 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 victory over Mathijs Aalpol
   

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Sun., March 30, at Missouri-St. Louis
 
#28 Drury Panthers 4, McKendree Bearcats 3
Mar 29, 2025 at O'Fallon, IL (St. Clair Tennis Club)
Singles competition
1. #21 Yaroslav Sharyy (DRURY-M) def. #54 Seb Holden (MCK-M) 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (7-5)
2. Stepan Mach (MCK-M) def. Chuy Gonzalez (DRURY-M) 7-5, 6-2
3. Lukas Rieber (DRURY-M) def. Bendix Schroeder (MCK-M) 7-6 (7-4), 6-4
4. Mark Drozdetskii (DRURY-M) def. Felix Diedrichs (MCK-M) 5-7, 7-5, 6-3
5. Luka Kalenic (MCK-M) def. Oscar Reis (DRURY-M) 7-5, 6-4
6. Alejandro Esquivel (DRURY-M) def. Mathijs Aalpol (MCK-M) 3-6, 6-1, 6-4
 
Doubles competition
1. #16 Yaroslav Sharyy/Lukas Rieber (DRURY-M) def. Bendix Schroeder/Felix Diedrichs (MCK-M) 6-3
2. Luka Kalenic/Aimar Oregui (MCK-M) def. Oscar Reis/Alejandro Esquivel (DRURY-M) 6-1
3. Stepan Mach/Mathijs Aalpol (MCK-M) def. Mark Drozdetskii/Chuy Gonzalez (DRURY-M) 7-6 (7-3)
 
Match Notes
Drury Panthers 9-2; National ranking #28
McKendree Bearcats 4-10
Order of finish: Doubles (2,1,3); Singles (2,1,5,4,6)
T-4:15 A-51