BOX SCORE: USI 5, UMSL 0

ELSAH, Ill.  – The University of Southern Indiana men's tennis team started the spring half of the 2009-10 season with a 5-0 non-conference win over the University of Missouri-St. Louis. USI raises its season record to 2-0 overall, while UMSL falls to 0-2.

The Screaming Eagles flew out to a fast 3-0 lead to start the spring by sweeping the three doubles matches. Junior Joseph Boesing (Floyds Knobs, Indiana) and freshman Juan Quiroz (Valencia, Venezuela) posted an 8-5 victory at number one doubles, while freshman Ben Boesing (Floyd Knobs, Indiana) and freshman Robert Nieters (Columbus, Indiana) at number two and sophomore Nathan Lattimer (Muncie, Indiana) and sophomore Wayne Roeser (Waynesville, Ohio) at number three closed out the doubles matches with 8-4 wins.

Quiroz and Joseph Boesing closed out the USI victory with straight set wins at number one and two singles. Quiroz won at number one, 6-4 and 6-4, while Joseph Boesing took the number two match, 6-2 and 6-2.

The Eagles return to action Saturday when they travel to play Franklin College and Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute, Indiana. Start time versus Rose-Hulman in Terre Haute, Indiana, is 2:30 p.m. (CST), while match time against Franklin is 5:30 p.m. (CST).

USI's first home match is scheduled February 19 when it hosts McKendree College at Advantage Courts and Fitness in Evansville, Indiana.