The Rockhurst Hawks improved their conference record to 3-2 with an 8-1 victory over Illinois Springfield on Friday at RU's Loyola Park Tennis Courts.

After winning two of the three doubles matches, Rockhurst swept all six singles matches in straight sets.

The Hawks (10-6 overall) hosts Quincy on Saturday, April 13 at 2 p.m.

Rockhurst 8, Illinois Springfield 1
Apr 12, 2013 at Kansas City, MO

Singles competition

1. Gauto-Mariotti, Ro. (RU) def. Ortega, Jose Luis (UIS) 7-5, 6-0

2. El Ghazi, Yassir (RU) def. Andres Pamies, Oriol (UIS) 6-1, 6-2

3. Grzegrzolka, Pawel (RU) def. Main, Ben (UIS) 6-1, 6-0

4. Gray, Truit (RU) def. Riera Roig, Miguel (UIS) 6-0, 6-2

5. Lazenby, John (RU) def. Pedraza, Santiago (UIS) 6-0, 6-0

6. Ibarra, Anthony (RU) def. Decker, Nick (UIS) 6-2, 6-3

 

Doubles competition

1. Lazenby, John/Grzegrzolka, Pawel (RU) def. Ortega, Jose Luis/Andres Pamies, Oriol (UIS) 8-0

2. Gauto-Mariotti, Ro./El Ghazi, Yassir (RU) def. Main, Ben/Decker, Nick (UIS) 8-2

3. Riera Roig, Miguel/Pedraza, Santiago (UIS) def. Gray, Truit/Ibarra, Anthony (RU) 8-4

Match Notes

Illinois Springfield 5-11, 2-3 GLVC

Rockhurst 10-6, 3-2 GLVC; National ranking #45; Regional ranking #6

T-3:30 A-25