Men's Tennis

Cougars Search for First Win
         The SIU Edwardsville men’s tennis team will vie for its first win of the season when it travels to Principia College to face MacMurray College. First serve is scheduled for Saturday at 2:30 p.m.
         SIUE, which is 0-2 on the season, dropped a 6-3 decision to Western Illinois last Saturday at King’s Point in Belleville.
         Matt Kuban (Pekin), Andy Renner (Belleville) and Chris Rigdon (Glen Carbon) all picked up victories in singles play, but SIUE was shutout in doubles action in three close matches. Western Illinois edged the Cougars by the scores of 8-6 in No. 1 and No. 2 doubles, and used a tiebreaker to come out on top in No. 3 doubles.
         “We need these beginning matches to work out some kinks,” Coach Bill Logan said. “We’re a good team and will do much better as the season progresses.”
         Including the MacMurray match, SIUE still has nine matches to prepare for the Great Lakes Valley Conference portion of its schedule, which begins Mar. 23.
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