Men's Tennis

Cougars Gear for Conference Tourney
         All SIU Edwardsville knows is that it is in the Great Lakes Valley Conference men’s tennis tournament. Its opponent will be determined Tuesday morning when a coin flip will be conducted to determine the seedings.
         SIUE, Bellarmine and Missouri-St. Louis all finished 4-4 in the conference standings. The teams’ head-to-head records could not break the tie, so the coin flip will determine the fourth through sixth seeds.
         SIUE picked up wins against Lewis and Saint Joseph’s this weekend to snap its four-match losing skid. It ends the regular season 8-9 overall and 4-4 in GLVC play.
         “Those two wins brought us to the .500 mark in the conference and put us in a good position,” Coach Bill Logan said. “All we are thinking about right now is the conference tournament.”
         Justin Free leads the team with 14-7 record on the year, which includes a 6-1 mark in conference matches. The duo of Free and Doug Kummer (Fenton, Mo.) have picked up a team-high eight victories in doubles play.
         Regardless of its opponent, the GLVC Men’s Tennis Championships will begin Friday morning at 9 a.m. in Indianapolis.
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