SAINT LOUIS, Mo. (Apr. 25, 2009) -- The men's tennis team of Bellarmine University captured third place in the GLVC tournament with a 5-2 victory over Southern Indiana.

Expressing his happiness with the tourney results, Coach Todd Murphy said that he was very proud of all his players and the effort they showed.

The Knights showed right off that they were ready to play as they grabbed a 2-1 lead in doubles.

Nathan Matthews paired with Nick Janssen-Bernard for a 8-2 win over Joseph Boesing and Diego Gimenez at number one, while Todd Atcher and Sathi Reddy teamed up to topple Ben Roeser and Nathan Lattimer 8-4 at number three.

In singles, the Knights continued to play well as Tyler Worley bested Nathan Sexton 6-4, 6-3; Paul Clark downed Ben Hamm 6-4, 7-6 (7-2); and Reddy defeated Roeser 6-0, 6-3.

With three more points in the bag and the win in hand, the match was called and the Knights declared the victors at 5-2.

The win evened the Knights record up at 10-10 and set the stage for even better things to come in the 2010 season as five of the six tournament players will return to the court for BU next year.

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