Westminster men's tennis takes fourth in SLIAC Tournament

ST. LOUIS — The third-seeded Blue Jays ended their season by placing fourth in the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference postseason tournament Friday.

Westminster opened tournament play with a 5-1 loss to No. 2 Principia (Illinois) College, then shut out No. 5 Fontbonne University 5-0 in consolation play. The Blue Jays were edged by No. 4 Webster University 5-4 in the third-place match.

Westminster completed its season with a 5-7 record.

Here are Friday’s singles and doubles results:

Webster 5, Westminster 4

•No. 1 singles: Juan Granizo (WU) def. sophomore Adam Fuchs (WC), 6-4, 6-3; No. 2: senior Kyle Collins (WC) def. Ian Powers (WU), 7-6, 7-5; No. 3: sophomore Pete Hassenmueller (WC) def. Carlos Gonzalez (WU), 6-2, 6-2; No. 4: Trent Purnell (WU) def. junior Reese Hicks (WC), 6-4, 6-2; No. 5: Matt Lang (WU) def. junior Grant Peterson (WC), 6-4, 1-6, 7-5; No. 6: Charles McGee (WU) def. freshman Brendan Bosewell (WC), 6-7, 6-4, 6-2.

•No. 1 doubles: Granizo/Powers (WU) def. Fuchs/Collins (WC), 8-4; No. 2: Hassenmueller/Hicks (WC) def. Purnell/Lang (WU), 8-2; No. 3: Peterson/Bosewell (WC) def. McGee/Zach Selby (WU), 8-5.

Westminster 5, Fontbonne 0

•No. 2: Collins (WC) def. Khoa Trieu (F), 6-0, 6-0; No. 3: Hasenmueller (WC) def. Josh Eades (F), 6-1, 6-3.

•No. 1 doubles: Fuchs/Collins (WC) def. Trieu/Eades (F), 8-0; No. 2: Hasenmueller/Hicks (WC) def. Wisniewski/Stephen Lendy (F), 8-5; No. 3: Peterson/Erasmus (WC) def. Jacob Lendy/Nguyen (F), 8-0.

Principia 5, Westminster 1

•No. 1 singles: Joey Sander (PC) def. Fuchs (WC), 6-1, 6-0; No. 4: Brody Swan (PC) def. Hicks (WC), 6-2, 7-6; No. 6: Dan Wagstaff (PC) def. Bosewell (WC), 6-1, 6-2.

•No. 1 doubles: Fuchs/Collins (WC) def. Sander/Swan (PC), 9-8; No. 2: Kitchingman/Switzer (PC) def. Hasenmueller/Hicks (WC), 8-1; No. 3: Kenworthy/Doug DuFur (PC) def. Bosewell/Peterson (WC), 8-2.