La Verne Drops Match To St. John's

The University of La Verne men's tennis team hosted the Johnnies from St. Paul (Minn), but fell 7-2 Tuesday afternoon at the Claremont Club.

The #1 Doubles team of Richie Delgado and Alex Muresan were able to defeat Luke Odegaard and Eric Inglis 8-3 to grab the first point of the match. Adrian Laygo and Joe Matsuoka battled hard in an effort to steal another point, but came up short 9-7 against St. John's Marcus Schoepp and Kevin Goihl.

Delgado and Odegaard matched up again in Singles play, and while Delgado would win the first set, Odegaard would come back and win the second, sending it into a tie-break. Delgado would come out on top, in a 6-3, 3-6, (12-10) final, scoring the second point of the match for La Verne.

The Leopards will continue conference action this Saturday, as they take on Cal Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks. The match begins at 2:00pm.