Members of the UMSL men’s golf team celebrated a victory in the Doc Spragg Invitational in Findlay, Ohio. It was the Tritons’ second straight tournament title. Ludvig Granlund and Logan Mayo tied for medalist honors. (Photo courtesy of UMSL Athletics)
Men’s Golf
Ludvig Granlund and Logan Mayo shared medalist honors while leading the No. 18 University of Missouri–St. Louis men’s golf team to the championship in last week’s Doc Spragg Invitational at Findlay Country Club in Findlay, Ohio. It was the Tritons’ second straight tournament victory on the heels of their win at the Flyers Fall Intercollegiate. Granlund and Mayo each finished with rounds of 9-under-par 207, and they helped UMSL tie for the third-lowest 54-hole score in team history with a combined total of 16-under-par 848. The Tritons finished six shots clear of runner-up Wayne State. Benjamin Berger finished tied for 28th with a total of 220, one shot better than Trigg Lindahl, who tied for 32nd. Campbell Cox posted a total of 232. UMSL will wrap up the fall portion of its schedule this week when it plays in the Intercollegiate at Nemacolin at Mystic Rock Golf Course in Farmington, Pennsylvania.
Volleyball
The Tritons went 3-0 over the weekend at the Midwest Region Crossover at the Hammond Sportsplex in Hammond, Indiana, and have now won 14 consecutive matches. UMSL was tested in each of its three matches against Walsh, Michigan Tech and No. 16 Grand Valley State. The Tritons took down the Cavaliers 25-20, 25-13, 7-25, 25-22 in Friday’s opener despite a shaky third set. Walsh outhit UMSL .264-.252 in the match. Alayna Santel had 17 kills, Addison Voorhees added 13 and Brooklyn Young finished with four blocks. The Huskies forced the Tritons to a fifth set in Friday’s second match, which Coach Ryan Young‘s team won 25-18, 21-25, 25-23, 14-25, 15-11. Voorhees had a team-high 27 kills, and Skylar Weaver recorded 24 digs in the win. The Tritons hit .800 in the final frame with 13 kills and only one error as they closed out the match. UMSL’s toughest match came Saturday against the Lakers, who won the first two games before the Tritons rallied for a reverse sweep 21-25, 17-25, 25-23, 25-21, 15-13. Brooklyn Young had a career-high 16 kills. Santel had 17, and Maddy Gant finished 10 kills to go with five blocks. UMSL reeled off eight straight points to take a 14-8 lead in the final frame. Grand Valley State fended off five match points before Santel’s kill finally put the Lakers away. Setter Marly Burbach averaged 48 assists in the three victories. The Tritons (16-5) will return to Great Lakes Valley Conference competition this week when they play host to Lewis on Friday and Indianapolis on Saturday.
Women’s Soccer
No. 22 UMSL remained atop the GLVC standings when it played second-place McKendree to a scoreless draw on Wednesday night in Lebanon, Illinois. The draw ended the Tritons’ seven match winning streak. UMSL outshot the Bearcats 12-9, but the home team had a 6-3 edge in shots on goal. UMSL goalkeeper Allysa Wolf turned away all six shots for her fourth shutout of the season. Wolf, who on Monday was named the GLVC defensive player of the week, added a fifth shutout while making three saves in a 9-0 victory at William Jewell. She now has a scoreless streak of 533 minutes 9 seconds. After being frustrated offensively against McKendree, the Tritons’ attack broke out against the Cardinals. Ella Anselm started and finished the scoring while notching three goals to give her a team-leading seven on the season. Her first came in the 11th minute. UMSL also got goals from Ashtyn Fry and Aubrey Rego in the 40th minute as it opened up a 3-0 halftime advantage. Josie Maddox scored the first of six second-half goals just over a minute after the break. Anselm, Danni Cotter, Natalie Heib, Sophia Beedle and Anselm again added to the advantage. UMSL (11-1-3, 10-0-2 GLVC) is now unbeaten in 14 straight matches, dating back to Aug. 29, and it will close out its regular season with a home match against Maryville on Wednesday and a road match against Missouri S&T on Saturday.
Men’s Soccer
The Tritons moved into seventh place in the GLVC standings after playing to a scoreless draw against McKendree on the road on Wednesday and beating William Jewell 1-0 on the road on Saturday. Goalkeeper Will Winkler pitched shutouts in both matches, making a total of three saves behind a pair of strong defensive efforts. The Bearcats and Cardinals combined for only 13 shots. UMSL’s own offense struggled to generate and convert scoring opportunties, but Menlo Mensah scored in the 50th minute on Saturday with assists from Gibson Hunt and Max Matviyiv to give the Tritons the upper hand. UMSL (6-5-3, 5-4-3 GLVC) will try to lock down a place in the conference tournament as it wraps up the regular season with a home match against Maryville on Wednesday before visiting Missouri S&T on Saturday.
Women’s Tennis
Senior Aleksandra Lopez advanced to the Round of 16 in singles and won the consolation final with junior Morgan Lint in the ITA Regionals, held last Saturday through Monday in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Lopez wound up going 2-1 in the tournament, beating Illinois Springfield’s Linea Louise Lyngsgard-Broddfeldt 6-2, 6-0, and Indianapolis’ Ayse Boylan 7-6 (5), 7-5) before falling to Ferris State’s Madeline Peisley 6-2, 6-1. Lopez and Lint dropped their opening match against the Hillsdale tandem of Ane Dannhauser and Briana Rees but came back to win their next four matches, including an 8-1 win over Saginaw Valley’s Fatimah Butt and Mar Miramontes in the consolation final. Lauren Sweeney won three matches while playing her way to the consolation final in C singles. The Tritons will play a dual meet against William Woods on Friday in Fulton, Missouri.
Men’s and Women’s Cross Country
UMSL runners competed at Saturday’s Bradley Pink Classic at Newman Golf Course in Peoria, Illinois. Julio Cruz Jr. led the Tritons’ men’s team, finishing 49th individually with a time of 26 minutes, 9.4 seconds on the 8-kilometer course. Kebeb Zimmerman was the next highest finisher, coming in 114th in a field of more than 170 runners with a time of 27:29.6. The men’s team finished 23rd in the team competition with 605 points. Kali Walker was the best women’s finisher with a time of 26:10.9 in the 6-kilometer race. Teammate Elektra Alcantar was next with a time of 26:53.6. The women’s team placed 20th with 611 points. UMSL will run in the GLVC Championships on Nov. 7 at Allison Sports Town in Springfield, Missouri.
Men’s and Women’s Swimming
The Tritons swept their dual meets against Rockhurst, with the men’s team beating the Hawks 1116-89 and the women winning 112-93 on Friday afternoon at the St. Louis Community College–Forest Park swimming pool. The UMSL men’s team won seven events, including both the 400-yard medley and 200-yard relays. Gabriel Mosto, Landon Hanesworth, Kaleb Suitor and Stellio Hasapis won the former in a time of 3 minutes, 27.21 while Lathan Parks, Henrique Silva, Suitor and Hasapis took first in the latter in 1:24.23. Donald Saunders won the 200-yard freestyle in 1:44.19, Parks claimed the top spot in the 50-yard freestyle at 21.22 seconds and Hasapis won the 100-yard freestyle in 46.57 seconds. Mosto was the top finisher in the 100-yard backstroke in 51.10 seconds, and Mikael Larsson won the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 4:48.21. On the women’s side, the Tritons won six events, including a 400 medley relay win for the quartet of Ella Lantz, Uxue Ortiz de Pinedo, Audrey Lantz and Justice Beard in 3:58.31. The reigning three-time national champion Beard also swept the distance events, winning the 1,000-yard freestyle in a time of 10:28.96 and the 500-yard freestyle at 5:06.67. Audrey Lantz was the winner in the 100 free in 53.91 seconds, and her sister Ella Lantz won the 100 backstroke in 59.35 seconds. UMSL’s 200-yard free relay team of Audrey Lantz, Hailey DuVall, Kayla Rompala and Lena Olender posted a winning time of 1:39.80. The Tritons will be back in action Friday in a dual meet against Quincy.
