SAN ANTONIO, Texas – Lamar University opened Southland Conference play Saturday in San Antonio against UIIW and the match came down to doubles play. Unfortunately, the league's other Cardinals edged out Lamar, 4-3, after winning the doubles point.
 
Lamar and UIW proved to be evenly matched in singles play with the good guys taking wins on courts 4-6 while the league's other Cardinals got victories on 1-3. The singles competition saw freshman Fabian Anthin (No. 4), sophomore Stefano Chappuis (No. 5) and Louis Drapeau (No. 6) record victories for Big Red.
 
UIW took the first victory of the day with a shutout win at No. 3 doubles. The other two courts were locked in tight battles late with UIW taking 6-5 leads on both courts. The duo of Anthin and junior Guy Dagan came up just short falling, 7-5, at No 1 singles. Although it was just the second completed match of the day it would prove to be the difference maker as it secured the doubles point for the hometown team.
 
The Cardinals will look to start a new win streak Saturday, April 5^th when they travel to Edinburg, Texas to take on UT Rio Grande Valley.