The University of Illinois Springfield men's tennis team picked up a big regional victory on Friday in Chatham, Ill. The Prairie Stars knocked off Missouri-St. Louis by a 5-2 margin.
 
Missouri-St. Louis captured the doubles point in the match, but UIS bounced back and captured five of the six singles matches.
 
Menno Servaes and Tomas Martinez were winners in doubles by taking the No. 1 match by a 6-0 shutout score. That pair also won their singles matches in the contest. Servaes was a 6-1 and 6-1 winner at the top singles position, and Martinez won the No. 3 match by scores of 6-1 and 6-4.
 
Other singles winners were Nick Revin at No. 2, Rafa Rojas at No. 5, and Matthew Lapsley at No. 6. Revin dropped just two games in his match, while Rojas only dropped one. Lapsley was a 6-3 and 6-4 winner.
 
The Prairie Stars remain undefeated on the year with a 4-0 record. UIS will be in action again on Sunday, March 21, at William Woods.