BLOOMINGTON, Ill. – It was another successful day for the Illinois State men's tennis team, as the Redbirds picked up a pair of wins in a split doubleheader on Sunday at the Evergreen Racquet Club over Eastern Illinois and Prairie State College to extend their winning streak to four in a row.
"We had a great day today, picking up two solid wins," ISU head coach Mark Klysner said. "We didn't play our best doubles in the first match, but we really needed to be pushed in that so we can practice playing in tense moments. Singles was much better and that kept up in the second match."
The Redbirds did not drop a set all day, although they had to fight hard and needed seven points to win each of the three doubles sets in match one against Eastern Illinois. Singles was much better for the Redbirds who swept in both matches. ISU has now recorded four-consecutive 7-0 sweeps to improve to 4-3 on the year.
Illinois State continues its homestand next Sunday with a noon match against Bellarmine at the Evergreen Racquet Club.
MATCH 1 FINAL SCORE: Illinois State (7), Eastern Illinois (0)
Doubles:Â
No. 1 Emiliano Gonzalez/Tin Ostro (ILS) def. Tyler Carlin/Jon William Karlstad (EIU) 7-6 [7-2]
No. 2 Tom Bevan/Arvid Hjalte (ILS) def. Pau Riera/Thomas Wallace (EIU) 7-5
No. 3 Caden Scarlett and Tomas Valencia (ILS) def. Cameron Slabbert/ Zach White (EIU) 7-5
Singles:
No. 1 Nam Pham (ILS) def. Pau Riera (EIU) 7-5, 6-1
No. 2 Arvid Hjalte (ILS) def. Cameron Slabbert (EIU) 6-2, 6-0
No. 3 Adrian Dibildox (ILS) def. Thomas Wallace (EIU) 6-3, 6-2
No. 4 Emiliano Gonzalez (ILS) def. Tyler Carlin (EIU) 6-1, 6-2
No. 5 Tin Ostro (ILS) def. Jon William Karlstad (EIU) 6-1, 6-4
No. 6 Tomas Valencia (ILS) def. Zach White (EIU) 6-3, 6-3
MATCH 2 FINAL SCORE: Illinois State (7), Prairie State College (0)
Doubles:Â
No. 1 Emiliano Gonzalez/Tin Ostro (ILS) def. Carlos Adrian Alcala/Nick Velders (PSC) 6-2
No. 2 Ming-Chieh Chiu/Arvid Hjalte (ILS) def. Marko Dukic/David Voinea (PSC) 6-1
No. 3 Caden Scarlett/Tomas Valencia (ILS) def. Carl Armando Alcala/Sachin Vanaraja (PSC) 6-1
Singles:
No. 1 Nam Pham (ILS) def. Nick Velders (PSC) 6-1, 6-1
No. 2 Adrian Dibildox (ILS) def. Carlos Adrian Alcala (PSC) 6-2, 6-0
No. 3 Emiliano Gonzalez (ILS) def. David Voinea (PSC) 6-0, 6-1
No. 4 Tomas Valencia (ILS) def. Sachin Vanaraja (PSC) 6-0, 6-0
No. 5 Caden Scarlett (ILS) def. Marko Dukic (PSC) 6-2, 6-1
No. 6 Ming-Chieh Chiu (ILS) def. Carl Armando Alcala (PSC) 6-1, 6-1
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