CHICAGO – The Illinois State men's tennis team picked up its second win in as many days, as the Redbirds picked up a road win in Chicago against Chicago State by a final of 6-1 to extend their win streak to four matches in a row.
"This was exactly what we needed after yesterday's result," ISU head coach Mark Klysner said. "I really wanted to see how the guys would react after such a thriller against Omaha, and although we pulled out the win, Chicago State gave us everything we could handle tonight. Now, we will see what's left in the tank and really challenge the guys to dig deep on every court tomorrow against UIC."
The Redbirds would take the early lead by winning a hard-fought doubles point. The Cougars picked up a tiebreaker win at the No. 1 spot before the Redbirds tied things up with a 7-6 [7-5] tiebreaker win of their own courtesy of Arvid Hjalte and Tom Bevan. That left the doubles point decision up to court No. 3, where ISU's Caden Scarlett and Tomas Valencia defeated Percy Siercke and Reed Gahagan (CSUM) in relatively quick fashion, 6-1, to secure the doubles point for the Redbirds.
Hjalte would then give the Redbirds a 2-0 advantage with a win at the No. 2 singles spot over Chicago State's Max Sandoval and quick wins by Scarlett at No. 6 and Tin Ostro at No. 5 would secure the match for the Redbirds. Chicago State would get on the board with a win at the No. 1 spot but wins by Adrian Dibildox at No. 3 and Valencia at No. 4 would close out the 6-1 victory for the Redbirds.
The Redbirds will wrap up their stretch of three matches in as many days on Sunday, when they take on UIC at the XS Tennis Village in Chicago at Noon.
FINAL SCORE: Illinois State (6), Chicago State (1)
Doubles:
No. 1 Max Sandoval/Pedro Alvarez (CSUM) def. Tin Ostro/Emiliano Gonzales (ILS) 7-6 [11-9]
No. 2 Arvid Hjalte/Tom Bevan (ILS) def. Zak Radziwillowicz/Rodrigo Alves (CSUM) 7-6 [7-5]
No. 3 Caden Scarlett/Tomas Valencia (ILS) def. Percy Siercke/Reed Gahagan (CSUM) 6-1
Singles:
No. 1 Pedro Alvarez (CSUM) def. Nam Pham (ILS) 6-4, 6-2
No. 2 Arvid Hjalte (ILS) def. Max Sandoval (CSUM) 6-3, 6-1
No. 3 Adrian Dibildox (ILS) def. Rodrigo Alves (CSUM) 2-6, 7-5, 10-4
No. 4 Tomas Valencia (ILS) def. Zak Radziwillowicz (CSUM) 5-7, 6-2, 10-4
No. 5 Tin Ostro (ILS) def. Percy Siercke (CSUM) 6-4, 6-1
No. 6 Caden Scarlett (ILS) def. Andrei-Rares Negrut (CSUM) 6-2, 6-1
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