Redbirds Drop Doubleheader against NMSU and Tulsa

TULSA, OKLA.-- The Illinois State men's tennis team (3-6) dropped a pair of matches against New Mexico State (6-8) and Tulsa (6-5) on Sunday by scores of 4-3 and 5-2 inside Michael D. Case Tennis Center.

Against NMSU, The Redbirds picked up three singles wins but dropped the doubles point. At No. 1, Tomas Valencia played to a 7-6, 6-3 win over Itay Feigin. At No. 3, Tin Ostro claimed the tiebreaker against Matias Rojas, 6-2, 7-6 (3). At No. 4, Jett Leong won in straight sets against Patrick Lohmann by scores of 6-4 and 6-3.

Against Tulsa, ISU claimed two singles wins, at No. 2 Tin Ostro defeated Connor Doig by scores of 7-6 (3), 4-6 and 4-10. At No. 3, Christian Capacci bested Nikola Puntaric in straight sets 1-6, 4-6.

The Redbirds will travel to Evanston to face Northwestern (Big Ten Conference) at 12 p.m. on Saturday inside the Combe Tennis Center.

MATCH 1 FINAL SCORE: New Mexico State (4), Illinois State (3)

Doubles:

No. 1- Tin Ostro/Tomas Valencia (ISU) def. Wallin/Campos (NMSU) 7-5

No. 2- Feigin/Lohmann (NMSU) def. Adrian Dibildox/ Finn Logue (ISU) 6-3 (3)

No. 3- Urlaub/Stipetic (NMSU) def. Caden Scarlett/Christian Capacci (ISU) 4-6

Singles:

No. 1- Tomas Valencia (ISU) def. Feigin (NMSU) 7-6, 6-3

No. 2- Wallin (NMSU) def. Adrian Dibildox (ISU) 2-6, 3-6

No. 3- Tin Ostro (ISU) def. Rojas (NMSU) 6-2, 7-6 (3)

No. 4- Urlaub (NMSU) def. Christian Capacci (ISU) 3-6, 6-7 (4)

No. 5- Jett Leong (ISU) def. Lohmann (NMSU) 6-4, 6-3

No. 6- Stipetic (NMSU) def. Finn Logue (ISU) 6-3, 6-7 (5), 1-6

MATCH 2 FINAL SCORE: Tulsa (5), Illinois State (2)

Doubles:

No. 1 -  Okonkwo/Jeser (TU) def. Tin Ostro/Tomas Valencia (ISU) 6-0

No. 2 -  Miguel/Tettamble (TU) def. Caden Scarlett/Christian Capacci 6-2

No. 3 -  Doig/Pellegrini (TU) def. Tom Bevan/Manuel Pavia 6-2

Singles:

No. 1- Miguel (TU) def. Tomas Valencia (ISU) 6-3, 6-0

No. 2- Tin Ostro (ISU) def. Doig (TU) 7-6 (3), 4-6, 4-10

No. 3- Christian Capacci (ISU) def. Puntaric (TU) 1-6, 4-6

No. 4- Komagata (TU) def. Jett Leong (ISU) 6-3, 6-4

No. 5- Tettamble (TU) def. Caden Scarlett (ISU) 6-4, 6-2

No. 6- Bojkovic (TU) def. Manuel Pavia (ISU) 6-3, 6-4

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