Southern Illinois University
Wichita State
Men's Tennis Handed 6-1 Loss By Wichita State
04/10/2004 | 12:00:00 | Men's Tennis
April 10, 2004
By Dustin Thompson
www.SIUSalukis.com
CARBONDALE, Ill. - After their six match win streak was snapped last weekend the Salukis have struggled to get anything moving in the positive direction. With today's loss to the Shockers of Wichita State the Dawgs fall to 9-9 on the season and 1-5 in Missouri Valley Conference play.
SIU's only bright spots in today's match up were sophomore Tomas Gonzalez's win at the No. 6 singles spot and Gonzalez's doubles victory at the No. 2 spot as the sophomore teamed up with senior Peter Bong to defeat Gubic and Vajaklija of WSU 8-4.
The Salukis dropped the doubles point to the Shockers along with the No.1 through No. 5 singles matches. The Salukis will try to get above .500 on the season as they continue MVC play against Drake on April 18 and will face Creighton on April 19 to wrap up the regular season.
Results
WSU (6)- SIU (1)
Doubles
No.1- Laredo/ Escalante (WSU) def. Soswa/ Ilievski (SIU) 8-4
No.2- Bong/ Gonzalez (SIU) def. Gubic/ Vajaklija (WSU) 8-4
No.3- Cantante/ Despot (WSU) def. Botero/ Nomicos (SIU) 8-4
Singles
No.1- Contente (WSU) def. Peter Bong (SIU)- 6-3, 6-2
No.2- Vajaklija (WSU) def. Alexandru Nomicos (SIU) 6-4, 6-0
No.3- Despot (WSU) def. Julian Angel Botero (SIU) 1-6, 6-1, 6-0
No.4- Laredo (WSU) def. Bojan Ilievski (SIU) 2-0, (ret.)
No.5- Escalante (WSU) def. Lukasz Soswa (SIU) (def.)
No.6- Tomas Gonzalez (SIU) def. Gubic (WSU) 6-2, 6-1
