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Men's Tennis suffers loss at Marquette
02/18/2006 | 12:00:00 | Men's Tennis
Feb. 18, 2006
By Lacole Hook
www.siusalukis.com
MILWAUKEE, Wis. - The Southern Illinois men's tennis team lost to Marquette 5-2 Saturday at the Helfaer Tennis Stadium in Milwaukee. The loss drops the Salukis to 1-4.
Sergio Sanchez and Feilpe Villasenor were the only Salukis to pull off victories on the day. The duo, came away with a close 8-6 win in the No. 1 doubles spot to begin the day.
In singles action Villasenor edged out Ian Kawas at the No. 2 spot in three sets 6-4, 6-7(7), 6-3. Sanchez also had a win in the No. 3 position.
"We are playing better everyday and the results are going to start showing," said senior Tomas Gonzalez.
The Salukis will be back in action March 10 at Eastern Illinois.
Singles
No. 1-Eigis Vedrickas (MU) def. Rodrigo Lama (SIU) 6-1, 7-5
No. 2-Feilpe Villasenor (SIU) def. Ian Kawas (MU) 6-4, 6-7(7), 6-3
No. 3-Sergio Sanchez (SIU) def. Trent Hagan (MU) 6-4, 6-4
No. 4-Brett Binkley (MU) def. Andrei Bubnov (SIU) 6-4, 6-2
No. 5-Stephen Shao (MU) def. Tomas Gonzalez (SIU) 6-7(3), 6-4, 6-4
No. 6-Greg Sirotek (MU) def. Nick Bauer (SIU) 5-7, 7-6(4), 6-2
Doubles
No. 1-Sanchez/Villasenor (SIU) def. Vedrickas/Kawas (MU) 8-6
No. 2-Hagan/Shao (MU) def. Lama/Bubnov (SIU) 8-6
No. 3-Binkley/Servoss (MU) def. Gonzalez/Ilievski (SIU) 8-5
