Southern Illinoise University Athletics
Southern Illinois University
Murray State
Men's tennis sweeps Murray State, 7-0
02/21/2009 | 12:00:00 | Men's Tennis
Feb. 21, 2009
By Megan Kramper
www.SIUSalukis.com
Carbondale, Ill.- The SIU men's tennis team swept Murray State 7-0 for their first regular season victory Saturday at SportsBlast.
Lucas Waked recorded victories in both No. 1 singles and No. 1 doubles to lead the Salukis while partner Anton Leonenko earned the victory in No. 1 doubles and No. 5 singles.
"We did what we had to and we took care of business," Head coach Dann Nelson said. "Murray State was a lot tougher than we expected but our guys stepped it up and it will really helps us next week when we play Indiana."
The Salukis stepped out with the early 1-0 lead as they swept play in the doubles and then saw some tough opponents as the singles matches progressed.
Lucas Waked used a tie breaker to defeat the Racer's Ben Clos 6-4, 7-6 (6) in No. 1 singles while Felipe Villasenor defeated Luka Milicevic in No. 2 singles 6-4, 6-2.
The Salukis (1-0) will return to action on March 1 when they travel to Bloomington, Ind. to face Indiana beginning at 10:30 a.m. CT.
Final Results
Doubles
No. 1: Lucas Waked/Anton Leonenko def. Ben Clos/Jose Berardo, 8-5
No. 2: Hugo Vidal/Sebastian Rubiano def. Luka Milicevic/Renaldo Domoney, 8-2
No. 3: Eric West/Felipe Villasenor def. Jadir Semensin/Mason Johnson, 8-7 (7-5)
Singles
No. 1: Lucas Waked def. Ben Clos, 6-4, 7-6(6)
No. 2: Felipe Villasenor def. Luka Milicevic, 6-4,6-2
No. 3: Eric West def. Renaldo Domoney, 6-3,6-1
No. 4: Hugo Vidal def. Jose Bernardo, 6-1,6-2
No. 5: Anton Leonenko def Mason Johnson, 6-1,6-0
No. 6: Sebastian Rubiano def Jadir Semensin, 6-1,6-4
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