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Saluki men's tennis picks up win over UT-Martin
03/26/2009 | 12:00:00 | Men's Tennis
March 26, 2009
By Megan Kramper
www.SIUSalukis.com
Carbondale, Ill.- The Southern Illinois men's tennis team put another tally in the win column with a victory over the University of Tennessee-Martin, 6-1 at the Carbondale Community High School tennis courts.
With the win the Salukis remained perfect at home this season as they are now 6-0 in matches played in Carbondale.
The Salukis have also been strong in doubles play as they have gone 9-2 in those matches for the season.
Head coach Dann Nelson said even with two of the Salukis not playing in singles, the team was still able to pull off a strong win.
"We played very good and were able to sit some of our guys out today and still be at a very good (UT-Martin) team," Nelson said. "It will help us for the tough competition we have coming this weekend."
The Salukis ( will conclude their six game home stand this weekend as they host Northern Illinois on Saturday at 1 p.m. and Illinois-Chicago on Sunday at 10 a.m. Both matches will be played at the University Courts.
Complete Results
Doubles
No. 1: Stephen Bruwer/Andrey Yesipov defLucas Waked/Anton Leonenko 8-7(2)
No. 2: Sebastian Rubiano/Hugo Vidal def. Alfredo Krywacz/Petr Markov 8-3
No. 3: Eric West/Felipe Villasenor def. Matthew Harris/Shuntaro Tsukiyama 8-0
Singles
No. 1: Stephen Bruwer def. Lucas Waked 3-6, 3-0 (retired by injury)
No. 2: Felipe Villasenor def. Alfredo Krywacz 6-1, 6-1
No. 3: Eric West def. Petr Markov 6-1, 6-1
No. 4: Sebastian Rubiano def. Matthew Harris 6-0, 6-0
No. 5: Pavlo Buryi def. Shuntaro Tsukiyama won by default
No. 6: Anton Leonenko def. (none) won by default
