Southern Illinoise University Athletics
Southern Illinois University
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Saluki men's tennis defeats Illinois-Chicago
03/29/2009 | 12:00:00 | Men's Tennis
March 29, 2009
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Carbondale, Ill.- The Southern Illinois men's tennis team continued its winning ways as they wrapped up a six match home stand by defeating Illinois-Chicago 5-2.
The Salukis have now won six straight matches and are 8-0 in home matches this season.
Head coach Dann Nelson said the Salukis are playing well at doubles and knew they would have to fight to pick up the victory.
"We knew that UIC was a strong team and that we had to play well today to get the win," Nelson said.
Felipe Villasenor picked up a big win for the Salukis at No. 2 singles winning the match in three sets defeating Bastian Harbo,4-6, 6-1, 6-4.
Villasenor is now 10-3 overall in singles play this season and 12-1 in doubles primarily partnering with Eric West at No. 3.
Nelson said wins from Eric West, Sebastian Rubiano, and Anton Leonenko in singles helped put the match away for the Salukis.
Up next for the Salukis is a match with Tennessee Tech in Cookeville, Tenn. on Wednesday April 1 beginning at 1 p.m.
Complete Results
Doubles
No. 1: George Hudson/Sebastian Lystad def. Lucas Waked/Anton Leonenko 8-3
No. 2: Hugo Vidal/Sebastian Rubiano def. Dave Robare/Bastian Harbo 8-3
No. 3: Felipe Villasenor/Eric West def. Danny Wilson and Scott Shepardson 8-3
Singles
No. 1: Sebastian Lystad def. Lucas Waked 4-1 (ret. due to injury)
No. 2: Felipe Villasenor def. Bastian Harbo 4-6, 6-1, 6-4
No. 3: Eric West def. Danny Wilson 6-1, 6-0
No. 4: George Hudson def. Hugo Vidal 6-2 6-4
No. 5: Sebastian Rubiano def. Adriano Liccardo 7-6(4) 6-3
No. 6: Anton Leonenko def. Nate Kirk 6-4 6-2
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