Feb. 14, 2010

FORT WAYNE, Ind. - The UIC men's tennis team swept their double header on Saturday, defeating Robert Morris and IPFW at the Pine Ridge Fitness and Racquet Center.

The Flames opened up the day with 7-0 victory over the Coloinals and capped it off with a 6-1 win over the Mastodons.

Newcomer Camilo Giraldo earned his first collegiate singles victory by defeating Robert Morris's Aaron Haas 6-3, 6-0, hours later Giraldo defeated IPFW's Eduardo Sztrajtman 6-4, 6-4 for his second career win.

Sebastian Lystad added two more wins to his career total on Saturday, giving the senior 61 career wins in singles play, just eight behind the all-time leader, Nick Bodmer.

UIC went six-for-six on the day in doubles play.

The Flames return to action when they travel to Peoria, Ill. to take on Bradley on Friday Feb.19 at 6 p.m.

UIC 7 Robert Morris 0
Singles
Sebastian Lystad def. Igor Neves 6-4, 6-1
Bastian Harbo def. George Sovko 6-1, 6-2
Luis Gonzaga def. Andre Coiro 6-2, 6-1
Nathan Kirk def. David Pinto 6-1, 6-2
Nicolas Ospina def. Liran Brawn 6-1, 6-1
Camilo Giraldo def. Aaron Haas 6-3, 6-0

Doubles
Bastian Harbo/Luis Gonzaga def. David Pinto/Igor Neves 8-5
Sebastian Lystad/Nathan Kirk def. George Sovko/Andre Coiro 8-2
Dave Robare/Scott Shepardson def. Liran Brawn/Daniel Becker 8-2

UIC 6 IPFW 1
Singles
Sebastian Lystad def. Francisco Sigaud 6-0, 6-4
Bastian Harbo def. Luis Maselli 7-5, 6-3
Luis Gonzaga def. Luis Sanado 6-1, 6-1
Junya Saruta def. Nathan Kirk 6-3 1-0 Ret.
Dave Robare def. Justin Collins 6-3, 6-3
Camilo Giraldo def. Eduardo Sztrajtman 6-4, 6-4

Doubles
Bastian Harbo/Luis Gonzaga def Francisco Sigaud/Justin Collins 8-5
Sebastian Lystad/Nathan Kirk def. Luis Sanado/Junya Saruta 8-4
Scott Shepardson/Nicolas Ospina def. Eduardo Sztrajtman/Luis Maselli 8-7 (7)