Jan. 29, 2011

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. - The UIC men's tennis team concluded its weekend road trip with a 7-0 dual-match loss at Illinois State in the Evergreen Racquet Club.

"Our doubles came out with energy tonight, and we played a tight match," said head coach Hans Neufeld. "For singles play, we played very well and lost to a very good. Our team as a whole improved from yesterdays match, and we showed more fight in us tonight".

Illinois State secured the doubles point, winning at the No. 1 and No. 3 positions. Junior Dave Robare and freshman Alexander Raa defeated Miljevic and Smith-Dennis, 8-5, in the No. 2 position for the Flames.

The Flames dropped straight-set decisions in the respective No. 1, second, No. 3, fourth, No. 5 and sixth singles position. Freshman Alan Reifer took his match with Juan Varon in the No. 4 position to the brink, 7-6 (2), 7-6 (2), falling just short.

UIC will face host Marquette at Helfaer Tennis Stadium in Milwaukee, Wisc, beginning at 3 p.m. CST.

Illinois State 7, UIC 0
Singles:
1. Timon Reichelt (ISU) def. Alexander Raa (UIC), 6-3, 6-3
2. Alexander Pelaez (ISU) def. Luiz Gonzaga (UIC),6-4, 6-3
3. Tuomas Manner (ISU) def. James Li (UIC), 6-3, 6-3
4. Juan Varon (ISU) def. Alan Reifer (UIC), 7-6 (2), 7-6 (2)
5. Skip Span (ISU) def. Nicolas Ospina (UIC),6-0, 6-0
6. Mya Smith-Dennis (ISU) def. Rahul Kamath (UIC),6-4, 6-4

Doubles:
1. Reichelt/Manner (ISU) def. Shepardson/Gonzaga (UIC),8-4
2. Robare/Raa (UIC) def. Miljevic/Smith-Dennis (ISU),8-5
3. Pelaez/Varon (ISU) def. Kamath/Oroskar (UIC),8-6