CARBONDALE, Ill. - The UIC men's tennis team (3-4) traveled to Southern Illinois to take on the Salukis (4-1) Saturday morning. The Flames fell, 5-2, inside the Garden Grove Event Center.

Carl Hedstrom and Marcel Dib teamed up at the No. 2 spot to collect UIC's lone doubles victory of the night, 7-5. Hedstrom and Dib have collected seven wins in ten attempts at No. 2 this season.

Teammates Christopher Cole and Mitch Granger lost a hard-fought match at No. 1, eventually falling by a score of 7-6 against Jonny Rigby and Piotr Baranski.

In singles, Granger gave forth his best effort at the No. 4 seat, downing opponent Peter Molloy, 6-3, 6-2. Dib took his match at the No. 5 spot to three sets, eventually defeating Alex Pozo, 5-7, 6-4, 10-7.

"We came out in the doubles with good energy, but lost a 19-17 heartbreaker to lose the point," said head coach Hans Neufeld. "We had a great effort from Mitch and Marcelo closing out the day."

The Flames return to action Sunday evening when they make a brief trip to Evanston, Ill. to face the Northwestern Wildcats at 5:00 p.m. (CT).

Doubles
Jonny Rigby and Piotr Baranski def. Cole and Granger 6-7 (19-17)
Hedstrom and Dib def. Wilder Pimentel and Alex Pozo 6-4
Peter Molloy and Daniel Martinez def. Cederkall and Campanile 6-4

Singles
Rigby def. Hedstrom 7-6 (3), 6-1
Pimentel def. Cole 6-1, 6-2
Baranski def. Page 6-3, 6-3
Granger def. Molloy 6-2, 6-3
Dib def. Pozo 5-7, 6-4, 10-7
Martinez def. Cederkall 6-2, 6-4