UIC closed the regular season with a 6-1 defeat at the hands of regular season co-champion Cleveland State Sunday afternoon.  The Flames got off to a great start by taking the doubles point, but the Vikings swept the singles matches.

Doubles Results

• Cleveland State downed Johan Hedstrom and William Wale, 6-3, to win the #2 doubles set.
• The Flames evened the score with a 6-3 win at #3 by Marco Nanni and Kailash Panchapakesan.
• UIC won the point with Niko Wasilewicz and Marcelo Dib won on the #1 court, 6-4.

Singles Results

• Hedstrom moved into the #1 flight for just the third time all season.  He fell, 6-1, 6-0, to the Horizon League's top singles player, Nico Mostardi.
• Dib was a 6-2, 6-1 victim at #4.
• Nanni gathered momentum in his second set, but it was not enough to fend off CSU's Luke Phillips at #3, 6-1, 6-4.
• Wasilewicz slid down to the #2 court, where he dropped a 6-3, 6-3 match.
• Panchapakesan was within two games of winning each set, but could not get over the hump in either one in a 6-4, 7-5 loss.
• Piotr Lada, playing for the second straight day in the #6 flight, came even closer and forced a second set tiebreaker, but ultimately fell 7-5, 7-6 (3).

Up Next

• The Flames will be the #5 seed in the Horizon League Tournament.
• They will face Green Bay in quarterfinal action on Friday.
• The tournament, originally scheduled for XS Tennis in Chicago, will be played at Purdue's Schwartz Tennis Center due to facility issues.