Action continued Saturday at the River Forest Collegiate Invitational, with doubles draws coming to a conclusion and singles draws determining who would play for the championships.  UIC saw three doubles teams, and four singles players, come away with a victory, highlighted by Pelle Strandberg, who will play for the #3 singles championship Sunday.

Doubles – Final Round

• Niko Wasilewicz and Pelle Strandberg stumbled in the third place match in the #1 draw, 8-4 to Horizon League rival Detroit Mercy.
• Anthony Nguyen and Kasper Parlklo were victorious in their fifth place match at #2, earning an 8-5 win over a duo from Valparaiso.
• In the #3 bracket, Johan Hedstrom and William Wale won the third place match by an 8-5 score over Eastern Illinois.
• The #4 draw featured pre-determined matchups.  In the third round, Kailash Panchapakesan and Alvaro de la Fuente swept their foes from Youngstown State, 8-0.

Singles – Second Round

• Niko Wasilewicz began the day with a walkover in the #1 draw, moving him into the fifth place match.
• Johan Hedstrom started strong but ultimately fell in a tiebreaker, 3-6, 6-4, (10-4) to Eric Marbach out of Northern Illinois.  Hedstrom will play in the third place match.
• Pelle Strandberg rallied from a set down for the second straight day.  He advanced to the championship match at #3 with a 4-6, 6-3, (10-7) win over St. Louis' Kenji Yanaba.
• Kasper Parlklo was unable to match Strandberg's result, getting shut out of the championship #4 match by a 6-3, 7-5 score.
• Panchapakesan will look to finish seventh in the #5 draw after falling to Youngstown State's Luke Purser, 6-2, 6-0.
• Nguyen fell into the third place match as Daniel Hernandez (Eastern Illinois) proved to be too much, 6-3, 6-1.
• Wale fell in Group A of the predetermined, #7 bracket, 6-1, 6-2.  Piotr Lada was a 7-6 (3), 7-6 (2) winner in Group B.  de la Fuente was also a straight sets winner, albeit in a tiebreaker, 6-2, 7-6 (4) in Group C.

Up Next

• The River Forest Invitational will conclude Sunday.
• The final round of singles play will be the featured event.