UIC improved to 3-0 in Horizon League play with a 4-3 win over IUPUI Saturday morning.  Later, the Flames traveled across Indianapolis to tangle with Butler, who emerged with a 4-2 victory.

"Doubles was solid again today," head coach Hans Neufeld said after his squad won the doubles point in both matches.  "We got a Swedish sweep this morning.  Anthony [Nguyen] bounced back from a tough loss this morning with a dominating effort against Butler.  Johan [Hedstrom] again played an outstanding singles match but came up short tonight."

The Flames won four of the first five points against IUPUI before the Jaguars collected two late singles wins.  In the nightcap, Neufeld shuffled his lineups, debuting a new doubles team and slotting two players into the singles lineup for the first time in several matches.

Doubles Results vs. IUPUI

• Johan Hedstrom and Kasper Parlklo won their fourth straight match with a 6-4 victory on the #2 court.
• Niko Wasilewicz and William Wale fell in a 6-4 set at #1 to set up a winner-take-all decision at #3.
• UIC won the doubles point when Marcelo Dib and Pelle Strandberg, playing together for the first time, wrapped up a 6-4 win.

Singles Results vs. IUPUI

• Parlklo got back in the win column with a quick, 6-2, 6-2 win in the #3 flight.
• Strandberg remained undefeated in Horizon League play and won his fourth straight overall, 6-3, 6-4 at #5.
• IUPUI temporarily staved off defeat with a 6-2, 6-4 win on the #6 court over Dib, who was making his season debut in singles play.
• Hedstrom clinched the match with his fourth straight win.  He took down his opponent at #1, 7-5, 6-3.
• Wasilewicz fell in the #2 match, 3-6, 6-3, 6-0.  IUPUI won the last two points, taking a 4-6, 7-5, 7-6 (5) decision over Anthony Nguyen at #4.

Doubles Results vs. Butler

• Hedstrom and Parlklo got the Flames off to a fast start again, winning 6-1 at #2.
• Like the first match of the day, the doubles point came down to the final set after Wasilewicz and Wale fell at #1 by a 6-3 score.
• Strandberg teamed with Alvaro de la Fuente for the first time to take the #3 match, 6-3, and put the Flames up 1-0 on the team scoreboard.

Singles Results vs. Butler

• Parlklo was a 6-1, 6-2 victim on the #2 court, where he was playing for just the second time.
• Nguyen was elevated to the #3 flight for the first time.  He responded with a convincing 6-4, 6-1 win.
• Butler evened the score on the #4 court, where Strandberg fell in a close match, 6-4, 7-5.
• The Bulldogs moved within one win of clinching the team victory when de la Fuente went down 6-1, 6-1 at #6.
• Hedstrom bounced back from a close loss in the first set to win the second set easily, but fell in the third, 7-6, 1-6, 6-3.
• Wale entered the singles lineup for the first time since late February.  His #5 match was 7-6, 0-1 in favor of Butler when it was discontinued.

Up Next

• The Flames will return to Horizon League play when the stretch run of the regular season commences next weekend.
• UIC will host Green Bay Saturday at 1:00 in the 2019 home finale.