LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Sept. 23, 2023) – The UIC men's tennis program wrapped up competition at the Bellarmine Invitational Saturday. The Flames competed against host Bellarmine, Chicago State and Eastern Illinois as part of the hidden dual format. The two-day invitational took place at the Eddie Webber Tennis Complex.
 
Senior Randy Wilson (Miami, Fla./Florida Gulf Coast) won all three of his matches Friday and Saturday while senior Gustavo Schwebel (Salvador, Brazil/Colegio Antonio Vieira) won two of his three singles matches.
 
In doubles competition, UIC's doubles team of Schwebel and Edoardo Bottino (Genoa, Italy/Queens University) won both of its matches.

COMMENT FROM HEAD COACH JOVAN PARLIC

"We competed very hard and this was a great test to see how we improved since the beginning of the school year. We look forward to getting back to work at practice and preparing for our remaining competitions of the fall season."
 
Full results from the Bellarmine Invitational are below.
 
SINGLES:

• Randy Wilson (UIC) def. Cameron Slabbert (EIU) 6-1, 6
• Edoardo Bottino (UIC) def. Pau Riera (EIU) 7-6 (7-3), 7-5
• Gustavo Schwebel (UIC) def. Tyler Carlin (EIU) 6-4, 6-0
• Jon Karlstad (EIU) def. Elliott Dam (UIC) 6-4, 6-3
• Thomas Wallace (EIU) def. Artem Iermolov (UIC), 6-3, 7-6 (7-4)
• Randy Wilson (UIC) def. Matthew Nice (BELL) 7-5, 6-0
• Jack Batchelor (BELL) def. Edoardo Bottino (UIC) 6-2, 6-1
• Vineet Ramesh (BELL) def. Gustavo Schwebel (UIC) 6-7 (3-7), 6-2, 10-6
• Xavier Ecarma (BELL) def. Elliott Dam (UIC) 6-2, 6-1
• Wynn Shioi (BELL) def. Artem Iermolov (UIC) 6-4, 6-2
• Randy Wilson (UIC) def. Max Sandoval (CSU) 6-1, 6-4
• Gustavo Schwebel (UIC) def Rodrigo Alves (CSU) 5-7, 6-3, 6-3
• Percy Siercke (CSU) def. Elliott Dam (UIC) 6-3, 6-1
• Artem Iermolov (UIC) def. Reed Gahagan (CSU) 6-2, 6-3

Doubles:

• Cameron Slabbert/Tyler Carlin (EIU) def. Randy Wilson/Artem Iermolov (UIC) 8-6
• Edoardo Bottino/Gustavo Schwebel (UIC) def. Thomas Wallace/Jon Karlstad (EUI) 8-7 (8-6)
• Jack Batchelor/Matthew Nice (BELL) def. Randy Wilson/Artem Iermolov (UIC) 8-3
• Xavier Ecarma/Vineet Ramesh (BELL) def. Edoardo Bottino/Gustavo Schwebel (UIC) 8-7 (7-3)
• Randy Wilson/Artem Iermolov (UIC) def. Pedro Alvarez/Max Sandoval (CSU) 8-7 (10-8)
• Edoardo Bottino/Gustavo Schwebel (UIC) def. Rodrigo Alves/Percy Siercke (CSU) 8-2

UP NEXT

• The Flames are off until next Saturday when select individuals will compete at the ITA Men's All-America Championships.
• The event will run from Sept. 30 through Oct. 8 at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center in Tulsa, Okla.

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