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Match Recap: Men's Tennis |

Men's Tennis Surges Past Cleveland State 5-2

The Flames have won four of their last five matches

CLEVELAND (Feb. 19, 2024) – The UIC men's tennis program (4-3) continued its winning ways as the Flames defeated former Horizon League foe Cleveland State 5-2 for its fourth victory in the program's last five matches.
 
The victory was UIC's first against Cleveland State since April 2007 and halted a 21 match win streak by the Vikings. Friday's win marked UIC's first road victory of the 2024 season.
 

COMMENT FROM HEAD COACH JOVAN PARLIC
 
"Today's match was a great dual competition and we got better as a program today. We're excited for our next challenge against Duquesne in Pittsburgh tomorrow."
 

MATCH RECAP
  • After switching up pairings in doubles competition, the Flames won the doubles point with 7-5 wins by Randy Wilson (Miami, Fla./Florida Gulf Coast) and Mihailo Savic (Smederevska Palanka, Serbia/Sportska Gimnazija) at the No. 1 position and Aleksa Bucan (Belgrade, Serbia/Arkansas) and Robinson Le Meur (Evreux, France/Sciences Po Bordeaux) at the No. 3 spot. All three doubles matches ended in 7-5 scores.  
  • In the singles competition, the Flames won four of their six matches, with two of the wins finishing in straight sets.
  • At No. 1 singles, Wilson won 6-3, 6-4 for his second win in a row.
  • After splitting the first two sets at No. 2 singles, Bucan pulled away in the third set to come away with a hard-fought three-set victory over Cleveland State's Lincoln Battle, serving his opponent his first loss of the 2024 season.
  • Facing the reigning Horizon League Singles Player of the Week, Le Meur dominated against his CSU opponent at No. 3 singles, winning in straight sets. The sophomore is currently on a five-match win streak.
  • In an exciting three-set match at No. 4 singles, Edoardo Bottino (Genoa, Italy/Queens University) came away with the victory over Cleveland State's previously undefeated Carl Gedlitschka. The senior is a perfect 5-0 when competing this season at the No. 4 singles spot and and is tied with Bucan and Le Meur for the most singles wins in 2024 with five.
Full results from Friday's contest are below.
 
RESULTS
 
UIC 5, CSU 2
 
Doubles - UIC wins the doubles point
  1. Wilson/Savic (UIC) def. Gedlitschka/Abboud (CSU) 7-5
  2. Mindry/Jamison (CSU) def. Schwebel/Bottino (UIC) 7-5
  3. Bucan/Le Meur (UIC) def. Battle/Boyer (CSU) 7-5
Singles
  1. Wilson (UIC) def. Erler (CSU) 6-3, 6-4
  2. Bucan (UIC) def. Battle (CSU) 7-5, 4-6, 6-2
  3. LeMeur (UIC) def. Mindry (CSU) 6-0, 6-1
  4. Bottino (UIC) def. Gedlitschka (CSU) 7-6 (9), 3-6, 6-2
  5. Boyer (CSU) def. Schwebel (UIC) 7-6 (2), 6-4
  6. Jamison (CSU) def. Savic (UIC) 4-6, 6-4, 6-3
UP NEXT
  • The Flames are back in competition tomorrow with a match against Duquesne (4-1)
  • Saturday's match will start at 3 p.m. CT from Alpha Tennis and Fitness of Pittsburgh.
  • The Dukes are riding a four-match win streak. Duquesne has won its past two matches via 7-0 sweeps.
  • Graduate student Jin Dassanayake is currently 5-0 for the Dukes at No. 2 singles and is one of two Duquesne student-athletes to remain unbeaten on the year, along with senior Kaipo Marshall (3-0). 
FOLLOW THE FLAMES
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