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University of Illinois Chicago UIC (9-9, 1-6 MAC)
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Winner University of Toledo TOLM24 (10-10, 5-3 MAC)
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University of Toledo TOLM24
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Match Recap: Men's Tennis |

Men’s Tennis Drops Road Contest at Toledo

The Flames fell to the Rockets 6-1 Friday afternoon

TOLEDO, Ohio (April 5, 2024) – The UIC men's tennis program (9-9, 1-6 MAC) dropped a 6-1 contest to Toledo (10-10, 5-3 MAC) Friday afternoon at the Shadow Valley Tennis Club.
 
Sophomore Elliott Dam (Naperville, Ill./Waubonsie Valley) won his match at No. 6 singles for the Flames in Friday's loss. COMMENT FROM HEAD COACH JOVAN PARLIC??????

"It was a close competition this afternoon with three singles matches going to a third set and we also had a close doubles point. Elliott improved a lot this year and today was a great win for him. He is one of the hardest workers in college tennis."

MATCH RECAP
  • The Rockets won the doubles point with wins at the No. 1 and No. 2 spots. The match at No. 3 doubles went unfinished due to Toledo securing the doubles point.
  • Competing at No. 6 singles, Dam won his third match of the season, defeating Toledo's Charlie Snow in three sets (2-6, 6-2, 6-3).
  • At No. 2 singles, sophomore Robinson Le Meur (Evreux, France/Sciences Po Bordeaux) dropped a back-and-forth battle, falling to Toledo's Marko Galic. All three sets were decided via tiebreaker, with Galic winning the third set 10-6.
  • Similar to Le Meur, senior Edoardo Bottino (Genoa, Italy/Queens University) went three sets against his opponent, with all three sets being decided via tiebreaker. He ultimately fell to the Rockets' Hanamichi Carvajal 10-7 in the third-set tiebreaker.
  • Toledo won the other three singles matches to win the team match 6-1.
Full results from Friday's contest are below.
 
RESULTS
 
TOL 6, UIC 1
 
Doubles - TOL wins the doubles point
  1. Sornlaksup/Galic (TOL) vs. Schwebel/Bottino (UIC) 6-4
  2. Carvajal/Komolpisut (TOL) def. Savic/Le Meur (UIC) 6-3
  3. Kova/Snow (TOL) vs. Wilson/Iermolov (UIC) 4-4, unfinished
Singles
  1. Sornlaksup (TOL) def. Wilson (UIC) 6-2, 6-2
  2. Galic (TOL) def. Le Meur (UIC) 7-6 (9-7), 6-7 (6-8), 10-6
  3. Carvajal (TOL) def. Bottino (UIC) 6-7 (5-7), 7-6 (7-5), 10-7
  4. Cozens (TOL) def. Schwebel (UIC) 6-3, 6-3
  5. Komolpisut (TOL) def. Savic (UIC) 6-4, 6-4
  6. Dam (UIC) def. Snow (TOL) 2-6, 6-2, 6-3
UP NEXT
  • The Flames conclude their three-match road trip at Buffalo Sunday. The match will start at 1 p.m.
  • The Bulls enter Sunday's contest with a 4-12 record in 2024 and are looking for their first MAC win of the season.
  • The program is on an eight-match losing streak, dating back to March 2.
  • In their first match of the season, the Flames defeated the Bulls 4-3 in Chicago, with senior Aleksa Bucan (Belgrade, Serbia/Arkansas) clinching the match victory for the Flames with his two-set win at No. 2 singles.
  • UIC is 2-0 all-time against Buffalo in series history.
 
FOLLOW THE FLAMES
  • For more information on the UIC men's tennis program, fans are encouraged to visit UICFlames.com, or follow the Flames on social media through X (@UIC_MTEN and @UICFlames) and Instagram (@uic_mten and @uicflames).
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