Muresan Picks Up Victory As Cougars Fall 6-1 To NIU

Rockford, Ill. – Junior Sergiu Muresan (Roman, Romania/) picked up a singles victory, but it was not enough as the Chicago State Men's Tennis team fell to the Northern Illinois Huskies 6-1 on Friday afternoon (Jan. 24). 

Muresan defeated Axel Lagerlof 4-6, 6-3 (10-2) at No. 1 singles to pick up a point for the Cougars. Freshman Uros Pajic (Smederevo, Seribia/Maple Valley) fell 6-1, 6-3 to Dor Amir while junior Rashley Yeremia (Jakarta, Indonesia/) fell to Carlos Manzanas by the same score. Junior Julian Chavez (Bogota, Colombia/) lost 6-0, 6-0 to Fred Cadieux. Junior Mario Noboa (Santo Domingo de los Colorados, Ecuador/) was defeated 6-3, 6-1 by Jovan Zeljkovic and junior Luis Ulloa (Guayaquil, Ecuador/) was beaten by Simon Formont 6-2, 6-2. 

The Chicago State duo of Noboa and Muresan was taken out by Amir and Lagerlof by a score of 6-4.In other doubles action, Pajic and Chavez suffered a 6-1 loss at the hands of Matt Lynch and Jovan Zeljkovic.CSU's Yeremia and Ulloa took home a 6-1 loss to Formont and Cadieux to wrap up the scoring.