Box Score The Chicago State men's tennis team dropped a 7-0 decision to Illinois State Wednesday afternoon at the H-F Racquet & Fitness Club in Homewood, Illinois. The doubles team of
Javier Sanchez Pradillo and
Pedro Alvarez picked up a win at No. 1 doubles but Redbirds victories at No. 2 and 3 earned the team point. Complete results below.
The match was originally scheduled for Friday, Feb. 4 at 9 a.m. and was to be a neutral-site contest played at the Atkins Tennis Center in Urbana, Illinois but was moved due to the blizzard and snow conditions in the area.
"I thought doubles was good today, just a few tactical errors, but nothing we couldn't over come in singles," head coach
Jack Barton said. "When we got to singles, we played well but ISU made a push and we just couldn't overcome it. We waited too long to get fully energized and by the time we tried to make a run we were too far behind. This match doesn't define us. We are a good team and we just have to focus on details in practice a little more."
The team will be back in action Saturday, Feb. 12 at 5 p.m. taking on Michigan State in East Lansing, Michigan at the MSU Indoor Tennis Facility.
Illinois State vs Chicago State University
2/9/2022 at Homewood, IL
(H-F Racquet & Fitness Club)
Illinois State 7, Chicago State University 0
Singles competition
1. Nam Pham (ILLST) def.
Pedro Alvarez (CSUM) 1-6, 7-5, 6-4
2. Pol Botifoll Rius (ILLST) def. J Sanchez Pradillo (CSUM) 3-6, 6-3, 10-8
3. Melker Isaksson (ILLST) def.
Jesus Perez Plaza (CSUM) 6-4, 6-0
4. D.E. Moura Herrera (ILLST) def.
Max Sandoval (CSUM) 6-4, 6-1
5. Arvid Hjalte (ILLST) def.
Jakub Zamorski (CSUM) 6-4, 6-4
6. Zane Kohrs (ILLST) def.
Hugo Hidalgo Vega (CSUM) 6-4, 6-0
Doubles competition
1. J Sanchez Pradillo/
Pedro Alvarez (CSUM) def. Zane Kohrs/Arvid Hjalte (ILLST) 6-2
2. Melker Isaksson/Diego Le Gal Perez (ILLST) def.
Jakub Zamorski/
Jesus Perez Plaza (CSUM) 6-3
3. Nam Pham/Ming-Chieh Chiu (ILLST) def.
Hugo Hidalgo Vega/
Max Sandoval (CSUM) 6-1
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Chicago State University Athletics is comprised of 15 intercollegiate teams involving over 150 student-athletes that compete in basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, tennis, indoor and outdoor track and volleyball. CSU held memberships in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and NCAA Division II before transitioning to NCAA Division I in 1994. Melvin Bland was the first CSU student-athlete to gain NAIA All-American status in 1974 as a wrestler. Fred Evans became the first black swimmer ever to win a national championship in 1975. In 1991, the Chicago State women's tennis team became the first all-black college team to amass an unbeaten season at the NCAA level. CSU's women's basketball team earned a spot in the 2011 Women's Basketball Invitational and CSU's men's basketball team won the 2013 Great West Conference Tournament title, also making an appearance in the CollegeInside.com Postseason Tournament (CIT). The Men's Outdoor Track & Field 4x100-Meter Relay team were 2019 Honorable Mention All-Americans and WAC Champions. Their feat marked the first time the Chicago State's men's track & field program was represented at the national meet. Chicago State volleyball recorded a historic season in 2021, with Yanlis Feliz becoming CSU's first volleyball All-American and head coach
Tony Trifonov earning selection as WAC Coach of the Year.
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