Box Score The Chicago State men's tennis team dropped a 6-1 decision to New Mexico State Friday morning at the Thompson Family Tennis Center in Beaumont, Texas.
New Mexico State swept the doubles matches to earn the team point and picked up singles wins at No. 1, 3 and 6 for an early 4-0 deficit. Chicago State's
Jakov Suler earned a 6-7, 7-5 win at No. 2 and the Cougars dropped competitive matches at No. 4 and 5 singles as the Aggies picked up the 6-1 win and improves to 8-12 overall and 3-0 in the Western Athletic Conference while CSU drops to 8-12 overall and 0-3 in the WAC.
"We let doubles get away from us too quick," head coach
Jack Barton said. "We got broke early on courts 2 and 3 and tried to break back but they were solid on their serves. Singles, we were down 3-0 but still felt like we had a chance to win the four remaining singles courts. Jakov (Suler) kept us in there with his win and Hugo (Hidalgo Vega) helped extend the match, but we just didn't have enough against them today."
The men's tennis team will conclude their second of three consecutive Western Athletic Conference pods Saturday morning (March 26 at 9 a.m.) against GCU at the Thompson Family Tennis Center in Beaumont, Texas.
New Mexico State vs Chicago State University
3/25/2022 at Beaumont, Texas
(Thompson Family Tennis Center)
New Mexico State 6, Chicago State University 1
Singles competition
1. Louis Menard (NMSU) def.
Pedro Alvarez (CSU) 6-4, 6-3
2.
Jakov Suler (CSU) def. Martin Simecek (NMSU) 6-4, 7-5
3. Corey Clarke (NMSU) def.
Jesus Perez Plaza (CSU) 6-2, 6-0
4. Itay Feigin (NMSU) def. J Sanchez Pradillo (CSU) 6-4, 7-6 (5)
5. Gijs Akkermans (NMSU) def.
Hugo Hidalgo Vega (CSU) 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
6. Jordy Visser (NMSU) def.
Jakub Zamorski (CSU) 6-0, 6-2
Doubles competition
1. Louis Menard/Jordy Visser (NMSU) def. J Sanchez Pradillo/
Pedro Alvarez (CSU) 6-3
2. Corey Clarke/Gijs Akkermans (NMSU) def.
Jesus Perez Plaza/
Jakub Zamorski (CSU) 6-3
3. Martin Simecek/Itay Feigin (NMSU) def.
Max Sandoval/
Jakov Suler (CSU) 6-3
Match Notes:
Order of finish: Doubles (2,3,1); Singles (1,3,6,2,4,5)
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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. During that same season, three different CSU teams earned victories over Big Ten opponents with men's soccer beating Northwestern, women's basketball upending Wisconsin and volleyball, which established a school record 17 wins and hosted a post-season volleyball tournament for the first time in program history, swept Indiana in Bloomington.
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