Chicago State Men’s Tennis Sweeps Purdue Northwest 7-0

The Chicago State men's tennis team earned their second win of the day, sweeping Purdue Northwest 7-0 Saturday at the Park Forest Health and Fitness Club in Park Forest, Illinois. Earlier in the day, Chicago State picked up a 6-1 win over Holy Cross at the H-F Racquet & Fitness Club then traveled to Park Forest as the visiting team.

The Cougars earned the doubles point despite losing at No. 1 then swept singles, each match going just two sets each for the 7-0 win. Complete results below.

Chicago State University vs Purdue Northwest

3/5/2022 at Park Forest, Illinois

(Park Forest Health and Fitness Club)

1. Pedro Alvarez (CSUM) def. Miguel Cepeda (PUNW) 6-3, 6-1

2. Jakov Suler (CSUM) def. Luca Kirchhoff (PUNW) 6-2, 6-2

3. Jesus Perez Plaza (CSUM) def. Levent Evyapan (PUNW) 6-4, 6-1

4. Hugo Hidalgo Vega (CSUM) def. Bjorgvin Juliusson (PUNW) 6-2, 6-3

5. Jakub Zamorski (CSUM) def. Luis Alvear (PUNW) 6-0, 6-0

6. Max Sandoval (CSUM) def. Paul Hawes (PUNW) 6-3, 7-5

1. Miguel Cepeda/Levent Evyapan (PUNW) def. Pedro Alvarez/J Sanchez Pradillo (CSUM) 6-3

2. Jakub Zamorski/Jesus Perez Plaza (CSUM) def. Luca Kirchhoff/Bjorgvin Juliusson (PUNW) 6-2

3. Max Sandoval/Jakov Suler (CSUM) def. Jonas Franssen/Marcos Gutierrez (PUNW) 7-6

Order of finish: Doubles (12,3); Singles (2,1,5,3,4,6)

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. 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 and made 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. In 2021, 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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