Box Score The Chicago State men's tennis team lost to Lamar 6-1 Friday morning at the Eager Tennis Pavilion in Abilene, Texas. Regardless of today's outcome, the Cougars will face Seattle U Saturday at 9 a.m. with the winner advancing to the Western Athletic Conference Tournament April 22-24 in Beaumont, Texas.
In this morning's match, Lamar earned the doubles point but Chicago State won at No. 2 and pushed the other two matches to 7-5 decisions. In singles,
Hugo Hidalgo Vega earned a 6-4, 7-5 victory at No. 5 for Chicago State's lone win. Complete results listed below.
"Today was tough for the guys," head coach
Jack Barton said. "We played hard, but we were just off. We came out strong in doubles. We lost the point, but we were really sharp. We had long rallies in singles, but just couldn't stick in there."
Seattle U is facing UTRGV Friday afternoon and enter the match with an 0-4 conference record, so, even with a victory, Chicago State would advance to the WAC Tournament based on identical conference records with the Cougars holding the head-to-head victory.
"Tomorrow is basically a play-in match for the conference tournament," Barton said. "We are up to the challenge. The guys are in a good space, so we will get some rest tonight and give it our all tomorrow. It will be exciting."
Chicago State University vs Lamar
4/8/2022 at Abilene, Texas
(Eager Tennis Pavilion)
Lamar 6, Chicago State University 1
Singles competition
1. Daniel Sancho Arbizu (LAMAR) def.
Pedro Alvarez (CSUM) 6-2, 6-1
2. Juan Jose Rodriguez (LAMAR) def.
Jakov Suler (CSUM) 7-6 (5), 6-3
3. Max Amling (LAMAR) def.
Jesus Perez Plaza (CSUM) 6-3, 6-4
4. Martin Garcia-Ripoll (LAMAR) def. J Sanchez Pradillo (CSUM) 6-4, 6-2
5.
Hugo Hidalgo Vega (CSUM) def. Filippo Salsini (LAMAR) 6-4, 7-5
6. Brandon Do (LAMAR) def.
Jakub Zamorski (CSUM) 6-4, 6-2
Doubles competition
1. Juan Jose Rodriguez/Daniel Sancho Arbizu (LAMAR) def. J Sanchez Pradillo/
Pedro Alvarez (CSUM) 7-5
2.
Jakub Zamorski/
Jesus Perez Plaza (CSUM) def. Max Amling/Filippo Salsini (LAMAR) 6-4
3. Martin Garcia-Ripoll/Joshua Taylor (LAMAR) def.
Max Sandoval/
Jakov Suler (CSUM) 7-5
Match Notes:
Chicago State University 8-14, 0-5
Lamar 15-6, 5-0
Order of finish: Doubles (3,2,1); Singles (1,2,6,3,4,5)
About Chicago State
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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