The Chicago State's men's tennis team completed the second and third rounds of doubles and the third round of singles Sunday morning at the 2022 Vredevelt Invitational hosted by Western Michigan in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
Pedro Alvarez and
Hugo Hidalgo Vega each picked up a pair of singles victories while Alvarez teamed with
Max Sandoval to earn a doubles win in round three. Alvarez and Hidalgo Vega each went 2-1 in singles over the two-day event.
"It was a good beginning to the season," head coach
Jack Barton said. "We need to work on doubles this week at practice but I'm ready proud how the guys competed this weekend."
Listed below are the complete weekend results for Chicago State. The Cougars men's tennis team will be back in action October 7-9 at the Illinois State Invitational at the Evergreen Racquet Club in Bloomington, Illinois.
2022 Vredevelt Invitational
Hosted by Western Michigan
September 24-25
Chicago State Results
Saturday's Results
Doubles, Round 1
Schlueter/George, WMU defeated
Arhaan Pahwa/Hugo Hidalgo, Chicago State, 6-2
Singles, Round 1
Hugo Hidalgo, Chicago State defeated Pierce, WMU, 6-4, 6-2
Teichmann, Cleveland State defeated
Max Sandoval, Chicago State, 6-4, 6-0
Abboud, Cleveland State defeated
Arhaan Pahwa, Chicago State, 6-1, 6-2
Rothchild, Cleveland State defeated
Reed Gahagan, Chicago State, 6-0, 6-0
Singles, Round 2
Honnappa, WMU defeated Hugo Hidalgo, Chicago State, 4-6, 6-4, 10-8
Chappell, Cleveland State defeated
Max Sandoval, Chicago State, 1-6, 7-6, 13-11
Pumpelly, Navy defeated
Reed Gahagan, Chicago State, 6-0, 6-1
Sunday's Results
Doubles, Round 2
Brennan/Huete, Butler defeated Pedro Alavrez/
Max Sandoval, Chicago State, 6-3
Staiger/Chappell, Cleveland State defeated
Arhaan Pahwa/Hugo Hidalgo, Chicago State, 6-3
Pumpelly/McLeod, Navy defeated
Reed Gahagan, Chicago State/Moser, DePaul, 7-6 (3)
Doubles, Round 3
Pedro Alavrez/
Max Sandoval, Chicago State defeated Arts/Konakanchi, Butler, 6-2
Pumpelly/McLeod, Navy defeated
Arhaan Pahwa/Hugo Hidalgo, Chicago State, 6-0
Carr/William, Butler defeated
Reed Gahagan, Chicago State/Rothschild, Cleveland State, 6-0
Singles, Round 3
Pedro Alvarez, Chicago State defeated Segraves, Navy, 3-6, 6-4, 12-10
Pumpelly, Navy defeated
Arhaan Pahwa, Chicago State, 6-4, 6-2
McLeod, Navy defeated
Max Sandoval, Chicago State, 1-6, 6-2, 10-8
Boyer, Cleveland State defeated
Reed Gahagan, Chicago State, 6-2, 6-0
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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