The Chicago State men's tennis team lost to Illinois State 6-1 Sunday night at the Evergreen Racquet Club in Bloomington, Illinois.
Hugo Hidalgo Vega picked up the Cougars lone victory with a 2-6, 7-5, 10-8 win at No. 2 singles.
Compete results listed below.
The men's tennis team will be back on the court Friday, January 27, traveling to DeKalb, Illinois to face Northern Illinois at the Nelson Tennis Center at Chick Evans Field House at 1 p.m.
Chicago State vs Illinois State
Jan 22, 2023 at Bloomington, IL
(Combe Tennis Center)
Illinois State 6, Chicago State 1
Singles
1. Nam Pham (ISU) def.
Pedro Alvarez (CSU) 6-2, 6-2
2.
Hugo Hidalgo Vega (CSU) def. Arvid Hjalte (ISU) 2-6, 7-5, 10-8
3. Melker Isaksson (ISU) def.
Max Sandoval (CSU) 7-6 (7-5), 6-4
4. Tomas Valencia (ISU) def.
Arhaan Pahwa (CSU) 6-3, 6-2
5. Adrian Dibildox (ISU) def.
Rodrigo Alves (CSU) 6-3, 6-2
6. Tin Ostro (ISU) def.
Percy Siercke (CSU) 6-4, 6-1
Doubles
1. Arvid Hjalte/Adrian Dibildox (ISU) def.
Pedro Alvarez/
Max Sandoval (CSU) 6-3
2. Melker Isaksson/Tin Ostro (ISU) def.
Arhaan Pahwa/
Rodrigo Alves (CSU) 6-2
3. Nam Pham/Tomas Valencia (ISU) leading
Percy Siercke/
Hugo Hidalgo Vega (CSU) 5-4
Order of finish: Doubles (3,2); Singles (1,5,4,6,3,2)
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 won the 2011 Great West regular season and tournament championship and earned a spot in the 2011 Women's Basketball Invitational. The 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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