The Chicago State men's tennis team competed in the two-day Bellarmine Invitational Friday and Saturday at the Eddie Weber Tennis Complex in Louisville, Kentucky. Competing teams included Eastern Illinois, UIC and host Bellarmine.
Pedro Alvarez and
Max Sandoval teamed for a doubles win against Eastern Illinois and both earned singles wins against the Panthers.
"Friday, I wasn't happy with their fight in the latter part of our matches," head coach
Jack Barton said. "We didn't take ownership of our play and we blamed external factors as to why things weren't working. It affected our body language and self talk when we got down and couldn't get out of our own way.
"Today was a lot better. We competed hard from start to finish so I think they did some self reflection from the previous day and decided that they would fight to the end and that's what I saw out of them."
Compete results listed below.
The Cougars will be off for a month before completing their fall schedule on October 20-21 at the Purdue Northwest Fall Invitational at the Park Forest Racquet Club in Park Forest, Illinois.
Bellarmine Invitational
Hosted by Bellarmine University
September 22-23, 2023
Eddie Weber Tennis Complex
Louisville, Kentucky
Friday, September 22
Round 1
Bellarmine vs. Chicago State
Doubles
Nice/Ecarma (Bellarmine) def.
Max Sandoval/
Pedro Alvarez (Chicago State), 8-3
Batchelor/Shioi (Bellarmine) def.
Rodrigo Alves/
Percy Siercke (Chicago State), 8-6
Reynolds/Ramesh (Bellarmine) def.
Reed Gahagan (Chicago State)/Elliot Daum, (UIC), 8-1
Round 2
Chicago State vs. Eastern Illinois
Doubles
Max Sandoval/
Pedro Alvarez (Chicago State) def. Wallace/Karlstad(Eastern Illinois), 7-6 (7-5)
Slabbert/Carlin (Eastern Illinois) def.
Rodrigo Alves/
Percy Siercke (Chicago State), 8-4
Riera/White (Eastern Illinois) def.
Reed Gahagan (Chicago State)/Elliot Daum (UIC), 8-4
Round 3
Bellarmine vs. Chicago State
Singles
Batchelor (Bellarmine) def.
Pedro Alvarez (Chicago State), 7-5, 6-3
Nice (Bellarmine) def.
Rodrigo Alves (Chicago State), 7-6 (7-4), 6-1
Ramesh (Bellarmine) def.
Max Sandoval (Chicago State), 6-1, 6-1
Ecarma (Bellarmine) def.
Percy Siercke (Chicago State), 7-5, 6-2
Reynolds (Bellarmine) def.
Reed Gahagan (Chicago State), 6-2, 6-4
Shioi (Bellarmine) def. Zack White (Eastern Illinois), 7-5, 6-2
Saturday, September 23
Round 4
Chicago State vs. UIC
Doubles
Wilson/Iermolov (UIC) def.
Max Sandoval/
Pedro Alvarez (Chicago State), 8-7 (10-8)
Bottino/Schwebel (UIC) def.
Rodrigo Alves/
Percy Siercke (Chicago State), 8-2
Round 5
Eastern Illinois vs. Chicago State
Singles
Pedro Alvarez (Chicago State) def. Carlin (EIU), 6-1, 6-0
Riera (EIU) def.
Rodrigo Alves (Chicago State), 6-1, 2-6, 6-4
Max Sandoval (Chicago State) def. Slabbert (EIU), 3-6, 6-4, 17-15
Ayerbe-Streabel (EIU) def.
Percy Siercke (Chicago State), 6-1, 2-6, 6-0
White (EIU) def.
Reed Gahagan (Chicago State), 6-0, 6-1
Shioi (Bellarmine) def. Zack White (Eastern Illinois), 7-5, 6-2
Round 6
UIC vs. Chicago State
Singles
Pedro Alvarez (Chicago State) def. Bottino (UIC), 6-1, 3-6, 6-4
Wilson (UIC) def.
Max Sandoval (Chicago State), 6-1, 6-4
Schwebel (UIC) def.
Rodrigo Alves (Chicago State), 5-7, 6-4, 6-3
Percy Siercke (Chicago State) def. Daum (UIC), 6-3, 6-1
Iermolov (UIC) def.
Reed Gahagan (Chicago State), 6-2, 6-3
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