CHARLESTON, Ill. -- Both Eastern Illinois tennis squads dropped a 5-2 home match to Murray State on Saturday, as the Panther men and women fell to 2-15 and 5-10 overall, respectively.

The Ohio Valley Conference dual win by the Racers improved the men and women to 5-12/2-13 and 8-12/4-3. Both EIU squads, meanwhile, dropped their league marks to 1-6 on the year.

The match was the final event of the season for the Panther men, while the Eastern women will host OVC rival Southeast Missouri on Sunday (April 10) at 2 pm.

MUR Men 5, EIU Men 2
Sat., April 9, 2011 at Charleston, Ill.
(Rex Darling Courts)

Singles
1. Jorge Caetano (MUR) def. Michael Sperry (EIU) - 7-6, 6-3
2. Joao Camara (MUR) def. Matyas Hilgert (EIU) - 6-3, 6-3
3. Warren Race (EIU) def. Renaldo Domoney (MUR) - 4-6, 6-4, 6-4
4. Luka Milicevic (MUR) def. Kevin Bauman (EIU) - 6-0, 7-5
5. Jamie Firth (EIU) def. Arthur Valle (MUR) - 1-6, 7-6, 10-1
6. Mason Johnson (MUR) def. Volodymyr Zverkovsky (EIU) - 6-4, 6-4

Doubles
1. Caetano/Valle (MUR) def. Sperry/Hilbert (EIU) - 8-5
2. Milicevic/Domoney (MUR) def. Firth/Dryden (EIU) - 8-4
3. Race/Bauman (EIU) def. Johnson/Jose Berardo (MUR) - 8-4

Match Notes: MUR (5-12/2-3 OVC); EIU (2-15/1-6 OVC)
… Ohio Valley Conference match


MUR Women 5, EIU Women 2
Sat., April 9, 2011 at Charleston, Ill.
(Rex Darling Courts)

Singles
1. Janelle Prisner (EIU) def. Cassidy Cunitz (MUR) - 6-4, 7-6
2. Ashley Canty (MUR) def. Jennifer Kim (EIU) - 6-3, 6-3
3. Alexis Webb (MUR) def. Shannon Brooks (EIU) - 6-1, 6-1
4. Amanda Dibbs (EIU) def. Taylor Vick (MUR) - 6-4, 6-1
5. Lindsey Wiseman (MUR) def. Annie Egan (EIU) 0 6-1, 6-0
6. Carla Suga (MUR) def. Cara Huck (EIU) - 3-4, retired

Doubles
1. Prisner/Cara Huck (EIU) def. Canty/Cunitz (MUR) - 8-4
2. Webb/Suga (MUR) def. Brooks/Dibbs (EIU) - 8-2
3. Vick/Wiseman (MUR) def. Kim/Egan (EIU) - 8-4

Match Notes: MUR (8-12/4-3 OVC); EIU (5-10/1-6 OVC)
… Ohio Valley Conference match

... for more info, contact Bart Rettberg, Asst. SID