PEORIA, Ill. – Eastern Illinois men's tennis fell to 3-3 on the early spring season following a 5-2 road loss at Bradley on Wednesday (March 6) afternoon.

After being swept in the all-important doubles point, Michael Sperry and Warren Race got the Panthers on the scoreboard as each earned nice three-set victories at the No. 1 and No. 2 spots in the singles lineup.

Unfortunately, by then Eastern was already down 5-0 in the match as the rest of the Eastern lineup lost in straight sets at No. 3 thru No. 6.

The Panther men will next be in action on March 19, traveling to Chicago State for a 1:30 p.m. match.  Then the guys will join the EIU women's squad in a road Ohio Valley Conference opener at SIU Edwardsville two days later on March 21 at 2 p.m.

BU Men 5, EIU Men 2
Wed., March 6, 2013
Clubs at River City North in Peoria, Ill.

Singles
1.  Michael Sperry (EIU) def. Hamish Weerasinghe (BU) - 6-3, 4-6, 7-5
2.  Warren Race (EIU) def. Arthur Romanet (BU) - 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7)
3.  Juan Diego Cuadrado (BU) def. Robert Skolik (EIU) - 6-0, 6-2
4.  Ahmed Albitar (BU) def. Kevin Bauman (EIU) - 6-2, 6-4
5.  Ashton Kalhorn (BU) def. Ryan Henderson (EIU) - 7-5, 6-4
6.  Justin Abrams (BU) def. David Constantinescu (EIU) - 6-0, 6-4

Doubles
1.  Albitar/Kalhorn (BU) def. Race/Sperry (EIU) - 8-3
2.  Cuadrado/Weerasinghe (BU) def. Bauman/Skolik (EIU) - 8-2
3.  Abrams/Romanet (BU) def. Henderson/Volodymyr Zverkovsky (EIU) - 8-6

Order of Finish
Singles ... 3,4,6,5,1,2
Doubles ... 1,2,3

Match Notes
Eastern Illinois ... 3-3
Bradley ... 5-5

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