Photo Gallery (by Sandy King)

CHARLESTON, Ill. - The Eastern Illinois men's tennis team fell to Eastern Kentucky 7-0 in their home opener Friday afternoon. 

With the loss the Panthers drop to 2-16 on the season and 0-3 in conference play while EKU improves to 12-5 and 1-0 in OVC play.

The Colonels recorded all nine wins Friday sweeping both doubles play and singles play. Trent Reiman and Ferdinand Ammer pushed their doubles counterparts into a tiebreaker set ultimately falling 7-6 (5) from the No. 2 position.

In singles play, EKU won each match in straight sets, but Jared Woodson put up a strong fight against Jan Kuehling from the No. 4 spot before falling 7-5, 7-5.

the panthers close out the weekend in Indianapolis Sunday taking on Marian (Ind.) at 12 p.m.

Eastern Kentucky University 7, Eastern Illinois 0

Singles competition
1. Sebastian Mueller (EKUM) def. KINGSMITH, Gage (EIUM) 6-1, 6-2
2. Ramon van Flymen (EKUM) def. JANJUSIC, Marko S. (EIUM) 6-2, 6-2
3. Parth Aggarwal (EKUM) def. REIMAN, Grant (EIUM) 6-2, 7-6
4. Jan Kuehling (EKUM) def. WOODSON, Jared (EIUM) 7-5, 7-5
5. Diego Asis (EKUM) def. REIMAN, Trent (EIUM) 6-1, 7-5
6. Romain Stoffels (EKUM) def. AMMER, Ferdinand (EIUM) 6-3, 6-3

Doubles competition
1. Sebastian Mueller/Jan Kuehling (EKUM) def. KINGSMITH, Gage/REIMAN, Grant (EIUM) 6-3
2. Ramon van Flymen/Diego Asis (EKUM) def. REIMAN, Trent/AMMER, Ferdinand (EIUM) 7-6 (5)
3. Parth Aggarwal/Romain Stoffels (EKUM) def. WOODSON, Jared/WENDELL, Jacob (EIUM) 6-3