Men's Tennis 4/15/2017 8:24:00 PM

Tennis Closes Out Season With Doubleheader Sweep

The EIu men's tennis team closed out their 2017 season with wins over Hanover and UIS Saturday.

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CHARLESTON, Ill. - The Eastern Illinois men's tennis team capped off their 2017 season with wins over Hanover and Illinois-Springfield Saturday. Following the pair of wins the Panthers closed out their season 5-19 overall.

EIU's lone senior Jacob Wendell finished his Panther career with two doubles wins alongside partner Jared Woodson. The duo was able to clinch the doubles point for EIU against Illinois-Springfield in the Panthers second match of the day winning 7-6 (3).

Freshman Freddie O'Brien made his return to the court Saturday picking up two wins in doubles play with partner Grant Reiman.

The Panthers opened the day with a clean sweep of Hanover winning every singles and doubles match. Each Panther recorded straight set victories except for Gage Kingsmith who was pushed to a third set by Landon Carrico in the No. 1 spot. Kingsmith went on to win the match 6-2, 2-6, 1-0 (5) to record his lone singles win of the day.

Trent Reiman won both of his singles matches picking up a 6-1, 6-1 victory over his Hanover opponent before rallying for a three set victory against Christian Timm of UIS 3-6, 6-4, 6-1.

Grant Reiman nearly matched his brother on the day after winning his first match of the day 6-0, 6-1, but fell in the No. 3 spot against UIS's Logan Burgess-Hayes 6-4, 4-6, 6-2.

Freshman Marko Stefan Janjusic finished his first season at EIU with an 11-13 overall record after winning both of his singles matches. Janjusic opened the day with a 6-4, 6-2 win over Hanover's Brent Barrett. The Malmo, Sweden native then clinched the 4-3 victory for EIU over UIS pushing Sam Clarke to the limit winning in three sets 7-5, 5-7, 7-5.

With their two wins today EIU has now recorded their most wins since the 2014 season.

Eastern Illinois 7, Hanover 0

Singles competition
1. KINGSMITH, Gage (EIUM) def. Landon Carrico (HC-M) 6-2, 2-6, 1-0 (5)
2. JANJUSIC, Marko S. (EIUM) def. Brent Barrett (HC-M) 6-4, 6-2
3. REIMAN, Grant (EIUM) def. Dakota Smith (HC-M) 6-0, 6-1
4. WOODSON, Jared (EIUM) def. Alec Bates (HC-M) 6-3, 4-1, retired
5. REIMAN, Trent (EIUM) def. Jonathan Helmers (HC-M) 6-1, 6-1
6. DAVIS, Braden (EIUM) def. Mitchell Minniear (HC-M) 6-3, 6-3

Doubles competition
1. KINGSMITH, Gage/REIMAN, Grant (EIUM) def. Dakota Smith/Landon Carrico (HC-M) 6-4
2. REIMAN, Trent/O'BRIEN, Freddie (EIUM) def. Alec Bates/Brent Barrett (HC-M) 6-2
3. WOODSON, Jared/WENDELL, Jacob (EIUM) def. Mitchell Minniear/Jonathan Helmers (HC-M) 6-4

Eastern Illinois 4, Illinois Springfield 3

Singles Competition
1. Cole Buehnerkemper (UIS) def. KINGSMITH, Gage (EIUM) 7-5, 6-0
2. JANJUSIC, Marko S. (EIUM) def. Sam Clarke (UIS) 7-5, 5-7, 7-5
3. Logan Burgess-Hayes (UIS) def. REIMAN, Grant (EIUM) 6-4, 4-6, 6-2
4. David Perez (UIS) def. WOODSON, Jared (EIUM) 6-3, 6-3
5. REIMAN, Trent (EIUM) def. Christian Timm (UIS) 3-6, 6-4, 6-1
6. AMMER, Ferdinand (EIUM) def. Riley Muren (UIS) 6-4, 6-3

Doubles Competition
1. Logan Burgess-Hayes/Cole Buehnerkemper (UIS) def. KINGSMITH, Gage/REIMAN, Grant (EIUM) 6-1
2. O'BRIEN, Freddie/REIMAN, Trent (EIUM) def. Sam Clarke/David Perez (UIS) 6-2
3. WOODSON, Jared/WENDELL, Jacob (EIUM) def. Christian Timm/Riley Muren (UIS) 7-6 (3)

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Players Mentioned

Trent Reiman: Junior

Grant Reiman: Junior

Jacob Wendell: Redshirt Senior

Jared Woodson: Junior

Gage Kingsmith: Freshman

Marko Stefan Janjusic: Freshman

Freddie O'Brien: Freshman

Players Mentioned

Trent Reiman
: Junior

Grant Reiman
: Junior

Jacob Wendell
: Redshirt Senior

Jared Woodson
: Junior

Gage Kingsmith
: Freshman

Marko Stefan Janjusic
: Freshman

Freddie O'Brien
: Freshman