BLOOMINGTON, Ind. Eastern Illinois men's tennis opened the 2018 spring season on Monday evening falling 7-0 to Big Ten member Indiana.
The Panthers will return to action this weekend playing at Ball State.
Playing at No. 1 singles EIU's
Freddie O'Brien lost in straight sets to Raheel Manji - 6-1, 6-0. Manji is currently ranked No. 125 in the ITA singles rankings.
EIU had two freshmen in the starting line-up with
Kaisei Kuroki playing at No. 2 singles and
Logan Charbonneau playing at No. 4 singles. Antonio Cembellin beat Kuroki – 6-3, 6-3; while Brandon Lam defeated Charbonneau – 6-4, 6-1.
Trent Reiman lost at No. 3 singles.
Gage Kingsmith was defeated at No. 5 singles and
Grant Reiman lost at No. 6 singles.
Indiana won the doubles point winning all three doubles matches. Kingsmith and
Grant Reiman had the most competitive score losing, 6-4, at No. 2 doubles.
1. Raheel Manji (IND) def. O'BRIEN, Freddie (EIU) 6-1, 6-0
2. Antonio Cembellin (IND) def. KUROKI, Kaisei (EIU) 6-3, 6-3
3. Bennett Crane (IND) def. REIMAN, Trent (EIU) 6-0, 6-0
4. Brandon Lam (IND) def. CHARBONNEAU, Logan (EIU) 6-4, 6-1
5. Andrew Redding (IND) def. KINGSMITH, Gage (EIU) 6-1, 6-3
6. William Piekarsky (IND) def. REIMAN, Grant (EIU) 6-3, 6-2
Doubles competition
1. Raheel Manji/Keivon Tabrizi (IND) def. O'BRIEN, Freddie/REIMAN, Trent (EIU) 6-2
2. Antonio Cembellin/Afonso Salgado (IND) def. KINGSMITH, Gage/REIMAN, Grant (EIU) 6-4
3. Payam Ahmadi/Zac Brodney (IND) def. WOODSON, Jared/KUROKI, Kaisei (EIU) 6-1
