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O'FALLON, Ill. – Eastern Illinois men's tennis battled on Friday afternoon against Saint Louis but came up just short as the Panthers lost 4-3 at the St. Clair Tennis Center.
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Freddie O'Brien continued his solid play at No. 1 singles as he won his fifth straight match of the season. O'Brien saved three match points and picked up a win over David Ferragut, a two-time first team All-Atlantic 10 Conference performer. O'Brien won 4-6, 7-6 (6), 1-0 (3) to improve to 5-1 on the season.  O'Brien also picked up a win at No. 1 doubles partnered with
Trent Reiman. They knocked off Justin Nogalski and John Nogalski, 6-4.  SLU would win at No. 2 and No. 3 doubles to take the point.
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EIU scored another point on the first win of the spring season by freshman
Kaisei Kuroki. Kuroki came back to win in three sets against Oscar Pachon playing at No. 3 singles with a 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 win.
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Gage Kingsmith collected the final point with a default win at No. 6 singles.Â
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EIU falls to 1-6 on the season and will play at Valparaiso next Friday.  SLU improved to 1-3.
