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Photo Gallery (by
Sandy King)
CHARLESTON, Ill. – Eastern Illinois men's tennis played its first home match at Darling Courts in nearly two years as the Panthers hosted Tennessee Tech in Ohio Valley Conference play on Saturday afternoon.
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The Golden Eagles won the doubles point and then would secure all six singles points to beat EIU, 7-0.
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In doubles play, TTU won at No. 1 and No. 3 doubles. At the time the Golden Eagles clinched the doubles overall point,
Christos Kyrillou and
Thomas Wallace were winning their match at No. 2 doubles 5-3 over Carlos Vicente and Rafael Tosetto. The match was left unfinished.
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In singles play, EIU again juggled its line-up with
Karan Srivastava playing tough at No. 1 singles before losing 6-2, 6-4 to Vincente.
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Pau Riera battled at No. 5 singles losing to Andre Rodeia 6-2, 6-4 and
Cameron Slabbert competed at No. 6 singles before losing 6-1, 6-4 to Mika Berhaus.
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EIU fell to 2-11 overall, 0-2 in the OVC. TTU improved to 5-5 on the year, 2-0 in the OVC.
