Eastern Illinois men's tennis wrapped up the 2024 season on Saturday with a 4-0 loss at Tennessee Tech as the match was played to clinch.
EIU failed to qualify for the Horizon League Tournament as seniors
Pau Riera,
Cameron Slabbert and
Thomas Wallace competed in their final collegiate events.
TTU won the doubles point picking up wins at No. 2 and No.3 doubles. The match at No.1 doubles featuring
Tyler Carlin and
Thomas Wallace was left unfinished tied 6-6 when the Golden Eagles clinched the overall point.
In singles play TTU won matches at No. 1 singles, No. 5 singles and No. 6 singles to win the overall match.
Wallace played at No. 5 singles and lost to Lucas Bitzer, 6-2, 6-0.
Riera played at No. 1 singles losing to Alex Alvarez, 6-1, 6-3.
Slabbert played at No. 2 singles for the Panthers with his match against Murilo Burckhardt left unfinished. Burckhardt won the opening set 6-0. Slabbert was leading the second set 6-5 when the match was left unfinished.
Tyler Carlin playing at No. 3 singles and
Zach White at No. 4 singles also had unfinished matches.
