by Eric Willuweit
River Forest, Ill. - Heading into weekend play, the Illinois Tech men's tennis team was winless on the young season. As the weekend concluded, the Scarlet Hawks had a two match winning streak, culminating in a 9-0 victory over Concordia Chicago in a NACC matchup Sunday evening.
Coupled with the team's split in Iowa on Saturday - an 8-1 loss to Coe College followed by an 8-1 win over Cornell College, the Scarlet Hawks improved their record to 2-4 on the season, and opened NACC play 1-0.
Jordan Lauer was one singles match away from completing a 6-0 combined singles and doubles record for the weekend, falling in his singles match against Coe in a third and deciding set. Lauer and doubles partner Davis Housman earned the only victory against Coe Saturday morning, taking the doubles match 8-7.
"Slow start in doubles against Coe" said Head Coach Kris Powell. "In singles we had a couple of chances to take some matches. We just have to capitalize when we are up. Other than that loss (versus Coe), they played well (over the weekend) and took care of business" said Powell.
Singles Play - Combined Weekend
- #1 Alann Torres was 2-3, losing his Coe match 2-7,6-7 and defeating Cornell 6-4,6-1 and Concordia Chicago 6-2,6-1.
- #2 Housman went 2-3, losing to Coe 1-6,3-6, and beating Cornell 7-6,6-1 and Concordia Chicago 6-1,6-0.
- #3 Nabil Fawaz finished 2-3, losing his Coe match in extra sets 6-4,3-6,4-6 while defeating Cornell 6-4,6-1 and Concordia Chicago 6-0,6-0.
- #4 Lauer was 2-3, losing his match against Coe 6-7,6-4,6-10, while defeating Cornell 6-2,6-0 and Concordia Chicago 6-1,6-0.
- #5/#6 Rodrigo Casado dropped his first two matches against Coe and Cornell by the scores of 0-6,0-6 and 2-6,6-4,8-10 respectively, while winning his Concordia Chicago match 6-0,6-1.
- #6/#5 Danial Zindani fell in his Coe match 3-6,0-6 while taking his matches against Cornell and Concordia Chicago 6-1,7-5 and 6-0,6-0 respectively.
Doubles Play - Combined Weekend
- #1 doubles tandem of Fawaz and Torres dropped their opening match against Coe 3-8, while defeating Cornell 8-4 and CUC 8-0.
- #2 doubles of Lauer and Housman won all three of their matches, downing Coe 8-7, Cornell 8-1 and CUC 8-0.
- #3 tandem of Casado and Ulyses Bueno Canosa lost their Coe match 0-8, and defeated CUC 8-0. Casado and Zindani paired up to defeat Cornell 8-2.
Up Next
The Scarlet Hawks will step out to non-conference play again when they host Carthage College Sunday at 9:00 AM at the XS Tennis Center.