TIGERS DROP MATCH AGAINST NCAA DIVISION I COMPETITION

BOURBONNAIS, Ill. – The Olivet Nazarene Univeristy men's tennis team took on Eastern Illinois, an NCAA Division I opponent, on Friday at the Snowbarger Athletic Complex.

Shaun Choubey and Paul Saleh teamed up to give the Panthers a fight in the third doubles match, forcing a tiebreaker but ultimately falling to Max Pilipovic and Tyler Carlin 7-6.

In the top singles match, Carlo Cota Vargas took the opening set 7-6 over EIU's Cameron Slabbert. However, Cota could not nail down the win, falling 6-0 in the second set and dropping the tiebreaker set 10-6.

The Tigers fought hard, but failed to pick up a set in the remainder of the singles matches. Davi Toledo came close in the number two match, but ultimately fell 7-5, 7-6 to Pau Riera.

Eastern Illinois 7, Olivet Nazarene 0

Singles

1 - Cameron Slabbert (EIU) def. Carlo Cota Vargas, 6-7, 6-0, 10-6
2 - Pau Riera (EIU) def. Davi Toledo, 7-5, 7-6
3 - Tyler Carlin (EIU) def. Brian Ayala, 6-0, 6-2
4 - Alex Dinkov (EIU) def. Juan Banuls, 6-1, 6-2
5 - Thomas Wallace (EIU) def. Shaun Choubey, 6-2, 6-1
6 - Antonio Ayerbe Streubel (EIU) def. Nick Bailey, 6-0, 6-2

Doubles

1 - Slabbert/Wallace (EIU) def. Romero/Toledo, 6-4
2 - Riera/Dinkov (EIU) def. Cota/Gomez, 6-3
3 - Carlin/Pilipovic (EIU) def. Choubey/Saleh, 7-6

WHAT'S NEXT?

The ONU men's tennis team will take on Lewis University on March 13 in Romeoville, Ill.

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*Contact: Evan Wild, Sports Information Director, ewwild@olivet.edu