April 13, 2008

Complete Results

By Beth Miller
www.SIUSalukis.com

OMAHA, Neb. - The Southern Illinois University men's tennis team defeated Creighton today, 6-1, marking their first conference win of the season. The Salukis improve to an 8-11 overall record, 1-3 in the Missouri Valley Conference.

SIU (8-11, 1-3) swept the Bluejays (7-8, 1-4) in doubles to gain the 1-0 lead. Lucas Waked and Anton Leonenko defeated Joe Eckert and Nikita Dudar at No. 1 doubles, 8-2. Mariano Restrepo and Sebastian Rubiano teamed up at No. 2 doubles, grabbing the win over Jose Guerra and Brian Ward. Chase Miller and Hugo Vidal finished off doubles with an 8-6 victory over Bryan Lube and James McAvoy.

The Salukis took five of the six singles matches to give them the 6-1 win. Waked cruised in his match against Guerra with a 6-1, 6-0 win. Vidal and Restrepo won No. 2 and No. 3 singles in three sets, while Leonenko grabbed the win at No. 4 singles against Ward. Rubiano took No. 5 singles in a 6-1, 6-1 victory over McAvoy. Miller was unable to hold off Lube at No. 6 singles, falling 6-0, 6-1.

The Salukis will take a break from conference play as they travel to Eastern Illinois Wednesday for a 3 p.m. match.

Southern Illinois 6, Creighton 1

Singles
No. 1 - Lucas Waked def. Jose Guerra 6-1, 6-0
No. 2 - Hugo Vidal def. Nikita Dudar 6-2, 1-6, 7-5
No. 3 - Mariano Restrepo def. Joe Eckert 6-3, 3-6, 6-2
No. 4 - Anton Leonenko def. Brian Ward 6-3, 6-1
No. 5 - Sebastian Rubiano def. James McAvoy 6-1,6-1
No. 6 - Bryan Lube def. Chase Miller 6-0, 6-1

Doubles
No. 1 - Waked/Leonenko def. Eckert/Dudar 8-2
No. 2 - Restrepo/Rubiano def. Guerra/Ward 8-3
No. 3 - Vidal/Miller def. Lube/McAvoy 8-6

Southern Illinois 8-11, 1-3
Creighton 7-8, 1-4