USI Screaming Eagles | Men's Tennis

February 23, 2002

USI falls to WKU

The University of Southern Indiana men’s tennis team started the 2002 spring season by falling to Western Kentucky University at the Tri-State Athletic Club Friday night. The Screaming Eagles (0-1), ranked 38th in Division II, will resume action on Monday, March 4, in Haines City, Florida, for a neutral site match with Michigan Tech University.

Western Kentucky 5 - University of Southern Indiana 3
Singles:
No. 1 Paulus Halim (USI) vs. Mikus Paipars (WKU) 6-3, 4-6, 2-4 Did not finish
No. 2 Evalds Jurans (WKU) def. Weston Phillips (USI) 7-6 (5), 6-1
No. 3 Chris Crawford (USI) def. Taylor Reynolds (WKU) 6-1, 6-1
No. 4 Randyll Brooks (WKU) def. Ethan Davis (USI) 4-6, 7-5, 6-4
No. 5 Bhavesh Chadda (USI) def. Kevin Shields (WKU) 6-0, 5-2
No. 6 JJ Ball (WKU) def. Chris McCreight (USI) 6-4, 6-2
Doubles:
No. 1 Jurans/Brooks (WKU) def. Halim/Crawford (USI) 8-6
No. 2 Chadda/Davis (USI) def. Reynolds/Shields (WKU) 8-1
No. 3 Ball/Paipars (WKU) def. Phillips/McCreight (USI) 9-7

Ray Simmons, USI Sports Information

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