USI Screaming Eagles | Men's Tennis

April 02, 2003

USI defeats Division I Western Kentucky

University of Southern Indiana 5, Western Kentucky University 4

The University of Southern Indiana men’s tennis team won five of six singles matches to defeat the Western Kentucky University, 5-4, Wednesday afternoon. The Eagles, who started in a 3-0 hole after losing all three doubles matches, raise their record 4-6 overall and have won three of the last four.

USI will travel to Quincy, Illinois, this Friday, April 4, to take on Quincy University at 4 p.m. heading to the St. Louis area the following day to take on Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (9 a.m. at SIUE) and the University of Missouri-St. Louis (2 p.m. at UMSL).

Singles
1. Mikus Paipars (WKU) def. Paulus Halim (USI) 6-1, 4-6, 7-5
2. Weston Phillips (USI) def. Stan Robinovics (WKU) 4-6, 6-3, 6-3
3. Bhavesh Chadda (USI) def. Evalds Jurans (WKU) 7-5, 6-4
4. Daniel Halim (USI) def. Ryan Durham (WKU) 7-5, Retired
5. Chris McCreight (USI) def. Josh Haines (WKU) 6-3, 7-5
6. Evan Luttrell (USI) def. Jarod Bolton (WKU) 6-0, 6-0

Doubles
1. Paipars/Rabinovics (WKU) def. P. Halim/D. Halim (USI) 8-2
2. Durham/Haines (WKU) def. Chadda/Phillips (USI) 8-5
3. Jurans/Anders Singdahlson (WKU) def. McCreight/Luttrell (USI) 8-3

Ray Simmons, USI Sports Information