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Weekend Sweep

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. - The Belmont University men's tennis team swept its Sunday match with Alabama A&M, winning 7-0 in Huntsville. 

With Belmont scoring seven unanswered team points on Saturday against Alabama State, Sunday's 7-0 victory marked the first time in the last 10 seasons where the Bruins have collected back-to-back 7-0 sweeps. Senior Marko Ilic scored his 48th career singles victory, needing just two more to move into a tie for ninth in program history with Willy Sandoval (1998-2002). 

"This was a good weekend for us," Director of Tennis Mauricio Antun said. "After spending a few weeks without playing any matches, it's good to see the guys competing again. Although our tennis wasn't perfect, I felt like the guys showed up to play and I am happy with how they performed."

Diego Castro, Arthur Toledo and Alfred Wallin scored their fourth singles of the season, with all of them currently on a four-match win streak. Freshman Tomas Luis collected his second singles win of the season, with Taisei Miyamoto coming up with his second straight singles win and third singles win of the season. 

In the doubles portion, Ilic and Miyamoto moved to 4-1 on the season with their doubles victory. Castro and Luis remained unbeaten in doubles play with a 6-3 win while Toledo and Jake Briggs scored their second consecutive doubles win of the season. 

Belmont (4-1) returns to Nashville on Friday to face Radford at 11 a.m. 

Belmont 7, Alabama A&M 0

Singles competition 

  1. Ilic (BELM) def. Rios (ALAM) 6-0, 6-4

  2. Toledo (BELM) def. Crespo (ALAM) 6-0, 6-4

  3. Miyamoto (BELM) def. Popovski (ALAM) 6-3, 6-2

  4. Wallin (BELM) def. Mulada (ALAM) 6-1, 5-7, 10-5

  5. Luis (BELM) def. Setiawan (ALAM) 6-3, 6-4

  6. Castro (BELM) def. Yang) (ALAM) 6-1, 6-0

Doubles competition 

  1. Ilic/Miyamoto (BELM) def. Setiawan/Yang (ALAM) 6-3

  2. Castro/Luis (BELM) def. Popovski/Yang (ALAM) 6-3

  3. Toledo/Briggs (BELM) def. Crespo/Smith (ALAM) 6-2

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Players Mentioned

Jake Briggs

Jake Briggs

6' 1"
Senior
Calhoun HS
Diego Castro

Diego Castro

6' 1"
Freshman
Colégio Einstein
Marko Ilic

Marko Ilic

6' 0"
Senior
XV.Gimnazija
Tomas Luis

Tomas Luis

5' 11"
Freshman
Escola Secundária de Fonseca Benevides
Taisei Miyamoto

Taisei Miyamoto

5' 10"
Senior
ETSU
Arthur Toledo

Arthur Toledo

5' 10"
Junior
Cerritos College
Alfred Wallin

Alfred Wallin

5' 10"
Freshman
Malmö Idrottsgymnasium

Players Mentioned

Jake Briggs

Jake Briggs

6' 1"
Senior
Calhoun HS
Diego Castro

Diego Castro

6' 1"
Freshman
Colégio Einstein
Marko Ilic

Marko Ilic

6' 0"
Senior
XV.Gimnazija
Tomas Luis

Tomas Luis

5' 11"
Freshman
Escola Secundária de Fonseca Benevides
Taisei Miyamoto

Taisei Miyamoto

5' 10"
Senior
ETSU
Arthur Toledo

Arthur Toledo

5' 10"
Junior
Cerritos College
Alfred Wallin

Alfred Wallin

5' 10"
Freshman
Malmö Idrottsgymnasium