CHARLESTON, Ill. - The Belmont University men's tennis team continues Ohio Valley Conference play on Friday, taking on Eastern Illinois at 12 p.m. CST.
Belmont is coming off a 7-0 win against Austin Peay on Monday, moving to 1-1 in OVC play and 8-2 overall.
Senior Marko Ilic claimed his eighth singles win of the season, officially moving into fifth on the program's career singles win list with 53 career wins. Ilic needs just one more to tie Rafael Matos (2008-12) for fourth on the program's career singles list.
Every Belmont player who played on Monday, both singles and doubles, picked up a win. Ilic/Taisei Miyamoto moved to an 8-2 record on the season with their doubles win, with Diego Castro/Tomas Luis picking up their sixth doubles win of the season. Jake Briggs/Arthur Toledo moved to 5-2 on the season thanks to a 6-2 victory in their doubles match.
Toledo picked up his eighth win of the season following his singles victory at the No. 2 spot, with Luis and freshman Alfred Wallin picking up their sixth win of the season after claiming a pair of singles victories. Castro moved to 7-2 in the singles portion of the season after his 6-0, 7-6 victory and Miyamoto claimed his fifth singles win of the season in dominating fashion (6-2, 6-1).
Eastern Illinois has three players that lead the singles portion with three wins in 2021, with the doubles team of Pau Riera and Karan Srivastava leading the Panthers with two wins in doubles this season. EIU is 2-11 overall, picking up wins at Olivet Nazarene and at Saint Louis.
First serve is set for 12 p.m. CST at the Darling Courts on the EIU campus.
