Men's Tennis Earns Second Consecutive Sweep, Defeats Southern Indiana 4-0 on the Road

EVANSVILLE, Ind. – In its first road match in the Horizon League Saturday, the Belmont University men's tennis team won in efficient, dominating fashion at Southern Indiana. The Bruins (11-5, 2-0 HL) captured their fourth-straight victory while claiming their second consecutive sweep with a 4-0 rout at the Tri-State Athletic Club in Evansville, Indiana.
 
Belmont conceded very few games to the host Screaming Eagles (5-10, 1-2 HL), earning wins at No. 1 and No. 3 doubles before taking No. 2-4 singles in swift straight sets.
 
The tandem of junior Tomas Luis and sophomore Ian Cruz was first off the court in doubles play following a 6-2 win at the third spot over Southern Indiana's Guy Finkelstein and Dylan Brown. The nationally-ranked duo of graduate student Marko Ilic and junior Riccardo Trione then finished off the coveted doubles points at the No. 1 position with another 6-2 win against the Screaming Eagles' Alfrendo Vogelaar and Lucas Sakamaki.
 
Sophomore Gabriel Sardo and junior Alfred Wallin were leading Southern Indiana's Omar ElSamahy and Quinten Gillespie 5-1 at the second spot when the doubles point was clinched by the Bruins.
 
In singles action, it was Wallin who closed out the match on the second court with a 6-0, 6-3 triumph against Sakamaki.
 
Cruz got the first singles match of the day at the fourth flight where he dismissed Brown 6-3, 6-0. Luis then made it 3-0 with a 6-0, 6-2 victory over Gillespie at No. 3 singles.
 
At the top singles flight, Ilic had taken the opening set, 6-3, from Vogelaar before Wallin put the finishing touches on the contest.
 
Up Next
Belmont has a quick turnaround, closing out its inaugural Horizon League road trip at familiar conference adversary Tennessee Tech Sunday afternoon. First serve from the Tech Tennis Courts in Cookeville, Tennessee, is scheduled for 2 p.m.
 
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