Sunday, January 24
Chapel Hill, N.C.
9:30 AM
Indiana University
2
vs
4
Drake
Hoosiers Fall Against Drake, 4-2
1/24/2016 12:52:00 PM | Men's Tennis
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – The No. 50 Indiana men's tennis team dropped their second match in North Carolina, 4-2 against No. 35 Drake as part of the ITA Kickoff Opening Weekend on Sunday in Chapel Hill, N.C.
Raheel Manji and Afonso Salgado gave the Hoosiers a win at No. 3 doubles and Drake answered with a win at No. 1 doubles to send the doubles point decision to No. 2 doubles. The match went to a tiebreak and although the Hoosiers led 4-1, they could not close it out and Drake won the tiebreak 7-4 to win the match and take the doubles point.
Senior Sam Monette put the Hoosiers on the board with his second win of the dual match season with a 6-3, 7-6 win at No. 1 singles.
Drake took the next two singles matches to go up 3-1, but junior Matthew McCoy gave the Hoosiers another point with a 6-4, 6-4 straight set win at the No. 5 position.
Freshman Antonio Cembellin led at No. 4, 3-2 in the third set, but before that match could finish, Drake got the deciding victory at No. 3 with a 6-4 win in the third set to clinch the singles match and overall dual match.
Up next the Hoosiers return home to host a doubleheader on Saturday Jan. 30. Indiana will host VCU at 11:00 a.m. ET and battle Marquette at 6:00 p.m. ET.
Doubles
Singles
6. Tom Hands (Drake) def. Elliott Yee (IU) 6-4, 6-2
Order of finish 1, 6, 2, 5, 3, 4
Raheel Manji and Afonso Salgado gave the Hoosiers a win at No. 3 doubles and Drake answered with a win at No. 1 doubles to send the doubles point decision to No. 2 doubles. The match went to a tiebreak and although the Hoosiers led 4-1, they could not close it out and Drake won the tiebreak 7-4 to win the match and take the doubles point.
Senior Sam Monette put the Hoosiers on the board with his second win of the dual match season with a 6-3, 7-6 win at No. 1 singles.
Drake took the next two singles matches to go up 3-1, but junior Matthew McCoy gave the Hoosiers another point with a 6-4, 6-4 straight set win at the No. 5 position.
Freshman Antonio Cembellin led at No. 4, 3-2 in the third set, but before that match could finish, Drake got the deciding victory at No. 3 with a 6-4 win in the third set to clinch the singles match and overall dual match.
Up next the Hoosiers return home to host a doubleheader on Saturday Jan. 30. Indiana will host VCU at 11:00 a.m. ET and battle Marquette at 6:00 p.m. ET.
Doubles
- Gillespie/Phillips (Drake) def. Monette/Bednarczyk (IU) 6-3
- Lott/MacGeoch (Drake) def. Lugonjic/Essick (IU) 7-6 (4)
- Manji/Salgado (IU) def. Stride/Clark (Drake) 6-3
Singles
- Sam Monette (IU) def. Ben Lott (Drake) 6-3, 7-6
- Bayo Phillips (Drake) def. Daniel Bednarczyk (IU) 1-6, 6-3, 6-4
- Vincent Gillespie (Drake) def. Raheel Manji (IU) 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
- Antonio Cembellin (IU) unfinished MacGeoch (Drake) 5-7, 6-3, 3-2
6. Tom Hands (Drake) def. Elliott Yee (IU) 6-4, 6-2
Order of finish 1, 6, 2, 5, 3, 4
Players Mentioned
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