April 3, 2011
Contact: Greg Murphy
WESTLAKE, Ohio - Cleveland State won the doubles point and went on to win five of the six singles matches en route to a 6-1 victory over UIC on Sunday afternoon at the Paramount Tennis Club.
The win, which was CSU's 29th straight over a Horizon League opponent, improves the Vikings to 10-7 overall and keeps the Vikings perfect in the league at 4-0.
"We came out focused today and I felt that we were in control the whole match," head coach Brian Etzkin said. "We had three great wins in doubles and I thought getting that point helped us carry over some momentum to singles play.
"Rob Fox was able to get us a quick point in singles to give us a 2-0 lead and Goose and Haley built on that to get us the clinching points. I really like the way this team has been growing and improving as the season progresses and am excited with the level of tennis we are playing."
Fox earned a 6-3, 6-2 win at No. 2 singles, while Goossens won 6-4, 6-4 at No. 1 singles and Haley picked up a 6-3, 6-4 win at No. 5 singles.
CSU is back in action on Saturday (April 9) when the Vikings play at Wright State at 10:00 a.m.
Cleveland State 6, UIC 1
Apr 03, 2011 at Westlake, Ohio (Paramount Tennis Club)
Singles competition
1. Goossens, Yannick (CSU) def. RAA, Alexander (UIC) 6-4, 6-4
2. Fox, Rob (CSU) def. KIRK, Nate (UIC) 6-3, 6-2
3. Kuelker, Matt (CSU) def. GONZAGA, Luiz (UIC) 6-1, 5-7, 10-4
4. LI, James (UIC) def. Klepatz, Chris (CSU) 4-6, 6-3, 6-3
5. Haley, John (CSU) def. REIFER, Alan (UIC) 6-3, 6-4
6. Ford, Matt (CSU) def. SHEPARDSON, Scott (UIC) 3-6, 6-2, 6-4
Doubles competition
1. Fox, Rob/HALEY, John (CSU) def. RABARE, Dave/RAA, Alexander (UIC) 8-4
2. GOOSSENS, Yannick/KLEPATZ, Chris (CSU) def. KIRK, Nate/SHEPARDSON, Scott (UIC) 8-5
3. FORD, Matt/KUELKER, Matt (CSU) def. GONZAGA, Luiz/KAMATH, Rahul (UIC) 8-3
